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The hard truth about Chinese cars
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By Stephen Ottley · 10 Apr 2023
To say Australians have embraced Chinese cars is an understatement. In recent years we have bought cars from China in increasingly huge numbers. In 2022 China was the fourth-largest source of cars sold in Australia - behind Japan, Thailand and South Korea - with more than 122,000 examples sold. But five years ago, back in 2017, Chinese-made cars didn’t even feature in the top 15 in sales. In fact
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List of the last manuals!
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By Laura Berry · 26 Mar 2023
Manual gearboxes are being killed off by the soulless, unromantic savages who want a car with an automatic transmission. Which is nearly everybody. So, the car manufacturers are making hardly any manual cars now. But for the few beacons of hope trying to save this rare animal from extinction we’ve made a list of new cars still with manuals that are for sale in Australia. But for how much longer?
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Ultimate MG wishlist?
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By Tom White · 17 Mar 2023
What does MG need to take on Ford and Mitsubishi? Here's what the brand could pull from overseas to flesh out its line-up.
2024 BYD electric and hybrid ute readying
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By Chris Thompson · 05 Mar 2023
The decade of the electrified ute is upon us, and slowly manufacturers of some of the nation’s most popular models have admitted they’ll need to start finding ways to make battery power work for Aussies. But China has already gotten there first.
Which car brand was the top seller in 2022?
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By Tim Nicholson · 01 Feb 2023
It is by far the most dominant automotive brand in Australia, and it’s just been confirmed that it was the biggest selling manufacturer globally last year.
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Will LDV be the biggest van brand in Oz?
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By Tom White · 30 Jan 2023
Like other Chinese-backed automakers in the last few years, LDV has gone from strength to strength, taking a solid percentage of market share away from its popular Japanese and Korean rivals.
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China's been bitten by the ute bug!
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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?
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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?
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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
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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.