Hot hatches

Green light for Red! 2023 Cupra Formentor VZx Rojo edition is available in any colour, as long as it's red

By Chris Thompson · 07 Mar 2023

Cupra Australia has gone to great lengths to make sure one of its customers are happy with the specification offerings of its most popular model, the Cupra Formentor.

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How Toyota will expand the GR Corolla appeal

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Mar 2023

Toyota has all-but-confirmed that an automatic transmission is coming to its hot hatch duo - the GR Yaris and newly-launched GR Corolla.

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Dear car makers: Don't kill the golden goose

By Stephen Ottley · 04 Mar 2023

As the famous fable tells us, don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. But it seems that lesson is being lost on car company executives who continue to dilute their prestigious performance brands.

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Would you pay $100 per litre for fuel?

By Stephen Ottley · 02 Mar 2023

Toyota wants to save the internal combustion engine and believes synthetic fuel is the answer - but not at the current price.

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Need a $30K new car, SUV or ute? Read on!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 24 Feb 2023

Congratulations. You’ve secured $30,000 and need a new car.

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Toyota GR Corolla 2023 review

By Stephen Ottley · 23 Feb 2023

Toyota spent decades ignoring the hot hatch market and now it has launched its second entrant in three years. But can the new GR Corolla not only live up to the hype of the GR Yaris but go head-to-head with the likes of the Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R?

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Toyota will vet GR Corolla buyers

By Stephen Ottley · 18 Feb 2023

Toyota will undertake unprecedented checks on customers looking to buy its new GR Corolla hot hatch in order to ensure each of the 700 due in Australia this year end up in the hands of an enthusiast and not someone looking to make a quick buck.

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Toyota secures GR Corolla bonus

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Feb 2023

Toyota Australia has managed to secure an additional 200 examples of the all-new GR Corolla than originally expected, with 700 confirmed for the first year on sale.

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Why Honda is confident it can bounce back

By Stephen Ottley · 12 Feb 2023

Last year we asked if Honda’s new way of selling cars could change the way every brand went about dealing with customers. And the answer is… too early to tell.

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Final Renault Megane RS pricing confirmed!

By Tim Nicholson · 08 Feb 2023

If you’re after a spicy turbocharged petrol-powered hot hatch in Australia, your options are becoming increasingly limited.

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