Hatchback News

Fiat 500e pricing: still on the cheapish side

By Byron Mathioudakis · 08 Mar 2023

Fiat has finally revealed pricing of its highly-acclaimed 500e electric vehicle (EV), undercutting obvious rivals like the Mini Cooper SE.

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VW, Cupra, Skoda looking strong for 2023

By Chris Thompson · 06 Mar 2023

The three key brands under the Volkswagen Group Australia umbrella, VW, Skoda, and Cupra, are looking to build on a strong start to 2023 with improving supply and new models on the horizon.While 2022 was a particularly rough year in Australia for the Germ

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Why are these slow-selling cars overlooked?

By Byron Mathioudakis · 05 Mar 2023

Believe it or not, there are quite a large number of new models that seem stuck to showroom floors, with little demand and few buyers to snap them up.

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How Toyota will expand the GR Corolla appeal

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Mar 2023

Toyota has all-but-confirmed that an automatic transmission is coming to its hot hatch duo - the GR Yaris and newly-launched GR Corolla.

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Dear car makers: Don't kill the golden goose

By Stephen Ottley · 04 Mar 2023

As the famous fable tells us, don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. But it seems that lesson is being lost on car company executives who continue to dilute their prestigious performance brands.

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Electric VW Golf R replacement planned

By Chris Thompson · 02 Mar 2023

The Volkswagen Golf name will live on, not set to be replaced by the ID.2 or ID.3, but part of its current lineup will have a spiritual successor that moves to the former ID mentioned.The Volkswagen Golf R might not live on if overseas reports are accurat

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Would you pay $100 per litre for fuel?

By Stephen Ottley · 02 Mar 2023

Toyota wants to save the internal combustion engine and believes synthetic fuel is the answer - but not at the current price.

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2024 Volkswagen ID.3 updated

By Chris Thompson · 01 Mar 2023

Australia's finally getting a look at the version of the Volkswagen ID.3 that will arrive Down Under, as the Wolfsburg brand fixes some of the model's initial problems with an update.

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Need a $30K new car, SUV or ute? Read on!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 24 Feb 2023

Congratulations. You’ve secured $30,000 and need a new car.

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Suzuki Ignis Shadow takes a dark turn

By Tim Nicholson · 21 Feb 2023

Suzuki has gone to the dark side with a new Shadow Edition of its tiny Ignis light SUV. The jacked-up city hatch is on sale now and sits at the top of the Ignis line-up.

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