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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Unless you’ve been living in South America these past few years, the Ford EcoSport will be an unfamiliar name. With the popularity of SUVs showing no signs of waning, however, the new-generation version of the EcoSport, like most ...
The Ford EcoSport sees the Blue Oval brand join the booming compact SUV category, and it means serious business with a starting price of just $20,790. That allows the model that's based on the Fiesta city car to undercut rivals such as ...
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Ford Motor Company recorded its ninth consecutive month of improved retail market share year over year in October and fifth consecutive month of increased sales volume. Ford's passenger car retail market share in October in its five ...
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Since my earliest days as a driver, it was drummed into my head by my dad and auto mechanics everywhere: Take care of your car and it will take care of you. And one of the most effective maintenance steps I could take, they told me, was ...
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The Ford Ka concept has been revealed in Brazil, previewing an all-new city car designed for emerging and fast-growing markets around the world. Developed by Ford Brazil, the car maker describes the sub-Fiesta-sized Ka concept as “a ...
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 ...
US skid king Ken Block has teamed up with the Need for Speed franchise for his latest sideways adventure: Gymkhana Six. Filmed on what is dubbed as “the ultimate gymkhana grid course”, Gymkhana Six sees Block and his mental ...
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The upcoming sixth gymkhana video from slideways king Ken Block has been teased ahead of its release next week. Following on from his San Francisco-based Gymkhana Five video released last year – and 2011′s Four, 2010′s ...
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Veteran Ford designer J Mays has announced his retirement after 16 years with the brand and 33 years in the automotive industry. Mays joined Ford in 1997 as design vice president, before being promoted to the role of Ford Motor Company ...
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The Ford Fiesta now comes standard with the car maker’s potentially live-saving Emergency Assistance feature, while select models in the Ford Focus range have been upgraded to include a full-size spare wheel. The addition of ...
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American gymkhana wizard Ken Block has been affectionately parodied in a new video by the makers of a children’s toy dubbed the Crazy Cart. Inspired by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 5 drifting in San Francisco video, a team from Razor ...
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The Fiat Panda has taken more than three decades to get to Australia, but now it’s here it’s time to quickly get used to the word ‘squircle’. You don’t need a PhD in mathematical shapes to appreciate this is ...
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These computer-generated images represent an accurate depiction of the new Ford Mustang due in 2015, according to one of the muscle car’s most famous fan sites. Mustang6G.com says the renderings are based on a combination of both ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 3 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 4.5 French brands were remarkably late to join the SUV party, so it’s quite a shock seeing the Peugeot 2008 emerge at the ...
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