Showing posts with label asia. Show all posts
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Friday, November 23, 2012

Koenigsegg Agera S



Posted on 11.23.2012 11:00 by
Kirby Garlitos

Filed under:
Koenigsegg | coupe | Supercars / Exotic cars | special editions | Koenigsegg Agera | Asia | Cars | Car Reviews | Koenigsegg









Supercar builders like Bugatti and Pagani have made a living building special, one-off supercars for their exclusive clientele. Recently, their Swedish counterpart, Koenigsegg, has been getting some buzz for doing the same.



In the past few months alone, multiple reports about an Agera X, an Agera R BLT and even a Koenigsegg One:1 have surfaced, giving further credence to the growing notion that Koenigsegg is knee deep in its client-customization program.



Guess what? A new variant of the Agera has been spotted lurking the streets of Hong Kong. These photos of what’s being called the Agera S were taken by Ron Alder W Photography and he was kind enough to share them with us.



There’s not much in terms of details surrounding the Agera S, although we’ve been told that the supercar was built by Koenigsegg for countries where biofuel is not readily available. What this means is that owners of this supercar can still enjoy the all of its 1,030 horsepower capabilities by using premium fuel instead of the Agera R’s Flex biofuel capabilities.



As far as color choice is concerned, the Agera S looks to be sporting a sexy jade green color, which if you think about it, is appropriate for a country that holds jade — the jewel, not the color — in high regard.



We’ll continue rolling out more information as it becomes available.



Images used with permission from Ron Alder W Photography


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

More Execs Jump on the Lotus-Suing Bandwagon



Posted on 09.24.2012 14:00 by
Justin Cupler

Filed under:
Lotus | industry news | government | UK | sports cars | cool fast cars | Asia | Cars | Car News








In the dust stirred up by Dany Bahar, we managed to miss the fact that DRB-Hicom also dismissed two senior executives from Lotus for "gross misconduct." One was the 6-year head of legal resources and the other had 17 years in as the head of human resources. These employees are now taking Lotus to an employment tribunal saying that they were dismissed unfairly, were harassed, and had to endure sexual and racial discrimination by the new Lotus parent.



From the report, the two fired executives underwent "intense interrogation sessions" after DRB-Hicom took over and started investigating the actions of Bahar. They are also claiming that the management company is more interested in "Malaysianizing" the company rather than fixing it.



One lawsuit is a random happening, but to get three lawsuits for very similar cases seems like a trend to us. Maybe Bahar isn't all wrong in this entire thing. The man is certainly at fault for using corporate money like it was his own personal Monopoly bank, but maybe his termination was a little bit less on the "up and up" as we anticipated.



All of this is coming straight on the heels of DRB-Hicom announcing that it is in talks to bring in a foreign partner to help clean up Proton Holdings Bhd, which includes Lotus. We'll keep an eye on this to see if it may negatively impact the talks that are going on between the Malaysian company and its potential foreign partner.




More Execs Jump on the Lotus-Suing Bandwagon originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 24 September 2012 14:00 EST.



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