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Proton's New Partner?

Got this piece from Autoblog

Enter the rumormill: VW won bid to control Proton

Posted Jan 27th 2007 9:21AM by Damon Lavrinc
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen

Motor Authority came across an article in XFN-Asia that says VW won the bidding contest for controlling stake of Malaysia's Proton. Although the report is light on details, it seems that a source who was privy to the deal confirmed that Volkswagen will be purchasing the required 51-percent of Proton's manufacturing arm and that an official statement will be released on February 8th.

If the source is to be trusted, that means that both GM and PSA Peugeot-Citroen were ousted from the runnings, which is little surprise, as VW has had a long standing relationship with the state-owned automaker.

[Source: Motor Authority]

Exclusive: New C Class Sighted in Dubai!

Tengahari tadi terserempak Mercedes C class baru. Depa tengah test kereta under severe hot condition (hot summer months of the Gulf area!). Lapuranku & video yang sempat dirakam dalam myUAE site:

Dubai, UAE After a high noon Sheikh Zayed Road chase few days back, myUAE finally caught up with the new Mercedes C Class today (UPDATED version: the one  on Sheikh Zayed Road was not a C Class - probably the new CLK?)

The car which was heavily "disguised" is under going some road test in the scorching heat of Dubai.

Dubai has become of the places were new cars undergo road test - especially to gauge their "stamina" in the hot summer season.

The C Class was spotted today at Nad Al Hammar's Burger King outlet. The two engineers were having a quick bite inside the fastfood outlet - myUAE news network