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09 April 2011 - The Volvo S60's athletic stance is accentuated by a sculpted bonnet and short overhangs front and rear, plus what Volvo's design team calls the "racetrack" design. The car's lines do not end abruptly but instead continue to flow organically, echoing the smooth shapes of the racetrack.

07 April 2011 - Malaysia's biggest automaker Perodua today issued a statement saying that its operations have been impacted by the earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan on March 11.

06 April 2011 - Malsysia Government annouces that RON95 petrol may increase in price though it will not do so in the short term. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai told the Dewan Rakyat that the Government had already taken the appropriate action by raising the price of RON97 petrol last week as world crude oil prices rose.

04 April 2011 - Honda said yesterday that it will resume production of finished automobiles at Sayama Plant at Saitama Factory (Sayama, Saitama) and Suzuka Factory (Suzuka, Mie) on Monday, April 11, 2011. The news comes after Honda plants were shutdown following the massive earthquake in Japan on March, 11.

02 April 2011 - At the 2011 Seoul Motor Show Hyundai Motor staged a world premiere of the Hyundai Blue2 concept car (codenamed HND-6), a mid-size FCEV which shows a blueprint for future sedans. The name 'Blue2' is a combination of Hyundai's sub eco-brand 'Blue Drive' and the number `2' from H2, the symbol for hydrogen gas.

31 March 2011 - Ford Motor Company researchers unveiled one of the first privately funded “smart intersections” in North America, a key step toward leveraging GPS technology and wireless infrastructure-to-vehicle communications to reduce traffic accidents and ease congestion.