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By James Cleary · 22 Jan 2023

Believe it or not, for the longest time utes have been banned on most urban roads in China, and according to Reuters they only account for around two per cent of vehicle sales nationwide. Those that are sold are mostly for rural use, operating ‘on-farm’ only.

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How many Chinese cars were sold in Oz?

By Andrew Chesterton · 06 Jan 2023

China is emerging as an increasingly powerful new-car force in Australia, with more than 120,000 Chinese-made vehicles sold here last year.It's a meteoric rise for the relatively new vehicle manufacturing hub, with just 76,262 vehicles sold in 2021.

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Can these vans take on the Kia Carnival?

By Tom White · 05 Jan 2023

The all-conquering Kia Carnival is the people mover to beat, but can these potential and current rivals be the ones to give it a shake?

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Top 10 news from 2022

By Tung Nguyen · 31 Dec 2022

As the world tries to find the new normal after the outbreak and continued presence of a crippling pandemic, so to has the automotive industry tried to get back onto an even keel in 2022.

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Top reviews in 2022

By Tung Nguyen · 31 Dec 2022

Buying a new car in 2022 was not an easy task thanks to extended wait times, stock shortages and dealers seemingly less willing to budge on the sticker price, but that didn’t stop huge interest in reviews.

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Our 2023 new-car crystal ball

By Andrew Chesterton · 30 Dec 2022

While 2022 was a year of great unknowns — what with Covid, semi-conductors, stock shortages, factory shutdowns and shipping woes all combining to wreak havoc on deliveries — we have our fingers firmly crossed that 2023 will bring some sort of stability back to Australia’s new-car marketplace.

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China's LDV Maxus V70 people mover revealed

By Chris Thompson · 21 Dec 2022

Chinese car conglomerate SAIC has revealed the Maxus V70 people mover in its home country, where it used the Maxus brand name instead of LDV as is the case in Australia.The Maxus V70 is a van-based people mover, which is reportedly available in five, six,

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Three safest cars of 2022 revealed

By Chris Thompson · 20 Dec 2022

The safest new cars that went on sale in Australia in 2022 have been announced, with three cars awarded best overall safety and others ranking highly in specific criteria.

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How many Chinese cars Australians buy

By Chris Thompson · 19 Dec 2022

In 2022, the number of cars sold in Australia that were built in China has risen to break the 'one tenth' barrier, with more than one in ten new cars sold this year built there.Remarkably, this has happened in the course of half a decade - in 2017 Austral

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Honda HR-V cops four-star rating from ANCAP

By Chris Thompson · 15 Dec 2022

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has published results for three new cars, the Honda HR-V, Ford Mustang Mach-E, and internal-combustion versions of the LDV Mifa people mover, with one model falling short of top marks.The Honda HR-V smal

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