The Volkswagen Taigun sub-compact SUV is set to enter production, according to the latest reports. Volkswagen?sources revealed to Autoweek that the German manufacturer planned to produce the all-new front-wheel-drive model based on the ...
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The Ford Mustang is returning to Australia but a bigger surprise is that the Blue Oval's American large car, the Taurus, is not set to replace the Falcon from 2017. A return of the famous US muscle car has been expected after Ford ...
The boss of Hyundai USA admits the brand needs a third SUV and has highlighted the burgeoning sub-compact crossover market as a priority. Hyundai Motor America president and CEO John Krafcik told reporters the brand had failed to take ...
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Production of the Opel Mokka will move from Korea to Spain in 2014 in a bid by General Motors to boost its ailing and underutilised European operations. The Mokka compact SUV, badged as a Vauxhall Mokka in other markets and a sister car ...
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The smallest Jeep 4WD yet will become a competitor for the likes of the Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf. Jeep CEO Mike Manley has told US motoring media the yet-to-be-named model will be 4.2 metres long, making it about the size of a ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has opened its new $500m engine plant at its China Changan Ford Automobile (CAF) in Chongqing, China. The new Changan Ford Engine Plant (CAFEP) has an initial production capacity of 400,000 ...
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The Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost has been named the International Engine of the Year for the second consecutive year. Ford’s direct-injection turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine achieved the highest score in the history of the ...
Ford Australia has confirmed future models in its line-up will come equipped with the car maker’s next-generation Sync AppLink connectivity technology. Ford launched Sync AppLink into Asia Pacific at Computex 2013 – ...
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Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler has shared intelligence on its fuel-efficient petrol engines with Ford in exchange for intimate information on the blue oval’s highly awarded three-cylinder EcoBoost powerplant. Automotive News ...
New-car buyers will shape the evolution of the Ford EcoSport, with the Blue Oval determined to seek out and react to the market's wants and needs from its all-new sub-compact SUV. As the manufacturer's first global foray into the baby ...
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Ford Sollers, the Russian joint venture (JV) of US automaker Ford Motor, has started the construction of a new $274m engine manufacturing plant in Tatarstan, Russia. The new facility, which is the carmaker's first passenger car engine ...
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The Ford EcoSport will target city dwellers and young families when it launches into Australia’s burgeoning sub-compact SUV market in December. Blending the compact dimensions of a city car with the elevated ride height and added ...
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The Opel Mokka will join the growing number of pint-sized SUVs to be sold in Australia. General Motors’ German brand has finally confirmed the Mokka will join its local line-up, which currently comprises the Corsa city car, Astra ...
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The latest Ford Explorer has been snapped driving in Melbourne by a keen-eyed CarAdvice reader, though don’t get too excited about a return of the famous American SUV to Australia. The Explorer was spotted in the Melbourne suburb of ...
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Ford has announced a new 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine will join its efficiency-focused turbocharged engine line-up, with the new Ford Mondeo the first to benefit from the new powerplant. The fifth EcoBoost engine made by Ford, the new ...