Volkswagen says it is �??working hard�?� to improving the quality of its vehicles and customer service. The German brand has been languishing at the lower end of independent automotive quality surveys in recent years, and it has also been the intense focus of online forums brimming with owner complaints. In March Volkswagen said it was recalling vehicles in China equipped with DSG...
When the Volvo V40 launched in February 2013, the Swedish carmaker took to pushing its �??safety first�?? barrow harder than ever before �?" after all, their new hatch is equipped with the world�??s very first pedestrian airbag. But groundbreaking safety technology isn�??t the only exciting thing about a car that could be fairly described as the most important Volvo model in 20 years. The ...
The Toyota 86 Cup Edition has been released to mark Toyota�??s involvement in the VLN endurance racing championship series, hosted at Germany�??s famed Nurburgring circuit. Exclusively built and sold in Germany, and limited to just 86 cars, the Toyota 86 Cup Edition (called the GT86 in Europe) sees owners receive not only a rare vehicle with unique interior and exterior features, ...
Sebastian Vettel has made an exploratory visit to the new Sochi Olympic Park Circuit in Russia, planned to host a future round of the Formula One World Championship. Fresh from his win at the weekend�??s Bahrain Grand Prix �?" where his Infiniti Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber finished seventh �?" Vettel drove part of the new Sochi Olympic Park Circuit located in Krasnodar Kr...
A Volkswagen board member says the company needs more emotional cars. Volkswagen member of the board of management for development, Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, is continuing his push internally for a production version of the VW BlueSport roadster concept (pictured) shown back in 2009. The BlueSport was a mid-engined two-seater sports car. Its production hopes were dented in 2012 when Porsche...
If nothing succeeds like excess then the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S deserves many an accolade. The Turbo S arrived in February, succeeding the Turbo as the range-topping Porsche Cayenne model. Both share a 4.8-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V8, but the Turbo S is tuned to deliver 405kW of power at 6000rpm and 750Nm of torque across 2250-4500rpm. That represents a 37kW and 50Nm hike, while the...
Volkswagen may have made significant sales progress in Australia in recent years, but one of the company�??s senior board members says the brand should be selling even more vehicles locally. The German car maker was the eighth most popular brand here in 2012, with 54,835 sales and a five per cent market share.� That�??s double what VW was selling just five years ago, and compares with just...
Audi Australia is forecasting 15,000 sales for 2013, a number it thought it wouldn�??t reach until 2015. Audi Australia�??s new managing director Andrew Doyle, who joined the local arm on March 1 from a position as Audi MD in Ireland, said that although local sales lifted by only 0.2 per cent last year the German company experienced an 18.2 per cent rise in volume in the first quarter of 20...
The BMW 3 Series Coupe is no more. It’s set to be replaced by the 4 Series Coupe, and this concept shows how it’ll look. The production version of the 4 Series Coupe Concept is expected in showrooms by the end of 2013, with a 4 Series Convertible and more practical four-door Gran Coupe following.From the look of the car in these pictures, BMW is pulling the same trick it pulled with the...
The Ford Escort nameplate is back �?" as a new concept car partly styled by Ford Australia designers and set to become a key model for the US car maker in the world�??s biggest car market. Ford has unveiled the Escort sedan concept at the 2013 Shanghai motor show, previewing a four-door small car that looks near production ready and a strong contender to be one of the company�??s 15...
Our spy photographers have snapped the Hyundai Genesis in its most revealing guise yet undergoing testing at the Nurburgring in Germany. The images show the large luxury South Korean sedan wearing less camouflage than ever before, and also give us a peek inside the cabin for the first time. From the front, it�??s clear the second-generation Genesis takes some inspiration from the...
Mazda Kiyora, revealed at the 2008 Paris International Motor Show, is the next generation of urban compact car. "Kiyora" (meaning 'clean and pure' in Japanese) represents the harmony between driving pleasure, environment and safety features and aspires to Mazda's long-term technology development vision, "Sustainable Zoom-Zoom."The concept of "Kiyora" helped designers...
The Mercedes-Benz GLA Concept has been officially revealed, hours after official images were leaked and ahead of its public debut at the Shanghai auto show on April 21. Mercedes-Benz GLA Concept is a near-production-ready preview of the company�??s sub-compact SUV rival to the Audi Q3 and BMW X1. It measures 4383mm long, making it 94mm shorter than an X1 and just 2mm longer than a Q3. At...
Words: Daniel DeGasperi. Photos: Alex Bryden / David Zalstein. Opel Astra OPC versus Renault Megane RS is the ultimate example of challenger attacking, champion defending. But the French know, arrogantly but correctly, that the Megane RS has long been the benchmark sub-$50,000 hot hatch �?" when the model was upgraded from RS250 to RS265 last year, the press release was titled �??the best...
The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf has been launched in Australia with a revised range offering improved fuel efficiency, more technology and stronger value. Germany�??s famous small car starts from $21,490 before on-road costs, $500 less than the previous entry model. The new base model Volkswagen Golf also comes with a more powerful engine, a 90kW 1.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder...
ENGINE: rear, longitudinal, 8 cylinder in V formation, 4 valves per cylinder, naturally aspirated, petrol direct injection Bosch-motronic.CAPACITY: 4200 ccMAX POWER: 440 PS (325KW) at 6400 rpmMAX TORQUE: about 470 Nm at 2700 rpmTRANSMISSION: rear wheel drive transaxleGEARBOX: mechanical 6-speed + reverse. Manual and electro-hydraulic steeringwheel mounted servoCHASSIS: steel tubular with...
Asian car makers have dominated the 2013 Ward�??s 10 Best Interiors list, with seven models from Japan and South Korea taking home awards. Famous for its 10 Best Engines awards that are now in their 20th year, WardsAuto applies the same model to select what it believes are the US market�??s top 10 vehicle interiors. The 10 Best list was narrowed down from an original group of 46...
A Honda Civic Hatch fuelled by diesel is one Honda that can�??t be accused of lacking torque. The Honda Civic Hatch DTi-S Diesel is the first diesel-engined car from the Japanese manufacturer to land in Australia, but it makes its late arrival felt with a 1.6-litre turbo four-cylinder that produces a stealth 300Nm of torque at just 2000rpm. There�??s also 88kW of power at a high 4000rpm and...
This month our Hyundai Santa Fe long-termer covered one of Australia�??s most popular commuting routes, travelling Sydney to Canberra, and back. The 275km each-way trip down Remembrance Driveway, a combination of the Hume Highway from Sydney to Goulburn and Federal Highway into the capital, is driven by thousands each week. Almost entirely a 110km/h zone, with Highway Patrol poised kerbside...
2014 BMW X4 is the Concept a preview of his next SUV model, which will start next year.With the X5 BMW is started into the of the luxury SUV segment in 1999 and could equal to celebrate large successes. Spurred From the success have the Bavaria the X series constantly expands, first through the X3, then came the BMW X1 and last the X6, of the first SUV with Coupé-character.Now...
Ford expands its commercial vehicle model family with a new entry-level model, the 2014 Ford Transit Courier.The redesign of the family of Ford commercial vehicle is moving along rapidly, now also the new Transit Courier was presented, which is to complement the model family at the bottom.Was developed during the larger Transit Connect is based on the Ford Focus, the Ford...
CarAdvice Magazine has achieved 20,000 active users in its first six issues, becoming the number one downloaded Australian motoring app for iPad, and has been featured in the recommended �??new and noteworthy�?? section of the Apple App Store. The April issue, packed with content listed below, is free to download now at https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/caradvice-magazine/id552851300?mt=8 It...
Long renowned for its benchmark offroad capability in the compact SUV class, the Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban Navigator trades bush-bashing prowess for �?" as the name suggests �?" a focus on urban utility, being only two wheel drive. As the badge also suggests, the Urban Navigator gets satellite navigation as standard equipment, in addition to climate control, both unique features for an SUV...
The South Australian Government will �??return to the negotiating table�?� over its funding deal with Holden after the local car maker earlier this week announced its plan to axe 500 jobs. Following a three-hour meeting with Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux in Adelaide today, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the two parties had �??very different views�?� about...
Fiat Chrysler Group is recalling more than 263,000 vehicles around the world to repair defects relating to six separate issues. The recalls affect roughly 240,000 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles in the US, Canada and Mexico and a further 23,000 sold to markets outside North America, including 336 Jeeps delivered to Australia. The Jeep Compass and Patriot SUVs to be recalled locally...
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Holden managing director Mike Devereux has cited the decline in Holden Cruze sales as �??mostly attributable�?� to the Adelaide manufacturing job losses announced today. Devereux listed the strength of the Australian dollar, the open competitiveness of the market and other countries manipulating their currency to protect their manufacturing industries as reasons why the Holden Cruze...
A base model of the new Kia Cerato has been specially packaged to help the South Korean brand break into Australia�??s important fleet market. The Cerato small car is Kia�??s biggest-selling model globally but has struggled to make significant ground in Australia�??s most popular segment. Kia Australia sold 7881 Cerato hatches and sedans in 2012, a figure that failed to get the model into ...
The third-generation Kia Cerato has been launched in Australia with a $19,990 starting price as the South Korean brand targets greater penetration into Australia�??s small car segment. Cerato is Kia�??s best-selling model globally and locally, though the model still lingers well behind a number of rivals, including the i30 from sister company Hyundai. Kia, however, has decided not to make...
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Ex-Formula One champion Alain Prost has furthered his role with Renault� for 2013, assuming an advisory role within Renault Sport F1. Prost, a brand ambassador for Renault since 2012, will extend his relationship with� the French manufacturer in 2013 to include giving advice to the Renault Sport F1 executive committee as part of a new consultancy position. Renault Sport F1 president and...
The all-new Cadillac CTS has been revealed in full, thanks to more leaked images, one day before its official unveiling at the New York auto show. Showing the car in full, the latest images of the Cadillac CTS follow yesterday�??s leaked teaser images, and were again leaked, this time published by USA Today. The mid-size luxury sedan retains the strong, sturdy silhouette of...
Volkswagen has announced it will offer fixed-price vehicle servicing across its entire range of passenger vehicles. Initially introduced on the Volkswagen Up! in October last year, the extended� capped-price servicing program takes effect from March 28, 2013 and applies to all Volkswagen passenger vehicles sold through its Australian dealer network from January 1, 2013. This includes...
if you are still confused to find a car, do kuati was present and a new look are the Audi A4 Allroad Quattro, which had just been introduced into more affordable than Australia.Allroad A4 A6 Allroad, which has sold over 10 tahun.Audi said an edition A4 Allroad limited and only 150 will be coming to Australia.A4 Allroad is a wagon version of the Audi A4 is fitted with some extra...
The Mazda 3 has taken top honours in the March new car sales figures, marking the end of the first quarter of 2013. Finishing in the familiar position of first place, the Mazda 3 racked up sales of 3786 vehicles despite a fall in year-to-date growth of nearly nine and a half per cent. Trailing the top tog by only 274 vehicles was the Toyota Corolla (3512), with the Hyundai i30...
It�??s been two months since we�??ve had the Mercedes-Benz B250 as our prime family car, enough time to know whether or not it�??s indeed a worthwhile investment. In our last update we pointed out the enormous safety features of the B250, in this update we will address the engine and drivetrain and fuel economy. Although it may not appear as your typical traditional family car, the rather tall...
The man responsible for designing the first all-new Land Rover Defender in more than six decades says his creation will be the �??dog�??s bollocks�?�. Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern told a small group of Australia�??s automotive media including CarAdvice that his team is currently working on a number of different derivatives that will make up an expanded Defender family when the ...
In New York, the B-Class celebrated its world premiere with an electric drive, from 2014 it will also be available. Called 2014 Mercedes-Benz B Class Electric Drive.Mercedes-Benz has in New York, the B-Class Electric Drive presented with a purely electric drive. The electric drive is to be the only drive variant in which the Mercedes B-Class in the U.S. will be available.It...
Best small sedan that is awaited for being owned Acura ILX, Fiur features found on cars Acura ILX Acura ILX quite satisfactory and is the smallest sedan in the Acura lineup. Reviewers say that the machine a solid foundation for everyday driving, but engine recommends a more powerful four-cylinder engine paired with a manual transmission for buyers who prioritize performance rig...
At the International Auto Show in New York shows the 2015 Subaru WRX Concept, which already could soon go into production.The WRX models. At Subaru has a long history in New York, the Japanese manufacturer is now demonstrating how the next Subaru WRX Impreza model might look like on-baseIt relies on his trusty Subaru Blue and the typical air scoop on the hood, but to a whole...
One of the largest state police departments in the US will purchase thousands of Australian-made Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicles if the Holden-based sedan wins a three-way shootout against rivals from Ford and Dodge. New York State Police (NYSP) has purchased 10 Caprice PPVs, 10 Ford Taurus-based Police Interceptors and 10 Dodge Charger Pursuits as part of a pilot program that will...
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