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READERS' LETTERS
05/07/2009 : Nissara H passed on to me a forwarded email with the subject line "Do not turn on the air-conditioner as soon as you enter the car!" and suggested I investigate.
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Safer roads, anyone?
05/07/2009 : To put the UN figures in perspective, 1.3 million people is the latest official population figure for the whole of Chon Buri province. Put another way, one person is killed on the roads every 24 seconds, or 150 every hour.
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CITROEN C3
WIDE & CLEAR
03/07/2009 : Design & Packaging
BMW
Seven becomes sporty
03/07/2009 : - A fifth variant joins the 7-series model range: 740d equipped with a 306hp 3.0-litre twin-turbo all-aluminium inline-six. Performance credentials include a 6.3sec 0-100kph time and 14.5kpl average fuel consumption.
OFF Record
PPVs come under scrutiny
03/07/2009 : A suggestion by the Finance Ministry to abandon the pickup passenger vehicle (PPV) category has its pros and cons.
Tweaks for 207
03/07/2009 : Peugeot has given the 207 range a mid-life refresh which includes tweaked styling, more use of chrome on the outside and more in-car entertainment features. The CC coupe'/cabriolet model in particular - the only truly successful 207 in Thailand - now gets LED lights on the rear and one-touch operation for the folding hard-top. The other minor-changed 207s include the three- and five-door, plus the SW estate variant.
AUDI A4 1.8T
REDEFINED MODERNITY
03/07/2009 : Selling imported saloons in Thailand isn't easy any more, thanks to Japanese models like the Honda Accord, Nissan Teana and Toyota Camry being made in the country are more capacious and sold at ultra-competitive prices.
SHORT DRIVE TOYOTA COROLLA 2.0
Downsizing invitation
03/07/2009 : - What's new?
TYRE TEST
Not your mom's tyre
03/07/2009 : A high-performance/tuner's tyre
MOTOR Sport
Two in a row
03/07/2009 : Weeks before the start of the International Rally of Thailand, things looked gloomy with only eight entries and the outbreak of the flu in Pattaya, the host city.
Easing off the brakes a bit
30/06/2009 : The global recession and untimely turmoil on the home turf of the Nagoya of Siam shaved off 83,340 units of new vehicle sales during the first five months of 2009 when compared to last year. Both factors weighed heavily as Thailand's large automobile industry appeared poised to shrink back to 400,000 units by year's end _ a market size on par to the level sustained in 2002. Analysts had predicted flat growth rate or a nominal 5% drop early on. However, total vehicle sales from January to May stood at 188,026 vehicles, down a whopping 30.7% when compared to last year during the same period.
