The Tata Xenon Tuff Truck concept has been unveiled in Melbourne as the new local importer of India’s largest car maker aims to make an immediate statement in the Australian market. As the name suggests, the Tuff Truck concept is ...
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BMW believes the increasing number of affordable compact luxury cars has the potential to double sales in Australia’s premium car segment. The German car maker’s local boss, Phil Horton, says the premium market is already ...
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Chinese car maker Geely will start selling vehicles co-developed with Volvo from 2015, according to latest reports. Bloomberg reports Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd, which purchased Volvo from Ford for US$1.8 billion in 2010, is to ...
Little-known Moroccan sports car maker Laraki has rolled out its 1305kW Epitome concept at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The Laraki Epitome, a $2-million rebodied C6 Corvette, flaunts a heavily sculpted carbonfibre ...
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Spare parts required to repair and service locally-sold BMW and Mini vehicles are being delayed by up to six weeks following a parts management system change in Germany. BMW and Mini Australia product communications manager Scott Croaker ...
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Nissan has teased a new concept car, well ahead of its anticipated debut at January’s 2014 Detroit auto show. Shown on screen during a presentation celebrating the Japanese manufacturer’s 80th anniversary at an event in Los ...
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New Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has reportedly re-opened the former Swedish brand’s Trollhattan factory that shut its gates in April 2011 prior to the company filing for bankruptcy later that year. According ...
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Australian media got its first close-up look at the all-new 2014 Mazda 3 sedan this week ahead of the popular model’s arrival in local showrooms in January. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Mazda 3 has become a cornerstone ...
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Indian automaker Tata Motors is seeking to expand its wholly owned British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) vehicle manufacturing plant in Halewood, UK. The expansion of JLR's plant in north-west England would be carried ...
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Volkswagen is reportedly close to confirming the production location of its first seven-seat SUV, to be built at one of two plants in North America. Once officially confirmed for production, the SUV will be built at either the car ...
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Tata Motors, India’s largest car manufacturer, is set to preview its first vehicle for sale in Australia at the National 4×4 & Outdoors Show in Melbourne at the end of this month. The car maker will display its Xenon ute ...
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A special edition Porsche 911 has been created to celebrate the iconic German sports car maker reaching five million Facebook fans. The 911 Carrera 4S, designed with input from the company’s many online fans, sports Aqua Blue ...
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Pontiac, the now-deceased subsidiary of General Motors, was working on a fifth-generation GTO before the car maker was killed off in 2009, it has been revealed. In a Road and Track magazine report, former GM vice-president Bob Lutz ...
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The boss of Subaru’s parent company says the brand is standing at a “major turning point” and has important decisions to make on whether to continue as a niche all-wheel-drive manufacturer or become more mainstream to ...
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Opel has revealed a new turbocharged three-cylinder engine destined to debut in the Opel Adam. Due to make its world premiere at next month’s Frankfurt motor show, the 85kW 1.0-litre engine is the first of an all-new family of ...
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