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2015 Q1 Bangladesh Automobile market round-up / 2015 Pick-up trucks

Outside the frankly American realm of wide-open countrysides and its trailer-haulin', gun-toting populace, pickups don't make a lot of sense. Considering the almost rural nature of Bangladeshi roads and highways, however, a pickup for personal transport starts to make some sense.

Project Cars / Red Hot: 1993 Honda Civic EH

A red hot Civic project with a B20B non-VTEC 2.0 liter engine

Test drive / Hype Machine: 2014 KIA Sportage

2014 Kia Sportage: It looks a sleek in a way only a modern SUV can, and that is definitely a good thing.

Test Drive / Diesel X-citement: 2014 BMW X5 xDrive25d

BMW introduces its 2014 X5 as a 2.0 turbo diesel with all kinds of electronic extras. It's also deceptively petrol-quick. Is diesel the new black?

Garage collections / Massage parlour on wheels: 2002 Toyota Celsior/Lexus LS430

Lexus was branded as the luxury automaker arm of Toyota, a move designed to sell cars to rich people without the cheap-as-nails-mass-market-motoring image that Toyota had been attached to since forever.

Test Drive / The wallet friendly SUV: 2014 Ford Ecosport

The Ford Ecosport: tiny but not that tiny, fun but not in the traditional sense, urban crossover that will tackle the dirt and mud you might want to drive over. It also puts a smaller dent in your wallet.

Restomod Project / Yellow Boat: 1977 FIAT X1/9

A forgotten Fiat X1/9 seen rusting in a family garage is now brought back to life with a little turbo induction. Plenty of yellow paint turned this once lackluster performing car into a sprightly runabout. A proper restomod done right in Bangladesh.

February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015

2015 Pick-up trucks

Outside the frankly American realm of wide-open countrysides and its trailer-haulin', gun-toting populace, pickups don't make a lot of sense. Considering the almost rural nature of Bangladeshi roads and highways, however, a pickup for personal transport starts to make some sense.

January 7, 2015
January 7, 2015

Red Hot: 1993 Honda Civic EH

A red hot Civic project with a B20B non-VTEC 2.0 liter engine

September 24, 2014
September 24, 2014

Hype Machine: 2014 KIA Sportage

2014 Kia Sportage: It looks a sleek in a way only a modern SUV can, and that is definitely a good thing.

July 16, 2014
July 16, 2014

Diesel X-citement: 2014 BMW X5 xDrive25d

BMW introduces its 2014 X5 as a 2.0 turbo diesel with all kinds of electronic extras. It's also deceptively petrol-quick. Is diesel the new black?

March 21, 2014
March 21, 2014

Massage parlour on wheels: 2002 Toyota Celsior/Lexus LS430

Lexus was branded as the luxury automaker arm of Toyota, a move designed to sell cars to rich people without the cheap-as-nails-mass-market-motoring image that Toyota had been attached to since forever.

March 9, 2014
March 9, 2014

The wallet friendly SUV: 2014 Ford Ecosport

The Ford Ecosport: tiny but not that tiny, fun but not in the traditional sense, urban crossover that will tackle the dirt and mud you might want to drive over. It also puts a smaller dent in your wallet.

September 20, 2013
September 20, 2013

Yellow Boat: 1977 FIAT X1/9

A forgotten Fiat X1/9 seen rusting in a family garage is now brought back to life with a little turbo induction. Plenty of yellow paint turned this once lackluster performing car into a sprightly runabout. A proper restomod done right in Bangladesh.