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By John Law · 14 Jan 2025

Mazda’s new seven-seat family SUV has scored full marks in safety testing. The 2025 Mazda CX-80 received five stars from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) against the latest 2024 criteria.

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Mazda commits to combustion for good

By John Law · 14 Jan 2025

With many European brands feeling the sting of slowing electric car sales expansion and intense competition from China, Japan is doing things differently. Mazda is no stranger to thinking outside the box and at this month’s Tokyo Auto Salon car show, boss Masahiro Moro declared Mazda “will not give up on [combustion] engines," according to a report from BestCar.

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What's the secret to lifelong sales success?

By John Law · 14 Jan 2025

The car industry is based on constant model renewal. Cycles have been getting shorter and shorter, with the main industry settling on between six and eight years as the norm.

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Kia Stonic 2025 review: Sport

By Marcus Craft · 13 Jan 2025

Every 2025 Kia Stonic is equipped with the 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine. And that's big news because that engine was, until now, only ever offered in the top-spec GT-Line. Small SUVs offer plenty of urban-driving appeal and carmakers like Kia have fine-tuned their compact vehicles into crowd-pleasing products. But is the new and improved Stonic worth your consideration?

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BYD's next cut-price EV launches in UK

By John Law · 13 Jan 2025

Electric car giant BYD has just announced a new cut-price model for the UK market. Known as the Atto 2, the electric small SUV slips between the popular mid-size Atto 3 and Dolphin hatch in the right-hand-drive market. Australian plans remain unconfirmed.

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Mazda CX-70 2025 review: GT D50e long-term | Part 1

By Laura Berry · 12 Jan 2025

The Kia Carnival was always going to be a hard act to follow for the Mazda CX-70 GT D50e - for a start the name is not very catchy. But this new long-term test car is already impressing the Berry family.

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BYD's unprecedented scale laid bare

By Dom Tripolone · 12 Jan 2025

BYD is the new Goliath in the car industry. The Chinese giant sold more than 4.2 million cars last year according to reports from the BBC, and 1.76m of those were fully electric cars.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 2025 review: SUV

By Emily Agar · 10 Jan 2025

The 2025 Mercedes-AMG EQE53 SUV is a high-performance fully-electric vehicle (EV) from Affalterbach and that means expectations on speed and power delivery are high. Is this the answer for the AMG lovers who want to go green or something else entirely?

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GWM is keen to get buyers into PHEVs

By John Law · 10 Jan 2025

GWM has announced a discount on one of its new models before it has even arrived. The incoming GWM Haval H6 GT plug-in hybrid is on offer for $53,990, drive-away. That is a $2000 discount compared to RRP.

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Here it is! Tesla Model Y update revealed

By Dom Tripolone · 10 Jan 2025

Tesla has revealed its long-awaited updated Model Y electric SUV.

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