Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane says Australia’s car makers are facing “one hell of a challenge” but is confident they have a long-term future. Macfarlane, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill and Holden chairman and ...
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A mule of the all-new ‘baby Jeep’ has been spied undergoing high-altitude testing ahead of its international unveiling and launch in 2014. Hiding under a roughly cut collection of Fiat 500L body panels is the sub-compact ...
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Cummins has announced it is launching a five-litre V8 diesel engine, designed for pickup-and-delivery applications and other light- and medium-duty trucks. The ISV5.0 will be assembled at Cummins' Columbus Engine Plant, which has received ...
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Nissan Australia is recalling 24,700 Nissan Patrol SUVs due to a fault related to the accelerator pedal that affects approximately 908,900 vehicles globally. Affecting Y61 Nissan Patrols built in the Japanese manufacturer’s Shatai ...
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BMW will launch a 1 Series sedan based on its new front-wheel-drive architecture in the second half of this decade to allow it to go head to head with recently released compact four-doors from its German rivals. Autoweek reports the new ...
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The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate has been spotted testing on public roads outside the car maker’s research and development centre in Germany. The images, snapped by CarAdvice’s spy photographers, give us our first look at the ...
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The monstrous Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 has been priced at 379,000 euros ($547,000), making it the second-most expensive model in the company’s line-up. The eye-watering before-tax pricing makes Mercedes’ six-wheel-drive ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is planning to invest EUR1.5bn to upgrade its production plants in France through 2016, if the labor unions agreed to a wage freeze and reduced overtime pay. This move of the company is a part of its ...
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Daihatsu has debuted eight concept cars at the Indonesia motor show in a typically bold move for the quirky Japanese car maker. The models all form part of Daihatsu’s plan to become a market leader in compact cars that are fuel ...
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A car planned to be “most elegant and sophisticated” convertible in the world, the Bentley Mulsanne convertible, will not be produced. In an interview with Car and Driver at last week’s Frankfurt motor show, Bentley CEO ...
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Senior German sports car maker - Porsche announced the results of the global new car sales in August on September 5, 2013. Total sales are 11481 vehicles, rose 5.2%, continuous growth. From different markets, there is a credit crisis of ...
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Images of the Caterham AeroSeven concept have been leaked ahead of the radically styled track specialist's unveiling at this weekend's Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. Though its exterior design represents a significant departure from ...
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The boss of Infiniti admits the luxury car maker needs to 'de-Americanise' its line-up to achieve success on a global scale. Sold exclusively in the US for almost 20 years from its 1989 formation until its European launch in 2008, ...
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The US Department of Energy is trying to unload repayments of the loan it granted electric car maker Fisker Automotive?following the company's failure to repay federal loans of US$168 million ($178 million). Fisker won a US$528 million ...
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German automaker Audi is set to invest EUR150m to commence the production of cars in S?o José dos Pinhais, Brazil by 2015. This new investment will see the production of the new Audi Q3 and the new A3 Sedan in the country. The new ...