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Mazda CX-80 Touring 2025 review: snapshot
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By Andrew Chesterton · 26 Nov 2024
The Touring marks the second-from-bottom rung on the Mazda CX-80 ladder, and is offered with all three of the model’s powertrain options. With petrol power, you'll be shelling out $61,950, with diesel that's $63,950, and with plug-in power it's $75,000.

Fear not, diesel dual-cab drivers: Kia doubles-down on diesel in Australia for the long-term even as NVES looms
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By Andrew Chesterton · 17 Nov 2024
The impending demise of diesel in Australia has been greatly exaggerated, at least according to Kia executives, who insists diesel engines have "got a lot of mileage left in our country."
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Chinese 'halo car' revealed in government filings: 2025 LDV eTerron 9 and Terron 9 will be the brand's next breed of electric and diesel-powered utes to rival the BYD Shark 6, Ford Ranger, GWM Cannon Alpha and Toyota HiLux
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By Samuel Irvine · 04 Nov 2024
Homologation documents submitted to the Australian Government’s road vehicle regulator have revealed two brand new LDV utes with electric and diesel powertrains.
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LDV Deliver 7 2025 review: SWB Low Roof - GVM test
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By John Law · 30 Oct 2024
Following up the electric LDV eDeliver 7 comes the diesel-powered model which may look identical from the outside but is an altogether more traditional package.
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China's futuristic answer to the Kia Carnival and Volkswagen ID.Buzz: 2025 Zeekr Mix is the people mover made for families on the go
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By Dom Tripolone · 25 Oct 2024
Emerging Chinese brand Zeekr has detailed its newest electric car.
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When will diesel cars be banned in Australia?
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By Stephen Corby · 23 Oct 2024
When will diesel cars be banned in Australia? The answer is no time soon, at least on a national basis, but if you’re asking will diesel cars be banned, it seems inevitable. The future of diesel cars in Australia would best be described as limited and their phasing out inevitable because they cause pollution and this is making them increasingly unpopular.
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GWM puts Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X on notice with Tank 300 Diesel ready to exit the new product pipeline
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By James Cleary · 18 Oct 2024
Reports out of China overnight have confirmed GWM’s long-awaited diesel version of the Tank 300 SUV is closing in on global launch, possibly before the end of 2024.
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The end of diesel dual-cab dominance: Forget the 2025 Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, Australia will soon have a new best-selling vehicle - and it's not a ute but the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid SUV
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By Andrew Chesterton · 05 Oct 2024
The end of diesel dual-cab dominance could at last be upon us, with Toyota predicting the end of the HiLux's reign as the brand's best-selling vehicle, while also tipping the next model to be Australia's number one.
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Don't count diesel out! Popular models such as the 2025 Audi Q5 and Q7 can survive Australia's new emissions laws well into the future despite rivals bowing out
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By Tom White · 05 Oct 2024
Why Audi says diesel has lots of life left in Australia despite harsh new emissions laws being introduced.
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Cut-price Toyota Prado punisher to get diesel power: 2025 GWM Tank 300 diesel, plug-in hybrid versions of Tank 500, Cannon Alpha, Haval H6 and more head to Australia according to leaked details
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By John Law · 08 Sep 2024
GWM and its Haval SUV sub-brand are on a product offensive. The Chinese brand launched Australia's first hybrid ute earlier this year and is now looking to shore up its local range with more models. Leaked details suggest the Prado-rivalling GWM Tank 300 off-roader will score a diesel engine.