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Toyota Prius Review Long Term Update
After one solid month with the new third generation Toyota Prius hybrid my opinion still hasn’t changed. It’s quite possibly the smartest, yet the most uncool car under $60,000. Whilst I’ve had the Prius I’ve also got behind ...
Honda joins Toyota in Indian small car race
Honda has joined Toyota in the Indian small car race, announcing that it will also unveil a micro concept at the New Delhi Auto Expo in January. Known simply as the New Small Concept (NSC), Honda says the car is being developed for emerging markets ...
Entry-level Scirocco added for 2010
Volkswagen is adding an entry-level Scirocco to its range by taking the 90kW petrol engine from the Golf and dumping it straight into the two-door coupe. The 1.4-litre TSI (found in the Trendline in Australia) produces similar numbers in the Scirocc...
Peugeot 207 Verve range expanded for Europe
Peugeot has announced two new engine options and three new exterior colours for the 2010 207 Verve range. In European line-ups the Verve is the highest specification model in the range excluding the more performance-focused Sport and GTi derivatives...
Norwegian EV company back to production, Thinking big
Production of Think Global’s baby electric car resumes today in Finland with a full order book and ambitions to expand throughout Europe and the US. The original Norwegian factory in Aurskog was forced to temporarily shut down in the second quarte...
New compact Toyota to debut in New Delhi
Toyota has today announced that it will unveil a new compact concept vehicle at the New Delhi Auto Expo in January. Toyota’s production and sales subsidiary in India – Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private, Ltd. (TKM) – is taking an aggressive approa...
Volkswagen buys 19.9 percent stake in Suzuki
Volkswagen AG last night confirmed that it would buy a 19.9 percent stake in Suzuki Motor Corp., moving the German company closer to its goal of becoming the world’s largest automotive manufacturer. The deal is worth 222.5 billion yen (AUD$2.8 bil...
2010 Toyota Corolla facelift
The Toyota Corolla has been given a facelift in time for the new year, but the most important changes are beneath the skin. All new-look hatch models now come with electronic stability control (ESC) and traction control as standard and a minimum of ...
Toyota Prius Review Long Term Introduction
I’ve spent the greater part of the last five years with nothing good to say about the Toyota Prius, in a way it represented the fear of every passionate car lover. The beginning of the end of traditional cars which cared little about the enviro...
ISG investigated for Hyundai i30, ix35 launch on track
An updated version of the Hyundai i30 for the European market will go on sale in January with new engines and Idle Stop/Go (ISG) technology. The Australian i30 – sourced from South Korea – was updated in October, with the entire range now five-s...
2010 Nissan Dualis facelift
A mid-2010 update for the Nissan Dualis crossover hatch will deliver a front and rear makeover, improved interior technology and NVH refinements. The most notable visual change is at the front where a new bonnet, bumper, wings, grille and headlamps ...
2010 Citroën C3 revealed
Citroën has released the full details of the new, sophisticated and low CO2-emitting C3 around six weeks ahead of its European launch – and two things have got everyone talking. The first is “Visiodrive”, a word that Citroën has invented tha...
Honda P-NUT concept channels McLaren F1
Honda has unveiled a concept car at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show with the face of Darth Vader, the seating configuration of a McLaren F1 and the name of a legume. Introducing the P-NUT, or Personal-Neo Urban Transport for those of you not on acron...
New models bring Proton financial, sales success
Proton Holdings Berhad has posted another consolidated before-tax profit of $33 million in the second quarter of the Malaysian financial year. The positive result was 58 per cent above the April-June quarter and takes total profits before tax to aro...
VW Polo 2010 European Car of the Year
The new Volkswagen Polo has been named the 2010 European Car of the Year, narrowly beating the Totoya iQ. The Polo was awarded 347 points by an international panel of 59 motoring journalists from 23 different countries. In the end it defeated the...
Hybrid Tata Nano on the way
A hybrid version of the Tata Nano is on the way, says to the Indian carmaker’s chairman, Ratan Tata. Tata told The Maeil Business Newspaper of South Korea that he believes the “low-price revolution” will be the future of his...
Better Place Secures Funding, Electron passes ADR test
Better Place Australia, the company responsible for constructing the country’s electric vehicle infrastructure, today announced that it has secured $25 million from its initial round of funding. The funding round was led by Lend Lease Ventures –...
Mini John Cooper Works Cabrio Review & Road Test
99 per cent fat free motoring Model Tested: 2009 Mini R57 John Cooper Works Cabrio; 1.6-litre, four-cylinder, turbo-petrol; six-speed manual; convertible – $56,900* Performance; personality; exhaust note; fuel economy; grippy handling Slow...
Toyota Yaris Review & Road Test
Small package; big personality Model Tested: 2009 Toyota NCP91R Yaris YRX; 1.5-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; four-speed automatic; three-door hatch – $21,490* Quirky design; nimble handling; perky performance Quirky design; no side or curta...
