It seems like only yesterday we awarded the Ford Fiesta ST a win against its Peugeot 208 GTi and Volkswagen Polo GTI rivals (read more here), then went a step further by crowning it one of the best-ever hot-hatches created and one of the ...
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The temperature may be hovering around freezing in much of the US, but the Volkswagen Beetle Dune concept will aim to bring a little summer to Detroit when it debuts at the city’s auto show next week. Dubbed “the sportiest ...
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The North American International Auto Show will see the U.S. debut of the latest Golf R, the most powerful version of the Golf ever to be sold in this market. With an estimated 290 horsepower, the new Golf R has 34 hp more than the ...
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The Kia GT4 Stinger concept has been teased for the second time in two weeks ahead of its Detroit auto show unveiling later this month, with a 235kW turbocharged engine and rear-wheel drive now confirmed for the sports car. First teased ...
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Details of the new additions to Kia Australia’s showroom in 2014. Kia Soul (February) The second-generation Kia Soul retains the funky, youthful styling of the original yet promises a more mature, rounded package when it launches ...
Details of the new additions to Skoda Australia’s showroom in 2014. Skoda Octavia RS (Q2) The Skoda Octavia RS will arrive in the second quarter of 2014. Skoda’s performance flagship is again available in ...
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Details of the new additions to Volkswagen Australia’s showroom in 2014. Volkswagen Golf wagon (February) The versatile Golf wagon will be first the cab off the rank for Volkswagen in 2014, arriving almost a year after the ...
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The all-new Renault Clio RS200 has launched in Australia with its sights set on asserting its authority over a number of new challengers in the city-sized hot-hatch segment. The new Clio RS200 reaches our shores a few months earlier than ...
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Volkswagen of America (VWoA), a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, has reported sales of 30,727 units in November 2013, compared to the sales of 36,727 units in the same period last year. The luxury carmaker has also reported year-to-date sales ...
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Often it’s both little niggles and special touches that are the focal point of the getting-to-know-you month with a brand new car, and so it proved with ‘my’Renault Clio Expression TCe120. The mid-grade Expression is ...
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When the current-generation Volkswagen Polo launched in Australia in mid 2010, it introduced levels of powertrain refinement, dynamic ability and interior sophistication never before seen in the city-car class. In the three and a half ...
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American auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner has introduced its electronic limited slip differential technology for the front transaxle of a front-wheel drive (FWD) vehicle on the 2013 Volkswagen Golf GTI with Performance Pack. The system ...
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Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
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We’re used to SS as a Holden performance badge but the Holden Barina RS introduces letters more familiar with rapid Renaults and Audis, and the fastest Focus. Hot Holdens also continue to be more associated with fast Commodores, so ...
The new Renault Clio RS hot-hatch will cost from $28,790 when it arrives earlier than expected in December, cutting thousands of dollars off the cost of its predecessor. Renault’s old, three-door-only Clio RS cost from $36,490 but a ...
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