The all-new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 has claimed the title of European Car of the Year for 2013. The new seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf took top spot in the European awards, with the 58-member COTY jury awarding it a total of 414 points, ...
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A 10th-consecutive monthly sales record has seen Nissan bump Holden off Australia’s new car sales podium for the first time in modern history. The burgeoning Japanese manufacturer sold 8212 new vehicles across the country in ...
The lid has been lifted on the Toyota 86 Convertible concept ahead of its global unveiling at next week’s Geneva motor show. Officially dubbed the Toyota FT-86 Open concept, the near-production-ready concept gives us our clearest ...
Each year, the most popular report in the Consumer Reports Annual Auto Issue is Top Picks, which spotlights the 10 best cars of the year. In a previous blog, we looked at which brands perennially make the list, but what about those brands ...
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The son of former World Rally Championship driver, Finn Harri Rovanpera, is 11-year-old Kalle Rovanpera, and he’s been driving rally cars for years. Harri Rovanpera, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 1992-2006, has ...
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With a current crop of luxury models that are quiet, comfortable, fuel efficient, and among the most reliable, Lexus has earned the best overall score in Consumer Reports 2013 Car Brand Report Cards. The Lexus overall score of 79 was ...
Honda has returned triumphantly and en masse to Consumer Reports' Top Picks with three models--the Accord, CR-V, and Odyssey--after not having a single model make the cut last year. For 2013, the Top Picks list has new winners in seven ...
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Honda Australia has outlined its plans for this year with the arrival of the all-new Jazz Hybrid to kick start a busy 2013. Speaking to the automotive media in Sydney yesterday, Honda Australia’s Director and head of sales and ...
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Subaru has sold its 700,000th vehicle in Australia, as the local division of Fuji Heavy Industries celebrates 40 years on our shores. Imported by Subaru Australia since 1973, Subaru reached the sales milestone with a new fourth-generation ...
The net sales of Subaru in the first three year was 13,707 million yen (about 14.67 billion dollars), an increase of 33.2% compared with the same period of the previous year. During the period from 2012 April to December, Subaru car sales ...
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The fourth-generation 2013 Toyota RAV4 represents an entirely new approach to building and marketing the Japanese compact SUV. It features a new look, ditches the barn-door rear tailgate for the first time, and offers the option of a diesel ...
A near-production-ready prototype of the Toyota 86 Convertible has been spied in South Africa, giving us our first undisguised look at the highly anticipated open-air Japanese sports car. A reader of South Africa’s CarMag snapped ...
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The all-new fourth-generation Toyota RAV4 is now available with a diesel engine for the first time in the SUV’s 20-year history in Australia. The Toyota RAV4 diesel is powered by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel that produces ...
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We rather enjoyed the 2013 Mazda CX-5 Touring we bought and tested last year. But there was one complaint: the super-efficient 2.0-liter Skyactiv four-cylinder engine was down on power at just 155 horses. Scratch that gripe off the list. ...
Tags: Mazda CX-5 Touring, new car, car industry
We are just thawing out after spending a few days testing tires at Jay Peak Resort in northern Vermont. No, we weren't skiing. We were measuring snow-traction performance in severe conditions to provide expert insights for our upcoming ...
Tags: Winter Tire Testing, driving safety, winter-tire ratings