Hatchback News

Toyota, bring back Daihatsu, please!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 16 Oct 2021

Cheaper Toyotas ahoy! Isn't it time that Toyota brought back its famous Daihatsu brand back to Australia?

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Ford drops all Focus variant but ST hot hatch

By Tim Nicholson · 14 Oct 2021

Ford Australia has discontinued all of its mainstream Focus variants with the exception of the ST hot hatch as part of the small hatchback's mid-cycle facelift.That means the ST-Line and jacked-up Active will no longer be offered when the updated Focus hi

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Audi prices new-gen A3 range

By Tung Nguyen · 14 Oct 2021

Audi Australia's new-generation A3 will hit local showrooms early next year with the point of entry jumping in price by nearly $10,000.Kicking off the 2022 line-up is the A3 35 TFSI Sportback priced at $46,300 before on-road costs, some $9700 more than th

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Audi's RS3 vs the AMG A45 S, which one wins?

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Oct 2021

The humble hot hatch is no longer humble.The modern hot hatch is a very different beast to the original Mini Cooper S or Volkswagen Golf GTI, with the latest creations from Audi Sport and Mercedes-AMG packing sports car levels of power, viscous accelerati

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Suzuki upgrades multimedia system range-wide

By Justin Hilliard · 13 Oct 2021

Suzuki Australia will soon introduce its MY22 range, with all models set to get a big multimedia upgrade – at a cost

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New Honda Civic Type R stripped bare!

By Andrew Chesterton · 12 Oct 2021

You can't keep secrets on the internet, and as soon as Honda revealed a camouflaged teaser of its incoming Honda Civic Type R, the web got to work removing said camouflage so we could take a closer look.

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Could Kia take the warranty lead once more?

By Tom White · 11 Oct 2021

Kia says it has already had conversations about the potential for an even longer warranty as both storied and newcomer rivals close the gap.

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Access denied: five sub-$20K bargains for Oz

By Byron Mathioudakis · 10 Oct 2021

Australians seeking a cheap new set of wheels are caught in a perfect storm right now.

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New BMW 2 Series Active Tourer not for Aus

By Tim Nicholson · 06 Oct 2021

BMW has uncovered its second-generation 2 Series Active Tourer, revealing a larger and sleeker MPV that adopts BMW's controversial design language.The new Active Tourer retains the tall-boy hatch body style of the original, but the narrow grille is gone i

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Ford Ranger wins September 2021 sales race

By Justin Hilliard · 05 Oct 2021

The Australian new-vehicle market has nearly clocked up a full year of positive sales results, with September 2021 the 11th month in a row that its volume has grown month-on-month, up a strong 20.8 per cent to 83,312 units, despite stock shortages and lockdowns

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