Powered by Blogger.
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Edgy Mazda RX-8 Blacknightz Coupe Smiles for the Camera

Tuesday, February 5, 2013


Our friend Shawnz from Singapore is back with new material for his recently completed Mazda RX-8 Blacknightz Coupe project.

After having the heavily customized RX-8 professionally photographed, Shawnz is now preparing a promo video for the car, a trailer of which he released a few days ago, with the full clip to follow in the coming weeks.

Read more »

Nothing to See Here, Keep on Driving

Friday, February 1, 2013


Being scared to death after watching a truck flip over right in front of you on the highway is completely human and understandable. What isn't, is when something like this occurs to you and you drive off into the sunset as if nothing happened.

Just look at this accident, which from what we understand, took place somewhere in Asia.

Read more »

Watch a Container Truck Fall Right in Front of One Very Lucky Motorcycle Rider

Wednesday, January 30, 2013


Rest assured, if the scooter rider featured in this clip had not been able to back up a couple of feet before the container truck tipped over, we wouldn't be showing you this video footage shot from a nearby security camera.

Then again, if he wasn't in such a hurry to sprint through the traffic light in front of the cars waiting on the zebra crossing, he wouldn't have found himself in this life-threatening position, would he…

Read more »

Driver Plays Pinball on Cement Barriers and Flips Over

Wednesday, January 23, 2013


We all know that it only takes one split second of distraction or misjudgment to cause an accident on the road.

The driver featured in this dash-cam footage took an exit off the highway, seemingly a little too fast for his own good.

While entering the second turn, the car appears to oversteer smashing into the inner side of the road barrier, which sends it to the outer side before it finally flips over.

Read more »

Rolls-Royce Ghost Becomes a Million Dollar Bathtub in Indonesia

Saturday, January 19, 2013


Once again, the Indonesian capital of Jakarta has been savaged by heavy floods reeling from torrential rain, which media reports said have left at least a dozen people dead and nearly 20,000 homeless.

Over the past few days, many roads inside and around the city were flooded stranding hundreds if not thousands of motorists.

In one incident, a Rolls-Royce Ghost saloon, said to cost around 10 billion IDR or over 1 million USD in Indonesia, was photographed outside the Bundaran Hotel partially submerged.

Read more »

Another Curious Incident from Asia

Wednesday, January 9, 2013


Move out of the way Russia, the rest of Asia wants a piece of the dash-cam pie. Following on from a strange incident that we showed you on Tuesday, here's another one that pegs the question of 'what the heck just happened here'.

All we can tell you is that a man wearing a safety vest, who looks like he was part of a team of road workers, does a Michael Jackson-esque dance move before lying flat down on the road in front of the car with the recording equipment.

Read more »

Bizarre Asian Incident Will Leave You Scratching Your Head for Answers…

Tuesday, January 8, 2013


Some vehicle-related accidents can be attributed to sloppiness, some to drivers' inexperience and others to bad road or weather conditions, just to mention a few causes.

But there are times when you really have to use your imagination to explain what went on, as is the case with this incident captured on a security camera in Asia.

Read more »

Indonesia City Mayor Wants Female Motorbike Passengers to be Banned from Straddling

Friday, January 4, 2013


Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country. In September 2009, the Aceh provincial government, which is the only to follow the strict Sharia, introduced a law that punished adultery to stoning by death.

It also didn’t allow men to wear shorts and women to wear tight trousers and jeans, as those items were deemed offending. Some women objected, saying skirts would be impractical when riding motorcycles or scooters.

Read more »

BMWs and Two-Wheelers Don't Mix in Taiwan

Wednesday, January 2, 2013


Here's another episode between a BMW driver and a biker in Taiwan. Whereas last time, we saw a bicyclist crossing paths with a BMW (and paying the price for it…), now it's a scooter rider.

The person steering what looks to be a BMW M5 E61 sedan charges off as soon as the light turns green but is soon annoyed by the presence of a motorcyclist.

Read more »

Beware of Fast Driving BMWs

Monday, December 31, 2012


Driving on a city road as if Frank Martin (from The Transporter film series) is chasing you is never a good idea and it can get you and other people in trouble or even worse, as was the case with this BMW owner.

The video commentary says the accident happened in Taiwan, with the footage showing the BMW driver knocking down a bicyclist, who we're not sure if he was crossing the road from a side street or if he was in front of the car at the time.

Read more »

Presenting the One-of-a-Kind Mazda RX-8 Blacknightz Coupe Project from Singapore

Sunday, December 30, 2012


It's been more than two-and-a-half years since CarScoop reader Shawnz from Singapore piqued our interest with a custom project for a unique looking Mazda RX-8 Coupe.

To refresh your memory, back in February of 2010, Shawnz had sent us pictures of his project car, which at the time, was still being built and honed.

As a student, Shawnz had limited funds and time to complete the car of his dream, but he never let go and today, he can proudly present to us his finished creation that he likes to call the Blacknightz RX-8.

"After hard savings and refining the drawing board and the power mods...presenting the Decepticon to the Veilside 4509 GTR Supra," Shawnz told CarScoop in an email (if you're wondering about the Veilside Supra, click here for pictures).

Read more »

Damn, Where Did That Slab of Concrete Come From?

Thursday, December 20, 2012


We're going to guess that Taiwanese authorities placed a slab of concrete in front of this zebra crossing to protect pedestrians from vehicles, but it also seems to work as a punishment tool for impatient drivers.

Take this gifted driver of a black Toyota sedan, who not only disregarded the red light but also tried to make a quick illegal left turn.

Read more »

Lucky Scooter Rider Survives Highway Bump Unscathed

Tuesday, December 18, 2012


Here's another tale from Asian roads - one that has a happy ending, though, as you will soon see for yourself, it could have easily gone the other way with painfully disastrous results…

The driver of the car, the sounds of which reminds us of a Subaru model, was going faster than what the road traffic permitted, and at the same time, a scooter rider in the middle lane failed to look over his shoulder while changing lanes.

Read more »

Someone Should Find this Driver and Report Him/Her to the Police

Monday, December 17, 2012


Making an honest mistake while sitting behind the wheel is one thing, being careless or to put it bluntly, a complete asshat, is quite another.

On Sunday, the driver of a previous generation Honda CR-V (possibly in Taiwan - if we're wrong, tell us in the comments) was filmed by a motorcyclist making an extremely dangerous move on the road when he or she drove between a Nissan Sentra and a scooter driven by a father with his child riding at the back, almost knocking them down.

Read more »

Daewoo Lanos Uses Up One of its Nine Lives

Tuesday, December 11, 2012


In today's fix of dascham goodness, we have a Daewoo Lanos sedan that somehow ended up crossing the road in reverse – we say somehow, because from this distance and angle, we're not sure if there was a person behind the wheel or if the car was left unsecured.

Whatever the reason or…lack of reason, if you prefer, the white compact saloon backed up on the road and was almost hit by an oncoming car traveling at high speed.

Read more »

Poor Girl Gets Whacked in the Head from a Truck's Open Tailgate

Tuesday, November 27, 2012


We’ll fully agree with those of you who believe that pedestrians should use the sidewalk and not the road, but in this particular incident, we think the fault lies chiefly with the truck driver who hadn't  secured the vehicle's tailgate. Read more »

Honda Pulls the Wraps Off its New Low-Cost Brio Amaze Small Sedan [w/Video]

Friday, November 23, 2012


What you see here is Honda's brand new small sedan for emerging markets, mainly in Asia and countries such as Thailand, where it is called the Brio Amaze and India, where it will be offered as the Amaze.

The Amaze is the sedan derivative of the Brio five-door hatchback released last year in the same region.

In Thailand, which is the first country to receive the car, the Amaze is offered with the same 1.2-liter i-VTEC gasoline engine found on the hatch.

The four-cylinder unit produces 90 horsepower and can be matched to either a 5-speed manual gearbox or a CVT, delivering a fuel economy of 20km/lt, equal to 5.0lt/100km and 47mpg US / 56.5mpg UK.

Read more »

Porsche Cayman Coupe Slams Into the Rear End of a Truck without Lights

Wednesday, November 21, 2012


The driver of a Porsche Cayman coupe was filmed by an adjacent vehicle fitted with a dashboard-mounted camera smashing violently into the rear end of a truck at high speed.

The accident, which looks like it took place in China or at least in a neighboring country (if any of our readers can help with the translation, leave us a message in the comments), occurred when the Cayman driver didn't notice the truck that did not have any lights open at the back and was traveling on the left hand side of the road.

Read more »

Toyota Vios Collects a Not So Friendly Bump from a Lexus RX

Monday, November 19, 2012


One of the worst things that can happen to a driver travelling on a highway is for one or more cars to suddenly slow down in front, as not all motorists keep a safe distance from each other nor do they always pay attention to what's going on ahead of them.

In this occasion, a group of vehicles slowed down on a highway located close to New Taipei in northern Taiwan, with a Lexus RX smashing into the rear end of a Toyota Vios sedan, sending it violently across the road.

Read more »

Watch the Devastating Effects of a Truck's Tire Exploding on a Taiwanese Highway

Friday, November 16, 2012


Most of the times, when we think of a tire problem, our mind automatically goes to a flat, which is indeed a routine problem that can be quickly fixed. This can be done either by pulling over to the side of the road and swapping it with a spare, or in the case you roll on run-flats, by driving to a nearby tire shop.

A flat is one thing, but a tire blowout or explosion is a completely different and much, much more dangerous scenario altogether, even more so when you're talking about a large wheel on a heavy commercial vehicle.

Read more »

Total Pageviews