Around one in seven new passenger cars purchased in 2013 were classified as a medium car by industry accountant VFACTS, with the Toyota Camry crushing its competitors with a 38.7 per cent share in the cheaper bracket. A total of 24,860 ...
Tags: Medium Car, Toyota, Camry, Mazda 6
2013 Australian New Car Sales Figures in Total 1 Toyota 214,630 2 Holden 112,059 3 Mazda 103,144 4 Hyundai 97,006 5 Ford 87,236 6 Nissan 76,733 7 Mitsubishi 71,528 8 Volkswagen 54,892 9 Subaru 40,200 10 Honda 39,258 11 Kia 29,778 12 ...
Tags: New Car Sales, Toyota, Mazda
Last year proved another solid one for the ever-expanding SUV category, with 333,511 units sold across Australia for a nine per cent increase on 2012. The top four manufacturers mirrored 2012′s results with Toyota (56,139) finishing ...
Tags: SUV, Toyota, Mazda Cx-5
The six-year-old Mazda 2 has defied its age to claim Australia’s light car class crown in 2013. Rather than being a big winner last year, the Mazda 2’s segment win was a matter of being the smaller of two losers. Sales of the ...
Trends continued in the small car class in 2013, with almost a quarter of all new vehicle sales in Australia going to that segment, and its station maintained as the top-selling segment for the year with a 266,413 tally rising by 5.6 per ...
Tags: Small Car, Toyota, Corolla, Mercedes-Benz, B-Class
The Kia GT4 Stinger concept has been teased for the second time in two weeks ahead of its Detroit auto show unveiling later this month, with a 235kW turbocharged engine and rear-wheel drive now confirmed for the sports car. First teased ...
Tags: Kia, GT4 Stinger, Turbocharged Rear-Drive
Exterior changes to the 2014 Hyundai Elantra range are as limited as the suspension modifications are extensive. A first facelift for the fifth-generation small sedan from South Korea, which is now three years old, the ‘Series ...
Federal-Mogul Corp. has introduced 43 new replacement Moog Steering and Suspension brand parts covering millions of late-model foreign-nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles. The new parts include 12 patent-pending Moog Problem Solver ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Auto
To the eyes of those driving on Sydney’s upper north shore, the dark blue Hyundai Elantra with the number plates BU-31-YC appears just like any other cookie-cutter small sedan doing the suburban rounds. This middle-grade Hyundai ...
Tags: Hyundai Elantra, Auto Parts
Details of the new additions to Kia Australia’s showroom in 2014. Kia Soul (February) The second-generation Kia Soul retains the funky, youthful styling of the original yet promises a more mature, rounded package when it launches ...
Kia has teased its latest sports car concept that’s set to debut at next month’s Detroit auto show. Kia says the 2+2 sports car concept was designed by its team in Irvine, California, to deliver “head-turning ...
Tags: Kia, Sports Car
Sympatex Technologies expands into the Korean market: The ecological alternative among textile functional specialists is from now on represented with its own branch in the centre of Seoul, the capital. With the new customer Trespass, ...
Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. plans to introduce four tires into the replacement market in the next two years, beginning with the Solus TA31 in June 2014. The new high performance all-season touring tire, which will replace the KH16, will be ...
Tags: Kumho Tire, Solus TA31, New Tire
Hyundai has usurped Toyota to claim top spot in CarMD’s third annual Vehicle Health Index survey. The Index tracked the frequency and cost of repairs for “check engine” problems in 119 million cars in the US, built ...
The Proton Exora has launched in Australia priced from $25,990 driveway, confirming its status as the country’s cheapest seven-seater. Available in two trim specifications, the entry-level Exora GX and the Exora GXR priced at ...
Tags: Proton Exora, Seven-Seater