Hot hatches

Did Toyota just confirm a Subaru WRX rival?

By Andrew Chesterton · 09 Jun 2022

Toyota in the USA has set the GR rumour wheel spinning, seemingly confirming a true Subaru WRX rival.Yes, it seems Japanese reports of a GR Corolla Sedan arriving next year were on the money, with Toyota USA's executive vice president of sales, Bob Carter

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Ralliart and STI to duke it out once more!

By Tony O'Kane · 05 Jun 2022

New developments show that Mitsubishi is primed for a Ralliart resurgence – is STI perhaps in store for a similar reinvention?

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Volkswagen Polo GTI 2022 review

By James Cleary · 03 Jun 2022

Think of the letters GTI, and most performance enthusiasts will also be thinking Volkswagen. The Polo GTI is the German giant's pocket-size hot hatch, and it's just had a refresh with more tech, more safety, some cosmetic tweaks, and a higher starting price. We tested it on road and track to see how it shapes up.

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Two-seat GR Corolla revealed

By Tung Nguyen · 02 Jun 2022

Toyota Australia has secured allocation of a hardcore two-seat version of the GR Corolla known as the Morizo Edition in overseas markets.What the local division end up calling the variant is still unclear, but it is referenced as the GR Corolla two-seater

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RIP: Sub-$14K, RWD SUVs, cheap limos, coupes

By Byron Mathioudakis · 28 May 2022

Australians used to be spoiled for choice.

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Hyundai N and N Line interest surges

By Tung Nguyen · 24 May 2022

Performance-hungry Australians are flocking to Hyundai’s sporty N brand in 2022, with N and N Line sales so far accounting for 27 per cent of the Korean brand’s volume this year.

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Hybrids stopped being slow and dull long ago

By Tony O'Kane · 14 May 2022

Gazing into the crystal ball, it’s obvious that electric cars are going to quickly transform from being a minor part of the motoring landscape to being the dominant species. It’s largely a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’, with the major factors affecting the speed of EV uptake being resource availability and cost. By 2030, expect almost everything to be electrified in some way.

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2022 Cupra Formentor review

By Andrew Chesterton · 12 May 2022

The Cupra Formentor is a genre-bending car. Part hot hatch, part mid-size SUV, it promises to offer the best of both worlds – performance and practicality, style and space – and the option of an electrified plug-in hybrid powertrain. So how does it measure up? We took the Formentor to Sydney Motorsport Park to find out.

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Civic still important to Honda

By Tung Nguyen · 12 May 2022

Honda Australia has admitted the Civic small car is no longer the jewel in its crown as it once was, but remains dedicated to the nameplate despite shifting its focus towards more popular SUVs.Speaking to CarsGuide, Honda Australia boss Stephen Collins sa

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Toyota GR Corolla sedan looks epic

By Andrew Chesterton · 03 May 2022

The Subaru WRX STi might be gone (but not forgotten), but that only opens the door for Toyota to snatch its performance-sedan crown with a GR Corolla Sedan.

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