A blind-spot warning (BSW) system can reduce both stress and the risk of a crash by helping you keep tabs on vehicles lurking over your shoulder and out of sight. But until recently, the only way to get one VNever ones to miss an ...
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The first vehicle designed for the new China-only Zinoro brand by BMW and joint venture partner Brilliance Automotive has been spied undergoing testing in Germany. Captured by CarAdvice’s spy photographers near BMW’s ...
A test car believed to be the revised Audi R8 GT has been caught by CarAdvice's spy photographers undergoing high-speed track testing at Germany's Nurburgring. Wearing V10 badges, front aero canards and a large rear wing, our spies ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 3 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 2.5 The Toyota LandCruiser Prado is Australia’s best selling large SUV, but do the numbers prove it’s the best ...
Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 Safety 5 Green 3.5 If you're after a luxury-sports wagon that blends space, style and swift performance, then look no further than the ...
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The BMW i3 has been caught undergoing final-round testing as the German company readies its dedicated ‘i’ showrooms in Europe and the US. Due on sale in those markets late 2013, the small wagon will be available in both ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 4 The Nissan Altima already fronts the V8 Supercars program for its marque, but this markedly different production version won't go on sale in ...
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No, not those models that frequent a runway. Instead, two of the big introductions here at this year's New York Auto Show are trumpeting major weight reductions. To be fair, it did require major surgery in both cases. Over the past few ...
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The Tesla Model S continues to entertain us with its engaging driving characteristics and wicked speed. And now, it provides three-row seating in an electric sport sedan—an ability more often associated with some fuel-guzzling SUVs. ...
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Google "I hate buying a new car" and you'll get about 96,900,000 results. Yes, many people can't stand the process buying a new car. But over the last 13 years and 102 transactions buying cars for Consumer Reports' test program, I've seen ...
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The Chrysler 300 SRT8 is not everyone’s cup of tea. For a start, it’s American, so Europhiles will scoff. Then there’s the monstrous V8 engine that is caged underneath, desperate for attention. If you get over all of that, ...
The Mazda 3 has been Australia’s number one selling car for the past two years. Sometimes, mere popularity doesn’t guarantee an excellent product but thankfully that isn’t the case with the Mazda 3. Despite being four ...
An all-new Honda Accord may be headed our way in mid 2013, but the outgoing Japanese full-size sedan remains a hugely capable contender in the segment dominated by Australia’s locally made Toyota Camry. Since its launch in 2008, the ...
Describe a European luxury car with a 3.0-liter supercharged V6, all-wheel-drive, and eight-speed automatic, and one name probably comes to mind: Audi A6. But now this appealing technological combination platter also describes the Jaguar ...
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We just took delivery of our 2014 Mazda6 Sport test car. This isn't our first encounter with Mazda's redesigned mainstream sedan; we drove a pre-production car (sans badges) late last year and recorded a First Drive video. But it was ...
Tags: Mazda, Sport test car, mainstream sedan