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Watch out, China! Sharper-value Audi A3 comes in hot to fight up-start BYD Atto 3 and MG4, along with VW Golf, Honda Civic and other premium hatchbacks

By Byron Mathioudakis · 27 Feb 2025

Audi will finally launch the facelifted A3 Sportback range in Australia in the second quarter of this year, to take the fight to the rising tide of fast-improving Chinese hatchback alternatives.

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Mini Countryman 2025 review: JCW Favoured

By Emily Agar · 25 Feb 2025

The Mini Countryman is the not-so-mini cousin to the iconic and smaller Mini Cooper. The new generation offers a larger body size and updated technology but is this small SUV still urban-friendly and fun?

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Best new car options under $20,000, $25,000 & $30,000 in Australia

By David Morley · 24 Feb 2025

There are plenty of reasons for buying brand-new cars. Fiscal acumen is not always one of them, as a second-hand car which has already done the bulk of its depreciating will often be a wiser financial option, but many people aspire to a new car anyway. That’s because there’s that peace of mind that comes with a car that has a factory warranty for several years, not to mention that a second-hand ca

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MG MG4 2025 review: XPower long-term | Part 2

By Andrew Chesterton · 23 Feb 2025

The MG4 XPower is outrageously powerful, blisteringly fast and looks as though it has just driven off a Fast and Furious set. And this all-electric powerhouse is priced about the same as a petrol-powered hot hatch. But while it has the go-fast stuff covered, what's it really like to live with everyday? We put the XPower to the long-term test to find out.

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Punchy new affordable luxury car has arrived: 2025 BMW 120 and BMW 220 land in Australia with more power and equipment to battle the Audi A3 and Mercedes-Benz A-Class

By Dom Tripolone · 20 Feb 2025

BMW has padded out its most affordable model ranges in Australia.

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Volkswagen T-Cross days numbered, electric SUV successor named to battle BYD Atto 3, Kia EV2 and MG S5 EV

By Laura Berry · 17 Feb 2025

Volkswagen is about to show the world its new little electric SUV that will effectively take the place of the combustion engined T-Cross.

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Fresh hot hatch showdown shapes up: New Peugeot boss mulls return of electric 205 GTi as potential sporty EV to rival Alpine A290 and Abarth 500e

By John Law · 17 Feb 2025

If there’s one thing French carmakers do well, it’s front-drive hot hatches. The Peugeot 205 GTi and Renault 5 GT were cars for the car-loving people, and the two brands would go on to duke it out for front-wheel drive driving supremacy for nearly 40 years.

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Nissan Qashqai 2025 review - Australian first drive

By Byron Mathioudakis · 17 Feb 2025

Hugely successful and wildly influential, the British-built Nissan Qashqai has set the pace in small SUVs globally since 2007, but is more of a niche player in Australia. This may change with the third-gen model's MY25 facelift, bringing fresh styling, cabin updates and more e-Power hybrid variants, as well as an industry-leading warranty. The improvements elevate an already premium proposition.

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MG ZS Hybrid+ 2025 review: Essence

By Emily Agar · 15 Feb 2025

Increasingly, Australian buyers have fewer options to choose from if they want a brand new car for less than $40,000, especially in the small SUV segment. Enter the new MG ZS Hybrid+ Essence which combines a healthy features list with a reasonable price tag. But does affordable equal value?

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Big brand's new circa-$30,000 electric car coming: 2027 Volkswagen ID.1 to be revealed in concept form soon as a rival to the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora

By Dom Tripolone · 06 Feb 2025

Volkswagen is about to reveal its electric car for the masses.

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