The E-Up! is Volkswagen's first fully electric production vehicle and has a range of up to 150km on a single charge, thanks to its low weight of 1185kg. The Volkswagen E-Up! can be recharged to 80 per cent capacity within 30 minutes, with ...
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Despite an extraordinary 47-year run for the Toyota Corolla, you’d be hard pressed to find anybody who would laud the ubiquitous small car as ever being a standout looker in its segment. Well, all that has finally changed in a ...
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The performance diesel variant of the new Volkswagen Golf range will travel quicker but also use less fuel than its predecessor. The Volkswagen Golf GTD, a kind of diesel-powered twin to the ‘GTI’, uses the German car ...
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The Volkswagen Touareg V8 TDI R-Line, the new flagship of the German brand’s big SUV, will cost from $112,990. Pricing has been confirmed following the release of initial images and details for the Touareg V8 TDI back in January. ...
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Volkswagen Australia is committed to bringing the seven-seat Volkswagen CrossBlue to our market if its German parent approves the new SUV for right-hand-drive production. Volkswagen Australia managing director Anke Koeckler told CarAdvice ...
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Barloworld Volkswagen Bayside in Moorabbin, Victoria, has been named Volkswagen national dealer of the year in the German brand’s local dealer awards. The Victorian dealership also claimed Major Metro dealer of the year at the VW ...
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. There’s been nothing before it, at least in this country, so this $60,000 fast four-door sedan is an unknown quantity. Opel Performance Centre (OPC), based in Russelsheim, Germany, is the sports-engineering division of GM’s ...
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Porsche says fuel consumption and emissions are central to its future engines but has ruled out fitting a four-cylinder engine to either its 911 supercar or Cayman and Boxster sports cars. The company is still considering downsized ...
A new Porsche supercar that would sit between the iconic 911 and upcoming 918 Spyder will switch its sights from the Ferrari 458 to the Ferrari F12 if it goes into production, according to company sources. Porsche CEO Matthias Muller has ...
A review of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is both a good news story, and a bad news story. The good news is that the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is the only rear-wheel-drive, two-door sports coupe that exists between the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ and ...
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The new Suzuki crossover based on the company’s 2012 S-Cross concept has been partly revealed in production form ahead of its debut at the 2013 Geneva motor show in March. The Japanese brand has released virtually no further ...
Investments of US$11 billion by leading Mexican flat steel producers for this year are focused on expanding market share in automotive and sectors in which the industry is highly competitive globally, such as hot rolled with new grades, ...
The Audi A3 sedan has been spied undergoing cold-weather testing in Scandinavia ahead of the all-new compact four-door’s anticipated unveiling later this year. Previewed in concept form two years ago at the 2011 Geneva motor show, ...
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The rallying exploits are now part of WRC history, though the good news is that hair-raising Imprezas live on in the form of the Subaru WRX STI. Clocking a near five-year vintage, the current model is the latest iteration of a nameplate ...
Small cars are getting bigger with each new generation and the latest Volkswagen Jetta is example eins. The Jetta is now in its sixth generation, but only the last four have come here – the third-gen badged Vento, fourth-gen ...
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