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GR Corolla broadens appeal with new auto

By Samuel Irvine · 02 Aug 2024

Toyota has broadened the appeal of its rally-bred GR Corolla hot hatch with a suite of changes — including a new transmission.

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Hyundai i30 N pricing goes up!

By Tim Nicholson · 02 Aug 2024

One of Australia’s favourite hot hatches has come in for an overhaul that adds some extra goodies, but it also comes with a price increase.

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Electric car battery warranties explained

By Tom White · 01 Aug 2024

Can you hear what’s coming over the horizon? Probably not, because it’s a swathe of near-silent Electric Vehicles (EVs), set to supersede the bog-standard gas-guzzling Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) car within the next decade or two.

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The hot new cars from Japan we want in Aus!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 23 Jul 2024

Japan is on a roll. Not since the heyday of the ’80s and early ‘90s has its car industry been so confident and progressive, taking wild chances when – in the past – things would have been played way too safe.

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Toyota Corolla to go PHEV - report

By Chris Thompson · 22 Jul 2024

The next Toyota Corolla might be on the way with a very impressive plug-in hybrid (PHEV) driving range if overseas reports are any indication.

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The car brands suffering the most in 2024

By Tom White · 21 Jul 2024

Meet the brands posting the biggest year-on-year declines as Australia's new car market permanently changes.

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Raucous hot hatch gets even better

By Dom Tripolone · 18 Jul 2024

The updated Hyundai i30 N hot hatch is locked in for Australia and is due to land in showrooms from August.

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Best electric cars arriving in 2024

By Tung Nguyen · 16 Jul 2024

Love or hate them, electric cars are the future of personal transportation - just look at how many new EVs will be made available in Australia in 2024!

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New 2024 'Holden' Colorado, Trax and more!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 16 Jul 2024

Holden may be gone, but – as Opel/Vauxhall’s recently-announced Frontera reminds us – it’s clear that a handful of the old names survive. They grace other, inevitably newer models from both within and beyond the broader GM family that once, of course, also included Holden. What do they look like today? Would fans of their Australian namesakes even recognise any sort of connection?

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Not so Innocenti ...and Autobianchi

By Laura Berry · 15 Jul 2024

Italy's government might just walk in and take control of Fiat's unsued brands Innocenti and Autobianchi for the pupose of offering them to other carmakers to breathe new life into them.

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