Hatchback News

2024 Mini Cooper electric car spotted!

By Chris Thompson · 05 Apr 2023

Mini's next-gen icon has been seen in the US without any disguise as its official debut approaches.

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Would this tiny affordable EV work in Oz?

By Tom White · 05 Apr 2023

Is now the time for Australians to consider smaller and more affordable electric cars? Here's why Mitsubishi thinks so.

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Is the next Hyundai i30 an EV?

By James Cleary · 05 Apr 2023

It's been one of the mainstays of Hyundai's local line-up since arriving in the late 2000s. And now, after three generations, the most recent launching in 2016, the i30 is reaching the end of its life. But rather than drafting a eulogy, Hyundai Australia is hinting at a dramatic rebirth, with the car's future as a zero-emissions city-sized EV looking increasingly likely.

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Hyundai Australia ups prices across the range

By Chris Thompson · 04 Apr 2023

Hyundai Australia has applied a price increase to some of its most popular models, with more to come in the near future.The brand has increased pricing for its i30 hatch and Sedan, as well as the Staria van and people mover, by hundreds of dollars, though

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VW Golf to go electric, T-Roc as last ICE car

By Chris Thompson · 04 Apr 2023

Despite pushback from Germany’s automotive sector and the nation’s government against EU regulations to ban the sale of new combustion cars by 2035, Volkswagen’s CEO has revealed the firm will produce its last internal combustion engine cars within the next few years.

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Should Peugeot do a Volvo and go EV only?

By Laura Berry · 02 Apr 2023

How much longer can Peugeot continue to sell almost no cars in Australia before its headquarters in Paris gives the signal to retreat from that faraway land populated mainly by kangaroos?

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The cool Fords NZ gets but Oz misses out on

By Byron Mathioudakis · 01 Apr 2023

Australians used to have one of the broadest selection of Fords in the world. Over the past decade, however, we've lost beloved local models like Falcon and Territory, the respected Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo engineered in Germany, as well as the EcoSport and Endura; most spiced up a range that was widely regarded as a cut above.

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VW ID.3, 4, 5, and ID.Buzz confirmed for 2024

By Chris Thompson · 29 Mar 2023

After a long delay on EVs for Australia, Volkswagen is finally opening the floodgates.

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2023 Mazda 2 hatch updated

By Chris Thompson · 28 Mar 2023

Mazda Australia has updated its smallest car, the Mazda2, for 2023 with a new external design to bring it in line with some of the brand's newer models.First launched in 2014, the current generation Mazda2 has been updated once since with a facelift in 20

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2023 Peugeot 308 pricing and features

By Chris Thompson · 28 Mar 2023

Australian pricing and specification of the 2023 Peugeot 308 hatch and wagon has been confirmed by the French brand's local arm, with an entry price to the range that's now well into premium territory.With four main variants across the range confirmed for

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