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Australia's diesel car and SUV sales decline

By Tim Nicholson · 26 Jan 2022

There are more diesel vehicles on Australian roads today than ever before, but diesel-powered passenger cars and SUVs are becoming a rarity.An increasing number of manufacturers have dropped diesel variants of SUVs and traditional passenger cars like seda

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GMSV the next Australian EV powerhouse?

By Stephen Ottley · 23 Jan 2022

General Motors’ decision to close down Holden looks set to help the brand usher in an electric future in Australia.

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Five brands that saw sales drop in 2021

By Tim Nicholson · 22 Jan 2022

For a lot of people impacted in some way by COVID, 2021 was a year to forget.Judging by the 2021 new vehicle sales figures, it was a year some car manufacturers wish they could forget too.While there were some big winners out of last year's sales results,

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Excessively noisy Chrysler 300 sedan recalled

By Justin Hilliard · 21 Jan 2022

Chrysler Australia has recalled a number of Chrysler 300 rear-wheel-drive large sedans due to their possibly excessive noise levels

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Peugeot updates passenger cars for 2022

By Justin Hilliard · 20 Jan 2022

Peugeot Australia has updated its range of passenger vehicles for MY22, with all existing variants increasing in cost, while the 5008 mid-size SUV has added a new GT Sport grade

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2021’s pandemic-immune upmarket car brands

By Justin Hilliard · 20 Jan 2022

We all thought 2020 was tough until 2021 reared its ugly head, taking the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic to the next level. But as it turns out, the very top of the new-vehicle market was seemingly immune from the obvious challenges, with sales records tumbling

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China-only 2022 Ford Mondeo revealed

By Tung Nguyen · 18 Jan 2022

Ford has officially revealed its all-new Mondeo sedan, but Australians holding out hope that the long-running mid-sizer would return to local showrooms should look away now.And that's because the fifth-generation Mondeo will be a China-exclusive model, bu

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New Polestar 2 proves EVs can cross Nullabor

By Justin Hilliard · 17 Jan 2022

Polestar Australia and a retired engineer have gone out of their way to prove a point: all-electric vehicles (EVs) can cross the notorious Nullabor Plain despite the obvious charging infrastructure challenges

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Kia Stinger about to reach end of line?

By Laura Berry · 16 Jan 2022

It was a 'what the heck?' moment when the Kia Stinger rumbled into dealerships for the first time in 2017 - only a month before the last Australian-made Holden Commodore would roll off the production line - but will lacklustre global sales mean the last affordable rear-wheel-drive sports sedan has reached the end of the road, too?

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Six brands with huge sales increases in 2021

By Tim Nicholson · 16 Jan 2022

Last year was a real mixed bag when it comes to new-vehicle sales in Australia.On the one hand, it was a strong year in terms of outright volume, with overall sales reaching 1,049,831 units - a 14.5 per cent increase on the decidedly average 2020 tally.Bu

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