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Shift is shifting to a new home—Toggle

For more than six years, we’ve brought you the only weekly automotive publication in the country, right here on this page—the back of the Business page, every Wednesday (initially, every Friday), with your copy of The Daily Star.
26 November 2019, 18:00 PM

HotWheels — Best of 2019

HotWheels — Best of 2019
26 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Tesla Cybertruck versus the world

Tesla Cybertruck The Tesla Cybertruck makes big promises. During the launch, Elon claimed that the car is bulletproof, and the cold rolled ultra-hard steel underpinnings are quite reassuring.
26 November 2019, 18:00 PM

SEMA 2019: our top picks

If you think owning a Huracan isn’t flashy enough, here’s a brightly coloured tricked out widebody Lambo is sure to catch some glances.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

1990 Toyota Soarer Z20

The first time I came across the Toyota Soarer was in an ad for its Lexus clone, the SC400, in a crumbling issue of Road and Track magazine from 1992 that I borrowed from my cousin in 2002.
19 November 2019, 18:00 PM

All Turbo Show 2019

Biswas Imports and the Evo STi Owners Club Bangladesh partnered up and hosted the All Turbo Car Show on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at International Convention City Bashundhara.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM

The perfect FB/SA Mazda RX7

Design wise it’s a stunner considering it comes from the era of the early 80s when everyone either went for excess flash or absolute boredom of squares. The beautiful shape has aged well and is captured perfectly by AutoArt.
5 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Cue the Pandemonium – widebody kit for Toyota Supra MK5

Rocket Bunny Pandem released renders of their latest and greatest, a widebody for the new A90, and the internet is going bonkers.
5 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Road Transport Act 2018 – details, repercussions, reactions

After much delay and drama, the new Road Transport Act 2018 has finally come into effect at the start of November.
5 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Made in Bangladesh Mustang

Quite a big deal when we find out yet another popular diecast model made in Bangladesh. French company Solido—famous for budget models—has crafted this beautiful ’67 GT500 on Bangladeshi soil, which then gets flown back to their land and comes back to Bangladesh after paying hefty taxes. That’s how we end up having it in our hands.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Track-special Ferrari – 488 Challenge Evo

Following in the footsteps of the legendary 360 Challenge Stradale, the ballistic 430 Scuderia, the scalpel-like 458 Speciale and the bonkers 488 Pista, the 2017 488 Challenge surprisingly evaded the hype surrounding track special Ferraris every time they are launched.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Almost new-but-used cars for under TK 20 lakh

The Suzuki Swift is a great little car that combines good driving dynamics, brilliant packaging that somehow fits all your needs and fuel efficiency into a neat little package.
29 October 2019, 18:00 PM

The best sounds in motorsport, listed

The deafening (for some) noise of a race car going past a long straight—be it in the infamous 24 Hours of LeMans Mulsanne straight or the 24 Hours of Nurburgring at full chat—is arguably one of the most exhilarating elements of motorsport ever, inciting fans to camp all day and night to catch a piece of the action live. Here’s our roundup of the best sounds from the world of motorsport.
22 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Super SUVs – Benz GLC63 AMG and GLC63 Coupe AMG

Mercedes recently unveiled the GLC63 AMG, both in standard SUV and Coupe body trims, and it proves that there is no car an AMG tuned V8 can’t make magnificent.
22 October 2019, 18:00 PM

70 years of Chinese automobiles

The early years and the first car of China: During the formative years of the PRC, the Chinese industry was still recovering from the carnage of World War II and the subsequent civil war.
22 October 2019, 18:00 PM

MiniGT Honda Civic Type R FK8

Malaysia, despite being car crazy and sporting a healthy tuner lifestyle, is surprisingly low on the scale of places where you can pick up a good die-cast. I did manage, though, and walked away from BMW’s M-Track Days 2019 (story above) with a MiniGT Honda Civic, hastily purchased from the duty free shops at the KL airport.
15 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Chevrolet Corvette C8R – channeling the successes of past Vette racers

Chevrolet just released the C8.R Corvette, which is the race car version of the road going car. But before we get into that, I think it is important to put into context how much weight the Corvette nameplate holds and how much the C8.R has to live up to.
15 October 2019, 18:00 PM

BMW M Track Days 2019

Through October 3rd to 7th, BMW owners and media personnel from around Asia were invited by BMW Group Asia to attend BMW M Track Days 2019 at Malaysia’s Sepang Formula 1 circuit. Over the course of four days, BMW owners and automotive journalists—typically used to street cars in their home countries—were treated to an experience worthy of the performance and prestige of BMW’s M Division and the ballistic missiles with tyres that are M cars.
15 October 2019, 18:00 PM

EUROTRIPPING IN CARS

Euro-trips tend to be expensive, long and if you’re not a fan of medieval castles and ancient historical art, kind of boring.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM

New BMW X5M and X6M

BMW just announced two new additions to their lineup, the X5M and the X6M powered by 4.4 liters of twin turbo oomph. If that power plant seems familiar, that’s because it is.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM