In the latest round of crash testing performed by the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ coupe twins, Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback and Range Rover luxury SUV have been awarded a maximum five star ...
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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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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 83rd International Geneva motor show is open to the public until March 17, and has delivered some of the automotive world’s biggest and most significant debuts. From revolutionary supercars like the hybrid-powered McLaren P1 and ...
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With Toyota having all but confirmed the Toyota 86 convertible for production, Subaru says it still hasn’t decided whether or not it will do a similar body style with its sister car, the Subaru BRZ. Speaking to CarAdvice at the ...
The lid has been lifted on the Toyota 86 Convertible concept ahead of its global unveiling at next week’s Geneva motor show. Officially dubbed the Toyota FT-86 Open concept, the near-production-ready concept gives us our clearest ...
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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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 ...
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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We are just thawing out after spending a few days testing tires at Jay Peak Resort in northern Vermont. No, we weren't skiing. We were measuring snow-traction performance in severe conditions to provide expert insights for our upcoming ...
Tags: Winter Tire Testing, driving safety, winter-tire ratings
Forget everything you’ve read about the Mercedes-Benz A-Class. The first- and second-generation models were practical and relatively affordable, but they were not much fun to drive and looked like the kind of cars a new-age ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, A250 Sport, Review
A review of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is both a good news story, and a bad news story. The good news is that the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is the only rear-wheel-drive, two-door sports coupe that exists between the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ and ...
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Five hatchbacks, one medium car, two SUVs and two sets of sports car twins that include the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are among the finalists announced for the 2013 World Car of the Year award. The distinguished list of contenders for ...
Tags: 2013, World Car, hatchbacks
If you’re desperate to find yourself in a new Subaru BRZ but can’t convince the other half, perhaps this video may serve as an inspiration. Made by the folks at Subaru Spain, this BRZ commercial certainly showcases some of the ...
Tags: Subaru, BRZ, rear-wheel drive system