The Holden Trax, Peugeot 208 and Citroen DS5 have scored the maximum five-star rating in the latest round of crash tests from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), while the MG 6 received only four. The five-star safety ...
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The Holden Trax will offer city-sized SUV packaging for small-car pricing when it goes on sale in Australia in September. Priced from $23,490 before on-road costs, the front-wheel-drive-only Trax becomes the cheapest and smallest member ...
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Holden, the Australian subsidiary of US automaker General Motors (GM), has introduced the new Trax small sport utility vehicle (SUV). The new SUV is offered in two trim levels, the LS and LTZ, which are powered by 1.8L DOHC 16-valve 4 ...
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 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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Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today unveiled its completely redesigned version of its premium lines of Satellite P Series and S Series laptops with the latest quad-core ...
The Renault Captur and Chevrolet Trax have both earned a maximum five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), ahead of the new sub-compact SUVs’ local arrival in 2014. Due to reach Australian ...
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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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Holden has announced a net loss of $152.8 million for the 2012/2013 financial year – the second largest in its history – a result it blames predominantly on reduced demand for its Australian-made vehicles. The local ...
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General Motors is the latest manufacturer in hot water over a controversial commercial, this time drawing ire over a Chevrolet Trax advertisement that was labelled racist by some viewers. The negative attention directed towards the Trax ...
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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US automaker General Motors’ (GM) Korean subsidiary GM Korea is planning to manufacture its next-generation electric vehicles (EV) in South Korea, as part of its attempt to restore momentum for the stalling vehicle technology. The ...
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TotalTrax announced today that the U.S. Patent Office has issued TotalTrax a seventh patent, covering a method for collision avoidance. US patent 0010023 entitled “Method and apparatus for managing and controlling manned and ...
Tags: TotalTrax, automated utility vehicles, collision avoidance patent