Hatchback News

The rising cost of new vehicles exposed
By Stephen Ottley · 28 Sep 2024
A study of prices from September 2019 to September 2024 highlights some key models have risen sharply, but as the strong sales continue it appears customers have accepted the new pricing reality.
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Nearly Audi's entire range overhauled!
By Tom White · 26 Sep 2024
By mid -2025, Audi's entire model range will look significantly different.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N gets even better?
By Chris Thompson · 25 Sep 2024
The updated Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, revealed in South Korea this week, features an upgraded drift mode and more capability on-road and for passengers.
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Cupra sees success not targeting rivals
By Tom White · 25 Sep 2024
Cupra plots bounce-back from 2024 sales slide, but won't target traditional rivals in its range-wide refresh.
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Meet the new cheapest electric car in Oz
By Dom Tripolone · 20 Sep 2024
The electric car price war might be coming to an end, and MG has won. The Chinese brand has ripped about $10,000 off the price of its cheapest MG4 electric car with a new national drive-away price of $30,990. This represents a drop of about 25 per cent for the MG4 51 Excite.
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How a trip to China humbled Ford’s executives
By Samuel Irvine · 19 Sep 2024
“Jim, this is nothing like before…these guys are ahead of us.”
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Mini gives the Cooper and Aceman EV JCW specs
By Samuel Irvine · 18 Sep 2024
Mini will give its electric Cooper and Aceman models the John Cooper Works treatment with a 190kW electric motor, marking the brand's most powerful electric car to date.
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Cupra says betting on EVs alone is too risky
By Tom White · 18 Sep 2024
Why Cupra says betting on EVs is far too risky in the short term.
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VW Group brands to lean into strengths more
By Tom White · 15 Sep 2024
Volkswagen's house of brands to lean more into individual strengths, but will it be enough to change the group's fortunes in 2025?
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Production of the Fiat 500e stops for a month
By Samuel Irvine · 13 Sep 2024
Stellantis has announced that production of the Fiat 500e will be paused for four weeks due to low consumer demand.
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