A cool hot hatch loaded with ECO power Stick model recommended
by John Lindgren
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All these years, all the Honda cars I’ve tested were A/T (automatic transmission) vehicles: the Accord, the City, the Civic, the CRV, the Freed and the Jazz. In fact, I’ve never tested a stick-shift M/T (manual transmission) Honda because everybody drives auto.
And then [...]
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief:
carsanook.com
A Tough Chevy for all seasons and reasons – Including La Grande Deluge de 2005. The Chevy Captiva SUV was in born in Korea in 2006 as Daewoo Winstorm aka Holden Captiva.
Today, this handsome mid-size Sport Utility Vehicle is known as Captiva in many global markets such as Kazakhstan, South Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan [...]
So Far, So Good – and So GREEN!
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief:
carsanook.com
The long awaited world famous and fuel-efficient, hybrid Toyota Prius arrived in Thailand in November 2010 and became part of Toyota’s Thailand hybrid line-up: Toyota Camry, Lexus LS 600hL and RX450h. All Japanese – all Toyota made high-tech hybrid vehicles.
Yes, there’s are a lot of things [...]
Minimize Energy… Maximaze JOY
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com
The first Beemer X3 was the ultimate compact SUV (or SAV Sport Activity Vehicle in BMW lingo) here in the Kingdom. And then came the NEW BMW X3.
So what’s the deal with the new BMW X3?
I remember the old “big” brother–the full-size BMW X5 built in [...]
The Small Car with Big Features
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief:
carsanook.com
Suzuki builds the fastest, street legal big bike in the world: the Hayabusa and cool passenger cars, solid SUVs and compact white pick-ups, too. And an affordable “CROSSOVER”, the Suzuki SX4. Crossover, a hybrid vehicle between a sedan and a SUV.
Oh, I forgot! Suzuki also builds powerful outboard [...]
The Kool Korean People Carrier For All Seasons
Remember the Korean cars in Bangkok before the 1997 Asian economic “Tom Yam Kung crisis” the Daewoo, the Hyundai, the KIA and the Ssanyong? The new Koreans were affordable and compact city cars, including a monster SUV, one of the first Sport Utility Vehicles in Thailand: Ssanyong [...]
The “Mitsu” SUV For All Seasons
THE HISTORY of Mitsubishi dates back to 1870, when the founder, Yataro Iwasaki, started a shipping company with three steamships. The company expanded rapidly and in 1914 the Mitsubishi iconic three-diamond trademark was registered.
In 1934, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding merged with the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company. The new company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), [...]
by John Lindgren
Editor-in-chief: carsanook.com
Bangkok – Pilok Mine on the Thai-Burmese Border
Among all the American, Japanese and Indian one-ton pickup trucks on Thai roads one stands out – the Nissan Navara.
The moniker has Spanish origin since Navarra (two “r” ) is a region in northern Spain, the Basque country. But Navara (single “r”) is Nissan’s global [...]
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