The Mazda 3 has taken top honours in the March new car sales figures, marking the end of the first quarter of 2013. Finishing in the familiar position of first place, the Mazda 3 racked up sales of 3786 vehicles despite a fall in ...
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Toyota Australia has released export figures for its locally built Toyota Camry and Toyota Aurion models, showing that 70 per cent of its Australian made range have been exported to the end of the company's financial year on March 31. ...
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The Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore and Toyota Aurion locally-built trio continued the large segment's sales slump through the first quarter of 2013. Ford's sedan from Broadmeadows fell to just 831 units in March, down 34.8 per cent ...
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The Toyota HiLux has cemented its place atop the ute sales charts for another month, with March allowing the Japanese workhorse to further extend its 2013 sales lead over its rivals. The Toyota HiLux (3127) led a first quarter charge by ...
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Sales for the first quarter of the year are wrapped, with March sales up 7.4 per cent on February, and 2013 sales up five per cent on 2012 year-to-date. The 97,400 new passenger cars, SUVs, utes and trucks sold in March contribute to a ...
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With the media days at the New York International Auto Show behind us, the cars team has had time to reflect on the approximately 1,000 vehicles on display. Many new models made impressions, and some were utterly forgettable. To share our ...
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Car manufacturers both locally and internationally yesterday ran April Fools' Day?advertisements and released press releases about hoax models, technologies and developments. Mini?played its part in the day of hoaxes, revealing a cheeky ...
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The man responsible for designing the first all-new Land Rover Defender in more than six decades says his creation will be the "dog's bollocks". Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern told a small group of Australia's automotive media ...
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Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
Three new coating technologies resulting in patents will streamline the coating process and reduce manufacturing costs within the automotive industry. Dr. Jamil Baghdachi, a professor who specializes in polymers and coatings in the School ...
The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has claimed the title of World Car of the Year (WCOTY) for 2013, marking the brand's second consecutive win. Voted the best new vehicle out of an initial entry list of forty-two cars, the Volkswagen ...
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Volkswagen has announced it will offer fixed-price vehicle servicing across its entire range of passenger vehicles. Initially introduced on the Volkswagen Up! in October last year, the extended?capped-price servicing program takes effect ...
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Nissan has revealed that it is planning to unveil an all-new sports car to sit alongside the 370Z and GT-R at the Tokyo motor show in November. At today's New York auto show media day, Nissan vice president Andy Palmer spoke at length ...
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The third-generation Toyota Kluger has been revealed at the 2013 New York auto show ahead of its arrival in Australia in the first half of next year. With an aggressive front end featuring a prominent 'blade' running through the ...
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Ford could face a class-action lawsuit over claims of unintended acceleration in its vehicles after a complaint was filed in the US federal court on Thursday. Bloomberg reports the plaintiffs – representing owners of Ford Motor ...
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