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, ...
After wanting to keep its under-bonnet options a guarded secret, Holden has been forced to admit that the Holden VF Commodore SS V-Series will retain its 6.0-litre V8 engine. “The Holden will have a 6.0-litre engine as per the ...
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The first rear-drive Chevrolet sedan since 1996 makes its debut in Daytona this weekend, ready to lead the pack at the upcoming Daytona 500 NASCAR race. Like the Pontiac G8 before it, the Chevrolet SS is borrowed from General Motors' ...
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The Opel Insignia OPC will take top spot on the German brand’s performance ladder when the $59,900 sedan goes on sale locally later this month. The Opel Insignia OPC sits above the Opel Corsa OPC and Opel Astra OPC to complete the ...
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Nissan Motorsport has unveiled the race colours for its 2013 Nissan Altima V8 Supercars and its four-man driver line-up that will take to the grid at the opening round of the championship in Adelaide in March. Nissan Motorsport racing ...
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. There’s been nothing before it, at least in this country, so this $60,000 fast four-door sedan is an unknown quantity. Opel Performance Centre (OPC), based in Russelsheim, Germany, is the sports-engineering division of GM’s ...
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Israel-based electric vehicle network provider Better Place has cut funding of its Australian division, placing the rollout of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure across our country under a cloud. Better Place confirmed the ...
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The pint-sized European-built Kia Picanto is no longer on the agenda for an Australia launch until at least 2015. Interest in the Picanto, which had been rumoured to join Kia’s local line-up for much of the past two years, seems to ...
The Hyundai Azera large sedan and long-wheelbase Hyundai Santa Fe SUV have been spotted undergoing testing in Australia. The undisguised Azera and camouflaged Santa Fe LWB were snapped by a CarAdvice reader on Epping Rd in Sydney, not far ...
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The first-ever Mercedes-Benz V8 Supercars have been revealed, as Erebus Motorsport gets ready for its first assault on the Australian racing series. Based on the newly updated Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG – and built in just 109 days ...
Nissan Motorsport has released a video of the team’s path to this year’s V8 Supercars Championship. Following the Nissan team’s unveiling of its four-car, four-driver line-up, with Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly, Michael Caruso ...
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The first spy shots of the next-generation Holden Cruze have emerged, more than three years before the new car is scheduled to roll off Holden’s Adelaide production line. The camouflaged mule was snapped during cold-weather testing, ...
The Honda Civic Hatch Diesel will become the first ever diesel-powered vehicle sold in Australia by the Japanese manufacturer when the new UK-built variant arrives in showrooms in April. The Civic Hatch DTi-S features Honda's new 'Earth ...
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Mazda has announced a boost in towing performance across its Mazda BT-50 4×2 and 4×4 ute range to equal the pulling power of best in vehicles its class. The 150kg increase in the braked towing capacity of Mazda BT-50 4×2 ...
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Australia’s most successful performance car manufacturer, Holden Special Vehicles (HSV), has celebrated the production of its 75,000th car. The milestone car, a 2013 HSV ClubSport sedan in Perfect Blue paint (above), rolled off the ...