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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Mazda Australia is confident its Mazda CX-5 is a front-runner to be the country’s favourite SUV by the end of 2013. The Japanese brand has just added a new, more powerful petrol engine to the Mazda CX-5 that came close to being the ...
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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 ...
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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Conventional wisdom dictates to hold off on buying a car in the first year of new generation due to potential reliability concerns. Now, we're seeing automakers like Toyota making improvements to popular models like the Camry sedan in just ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 3 Comfort & Interior 2.5 Quality & Design 1 Value & Features 3.5 Green 3.5 It would be easy to take cheap pot shots at the Chery J3, one of the most recent Chinese-made vehicles to enter the Australian ...
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In redesigning the large Avalon sedan for 2013, Toyota spiced up the proven recipe by mixing in a bit more Lexus-like cabin luxury. But it didn't get the dynamic flavor quite right. Always packaged and marketed as a sedan for older ...
Japan-based automaker Toyota has introduced the Camry and Camry Hybrid vehicles of 2013 model year with added interior enhancements. Features including the Blind Spot Monitor system, interior armrests with matching interior color, leather ...
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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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The fourth-generation Toyota RAV4 has launched in Australia with a starting price of $28,490, a $500 reduction over the outgoing model. The all-new Toyota RAV4 sports a far more modern look than its predecessor and is recognisable as part ...
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Sollers-Bussan, a Russia-based vehicle-assembly joint venture (JV) between auto maker Sollers and Japan’s Mitsui, has started the production of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado sport utility vehicle (SUV) at its Vladivostok plant in Russia. ...
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The Citroen C3 Hybrid Air will be unveiled at next month’s Geneva motor show, debuting the French brand’s new drivetrain technology that promises fuel consumption of less than 3.0 litres per 100km. Citroen says its innovative ...
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