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Car crashes into kiosk with woman sleeping inside
A car accident involving a sleeping woman, drunk man, crashed car and ruined kiosk has happened in Almaty.
25 March 2014
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem cars
Suspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.
24 March 2014
Porsche recalls new 911 model due to engine fire risk
Porsche, the German maker of luxury sports cars, said Wednesday it is recalling all 911 GT3 models built this year due to risk of possible engine fire.
20 March 2014
Recalled GM cars linked to 303 airbag-related deaths
US safety regulators have tracked 303 deaths after airbags failed to properly deploy in vehicles recently recalled by General Motors.
14 March 2014
Wanting out of outhouse business: Perks of Kazakhstan highways
Senate deputy Mukhtar Altynbayev talked about 'the perks' of roadside rest on Kazakhstani highways and compared the outhouses with roadside stripping.
12 March 2014
Luxury carmakers veer into booming SUV space
Massive or small, affordable or off-the scale pricey: urban sports utility vehicles abound at the Geneva Motor Show, with luxury carmakers speeding into the lucrative market.
05 March 2014
Almaty Mayor awards Denis Ten with car for Olympic bronze
The Mayor of Almaty has presented a car to the Kazakhstan figure-skating Denis Ten for the bronze medal that he won in the Sochi Olympics.
28 February 2014
Woman torn to pieces in car accident in Almaty
A Toyota Camry has knocked down and killed a woman in Almaty.
27 February 2014
Twin car update: Plates fake, car stolen from Moscow
The identical twin cars of the same model, colour and with the same plates, have been checked to reveal their origins.
23 February 2014
Bulgaria chokes on air pollution fuelled by poverty
The smokestacks of Kremikovtzi steel mill on Sofia's outskirts may have shut down years ago, but ancient cars ensure that Bulgaria's capital is still the most polluted in Europe.
22 February 2014
Customs Union: No low-cost cars in Kazakhstan?
Import of some of the low-cost cars has been banned in Kazakhstan.
21 February 2014
Subaru drifts on Shymbulak skiing slope
The Shymbulak ski resort administration claims the Subaru drift video that went viral recently to be staged by professional stunt men.
18 February 2014
Twin cars with identical plates discovered in Astana
Two identical cars with identical plates have been discovered in Astana.
17 February 2014
Furture Fast and Furious star 3 y.o Timofey drifting
Kazakhstan racer Anton Avdeev, Timofey’s father, took a video of a priceless reaction of the boy while drifting.
15 February 2014
Toyota recalls 260,000 cars in US
Two days after its huge global recall of Prius hybrids, Toyota recalled another 260,000 cars and pickup trucks in the United States Friday for electrical problems involving the brakes.
15 February 2014
Driver rams police car in Almaty; breaking path 91m long
The 19 y.o. driver swears that he was not trying to repeat an episode from Need for Speed, but he is hard to believe, because his breaking path made 91 meters.
14 February 2014
Car bomb kills at least 11 policemen in Karachi: officials
A powerful car bomb attack on a police bus on Thursday in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi killed at least 11 policemen and wounded 47 others.
13 February 2014
Toyota recalls 1.9 mn Prius cars worldwide
Japanese auto giant Toyota said Wednesday it was recalling 1.9 million of its Prius hybrid cars around the world because of a fault that might cause the vehicle to slow down suddenly.
12 February 2014
Australia losing last auto producer Toyota
Toyota on Monday said it will stop making cars in Australia in less than four years, banging the final nail in the coffin of country's auto industry, despite appeals to stay by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
11 February 2014
Kazakhstan to assemble 60,000 cars this year, 50% up against 2013
Export revenues of the Kazakhstan’s car-making plants in 2014 is estimated at $220 million.
06 February 2014