Marking a return to the hot-hatch genre for the brand in this country, the Peugeot 208 GTi has arrived priced from $29,990. Available in 1160kg three-door form only, with a single drivetrain option – a 1.6-litre turbocharged ...
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Opel Australia dealers walked into last Friday’s meeting in Melbourne expecting exciting news about new vehicles and fresh marketing direction. “We all went there with a great air of anticipation,” one metropolitan Opel ...
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BMW, Ferrari, Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles feature tungsten that is illegally mined by a terrorist group in Columbia, according to a Bloomberg Markets magazine report. Bloomberg followed the journey of the tungsten ore, called ...
The Honda Civic has taken the top two spots in the latest round of the US IIHS small overlap front crash tests involving small cars. Covering 12 of the North American market’s best-selling small cars, the crash tests resulted in ...
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The Volkswagen Tiguan 118TSI is now available with the option of an automatic transmission. Previously offered exclusively as a six-speed manual for $28,490, Volkswagen Australia has introduced a six-speed dual-clutch DSG automatic option ...
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The Audi e-tron family is set to expand with the Audi Q7 next to utilise electric motor technology. Speaking at the launch of the brand’s first local advertising campaign tagged ‘land of quattro’, Audi Australia managing ...
The Ford Fiesta ST will become Australia’s cheapest hot-hatch when it launches next month from a sharp $25,990. The most powerful production Fiesta in history undercuts its key rivals, including the $27,990 Skoda Fabia RS, $27,790 ...
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The 2013 Los Angeles auto show will host international premieres from nine brands when its doors open on November 20. The event’s organisers confirmed BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Porsche, Subaru and Volkswagen ...
Toyota Motor Corporation appears set to become the first car maker to build 10 million vehicles in a single year, as it simultaneously holds a six-month sales lead over both General Motors and Volkswagen. Helped by demand for hybrids in ...
German carmaker Volkswagen Group has launched a new in-car system, VW Car-Net, which claimed to offer convenience and diagnostics features along with the security. The company will make the VW Car-Net available in the selected vehicles of ...
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A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
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Suzuki and Volkswagen are reportedly considering reviving their short-lived and ill-fated partnership to end a two-year legal stoush. Bloomberg reports Suzuki president Osamu Suzuki and Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech are attempting ...
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British luxury car maker Bentley Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, is planning to invest about GBP800m through 2016 at its Crewe Plant in the UK for the production of new sport utility vehicle (SUV) and other models. The new SUV, which ...
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Porsche has been rated the most appealing new car brand to own in the US for the ninth consecutive year. The Stuttgart-based luxury sports car maker topped the 2013 JD Power US Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study ...
Latin America’s vehicle safety adjudicator, Latin NCAP, has awarded its first five-star safety rating to a car, while also giving zero stars to vehicles from four major automotive brands. The new Seat Leon, a Volkswagen Golf-based ...
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