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  • Abarth to sell 70th anniversary limited edition.

    ABARTH IS ONE OF THE cleverer performance brands but it really only sells to people in the know. The launch of the exclusive Abarth 695 70° (I presume it’s 70-th, not 70-degrees) Anniversario Special Edition is unlikely to make them a common sight, with a limited number of 40 units listed for Australia. The Abarth […]

  • Hyundai teases more Kona details

    IN WHAT IS BECOMING something of a habit, Hyundai Motor Company today shared a glimpse of its upcoming new Kona and Kona N Line SUVs that express Hyundai’s Sensuous Sportiness global design identity (yes, someone gets paid to come up with these titles!) Wider stance, sleeker look The new Kona gets a wider stance and […]

  • The Kia Carnival is coming to town

    AFTER MUCH TEASING, the all-new Kia Carnival is fully revealed for the first time today heralding the arrival of the brand’s fourth-generation flagship people mover. Sold in many markets worldwide as the Kia Sedona, the new Carnival has been designed to appeal to progressive young families through its combination of innovation, space, flexibility and style. […]

  • Honda updates Civic Type R for 2020

    HONDA HAS CONFIRMED THE introduction of an updated 2020 Year Model Civic Type R for the Australian market, ahead of its official October 1 on-sale date. The new model brings a number of changes and improvements to the Type R, including upgrades to ride and handling, braking performance and engine cooling, freshened exterior and interior […]

  • Genesis expands range with its first SUV

    THERE’S NO DOUBT Korean luxury brand Genesis (and offshoot of Hyundai) is determined to be a major player in Australia. Now it has been announced that the first Genesis SUV will debut in Australia in the form of the progressive and luxurious all-new GV80. The flagship GV80 will provide the foundation for the future Genesis […]

  • Mazda’s popular BT-50 raises the bar with new model

    ONE OF THE SUCCESS stories resulting from the change in Australian buying habits towards crew cab utes has been Mazda’s long-running BT-50. In June, an all-new model, rebuilt from the ground up, was unveiled. The new Mazda BT-50 combines muscular proportions with Mazda’s iconic Kodo design language, conveying a sense of bold and powerful movement, […]

  • BMW 4 Series Coupé offers three variants from $70,900

    THE VERY STYLISH AND DESIRABLE BMW 4 Series Coupé will arrive on the local market in October with three variants – the 420i, 430i and all-new M440i xDrive. The new BMW 4 Series Coupé incorporates numerous enhancements over the outgoing model, including an expressive design package, new engines and an all-new platform to dramatically elevate […]

  • Hyundai splits Ioniq off as a dedicated brand

    HYUNDAI IS AGGRESSIVELY following its plan to lead the global EV (electric vehicle) market and has recently announced plans to launch Ioniq (previously a model name) as a separate brand dedicated to battery electric vehicles. The company will introduce three new EV models over the next four years and offer customer-centric EV experiences in line […]

  • Hyundai’s N Line i30 Sedan launches

    PROVING THAT THE KOREANS are fast learners, the Hyundai i30 Sedan N Line is another model that has testers (and buyers) full of praise. Hyundai Motor Company today launches the new i30 Sedan N Line, designed and engineered to deliver more enhanced driving fun to the i30 Sedan that launched globally earlier this year. The […]

  • New distance record proves EVs are viable

    ONE OF THE ENDURING complaints against electric vehicles is their unacceptably low range. A recent Hyundai demonstration goes a long way (pun intended!) to showing that this concern may soon be a thing of the past. Over the course of a three-day range mission, three Kona pure electric small SUVs each travelled 1018.7, 1024.1 and […]