Hatchback News

Australia's most unpopular cars revealed

By Stephen Ottley · 29 Jan 2024

Ford celebrated the Ranger becoming the best-selling vehicle in Australia in 2023 and the Toyota HiLux raced up behind it - but what happened at the other end of the sales charts? What were our least-favourite models last year?

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Which company really sells the most cars?

By Stephen Ottley · 28 Jan 2024

Yes, this is yet another story about the 2023 new-car sales data - but this one is different, I promise.

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Golf 8.5 revealed with big upgrades

By Tom White · 24 Jan 2024

Volkswagen's mid-life Golf 8.5 update brings some major updates, particularly on the tech front.

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Yaris and Yaris Cross facelifts revealed

By Tom White · 24 Jan 2024

Toyota has revealed a facelifted version of both the Yaris hatch and Yaris Cross small SUV in Japan.

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Thousands of Tesla Model 3 and Y recalled

By Chris Thompson · 22 Jan 2024

A new potential ADR issue has arisen for Tesla, this time for pre-update Model 3 electric cars and its sibling Model Y, relating to a possible steering issue for thousands of cars.

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The discontinued cars that crept into 2023

By Byron Mathioudakis · 21 Jan 2024

Here is a list of several discontinued models that have actually been registered as new vehicles in Australia during 2023. Some were pulled from the market just the year prior, while others were deleted long before that. Spooky!

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Is Hyundai in delcine? Or just evolving...

By Stephen Ottley · 20 Jan 2024

At the end of 2022 we wrote a story with the headline, 'Why Hyundai doesn't want to finish fifth in sales in 2023' - guess where Hyundai finished in sales in 2023?

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Toyota GR Corolla too manual for you?

By Laura Berry · 18 Jan 2024

Toyota's GR Corolla could be next on the list to get an automatic transmission

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Cheap and cheerful is back!

By Tom White · 17 Jan 2024

The little affordable hatchback which put MG on the map is finally set to get a next-generation version, but will it be as cheap as before?

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Chinese cars outselling Koreans in Australia

By James Cleary · 13 Jan 2024

In a sign of the automotive times, the number of new vehicles produced in China and sold in Australia in 2023 exceeded the number of cars coming from South Korea, now placing the manufacturing powerhouse in third position behind Japan and Thailand.

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