South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor’s India unit has shelved its plan to export Creta SUV from September to November-December to cater to the domestic demand. The carmaker, which aims at boosting output to 7,000 units a ...
South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor has taken the wraps off global sub-compact SUV ‘Creta’ built with Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steel (UHSS) in India. Claiming to offer improved body ...
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The Honda Vezel has been unveiled at the Tokyo motor show signalling the Japanese brand’s entry into the competitive sub-compact SUV segment. Arriving in Australia towards the end of next year, the Jazz-based Honda Vezel will be ...
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It’s taken more than three and a half years, but the Nissan Juke is finally available in Australia. Pioneering and somewhat revolutionary when it debuted in 2010, the Juke’s exclusivity has been eroded in recent times by the ...
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Peugeot has launched its new 2008 in Australia with the belief such sub-compact SUVs will be the big new trend for car buyers. The French brand’s 2008 is one of a raft of new SUVS emerging that are based on city cars. The 2008 is ...
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Peugeot is aiming to reclaim its former status as the leading French brand in Australia. It has been overtaken by a resurgent Renault in 2013 after being the dominant brand from France locally in recent history. In 2010 Peugeot sold ...
The Holden Trax will offer city-sized SUV packaging for small-car pricing when it goes on sale in Australia in September. Priced from $23,490 before on-road costs, the front-wheel-drive-only Trax becomes the cheapest and smallest member ...
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Design sketches of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class have been released ahead of the new model’s unveiling at next month’s Frankfurt motor show. Published as a teaser on Mercedes-Benz’s Facebook page, the two sketches ...
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The Volkswagen Taigun sub-compact SUV is set to enter production, according to the latest reports. Volkswagen?sources revealed to Autoweek that the German manufacturer planned to produce the all-new front-wheel-drive model based on the ...
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The boss of Hyundai USA admits the brand needs a third SUV and has highlighted the burgeoning sub-compact crossover market as a priority. Hyundai Motor America president and CEO John Krafcik told reporters the brand had failed to take ...
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CarAdvice Magazine has pushed beyond 20,000 active users in its first six issues, and the June issue, available to download now, is jammed with even more features and reviews. We're also the first to feature a comparison test between the ...
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The Renault Captur and Chevrolet Trax have both earned a maximum five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), ahead of the new sub-compact SUVs’ local arrival in 2014. Due to reach Australian ...
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New-car buyers will shape the evolution of the Ford EcoSport, with the Blue Oval determined to seek out and react to the market's wants and needs from its all-new sub-compact SUV. As the manufacturer's first global foray into the baby ...
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The Ford EcoSport will target city dwellers and young families when it launches into Australia’s burgeoning sub-compact SUV market in December. Blending the compact dimensions of a city car with the elevated ride height and added ...
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Renault Sport has confirmed it will expand its range beyond the current Twingo, Clio and Megane RS models, but will not say which is the next Renault to get the hot-tuner treatment. There were strong rumours that the RS division would ...