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Category: Cars Guide Magazine
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New Porsche Panamera 2021 pricing and specs detailed: Facelift sees Turbo S return with crazy power
Porsche has revealed the second-generation Panamera’s midlife facelift, with the upper-large car to double down on its performance credentials when it arrives in Australia in December with a new Turbo S flagship that’s quicker than most supercars. The Turbo S succeeds the Turbo – and possibly the conspicuous-by-its-absence Turbo S E-Hybrid plug-in hybrid (PHEV) –…
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Toyota Australia has actually benefited from Coronavirus
The global automotive market is still finding its way through the current Coronavirus pandemic, but Toyota Australia has actually seen things improve in 2020. Toyota Australia vice president of sales and marketing, Sean Hanley, said at the digital launch of the new-look HiLux and Fortuner models that the company is “in a stronger position than…
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China’s answer to the new Toyota RAV4 is coming: All-new Haval H6 includes “autopilot chip”
China’s answer to the top-selling Toyota RAV4 or Mazda CX-5 has been revealed, with the all-new Haval H6 breaking cover at the Chengdu International Auto Show. The vehicle is an all-new take on the Haval H6 – the Chinese brand’s mid-size SUV that, in its soon-to-be-replaced form, has been making in-roads on the Australian sales…
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New Ford Ranger Wildtrak X 2021 pricing and spec detailed: Limited run dual-cab ute returns to take on refreshed Toyota HiLux Rogue and Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain
Ford Australia has resurrected its limited-run Ranger Wildtrak X dual-cab ute for 2020, updating last year’s version with running changes introduced to the rest of the workhorse line-up. Priced at $66,290 before on-road costs for the 147kW/470Nm 3.2-litre five-cylinder engine and $67,790 for the 157kW/500Nm 2.0-litre bi-turbo version, the new Wildtrak X is now $1000…
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New Toyota Tundra 2022 ready for Australia if Ford F-150 lands locally
If Ford does unleash its new-gen F-150 in Australia, Toyota won’t be caught out, according to a company executive who says a big ute, likely the full-sized Tundra, is under consideration. Speaking at the launch of the new HiLux and Fortuner today Toyota vice-president of sales and marketing Sean Hanley acknowledged that studies were well…
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New Toyota HiLux hybrid plans firm for Australia: 2022 launch for electric Ford Ranger rival likely
The facelifted 2021 Toyota HiLux range has just launched with the choice of petrol and diesel engines available – and while there’s no hybrid model just yet, the brand has reaffirmed its intent to add such a version to the line-up at some point in the future. The news comes as Toyota New Zealand recently…
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New Toyota C-HR 2021 pricing and specs detailed: Honda HR-V, Subaru XV rival gets more expensive – again
Toyota Australia has increased the C-HR small SUV’s pricing for the second time is less than a month, partly due to an update. The C-HR became $750 more expensive range-wide at the start of August, and now it’s jumped a further $475 to $625, depending on the grade (see full pricing table below). Earlier this…
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Nissan Qashqai 2021 rendered! New Kia Seltos and Mitsubishi ASX rival takes shape with stylish design
With Nissan expected to reveal the third-generation Qashqai later this year, the new small SUV has started to take shape, with a stylish design the highlight. The next Qashqai was spied testing in Spain earlier this month, and now Kolesa.ru has published two renders based on the development mule that was spotted. Needless to say,…
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Mercedes-Benz X-Class recall: More than 6000 dual-cab utes need new owner’s manual
For the second time in less than a month, Mercedes-Benz Australia has recalled the X-Class dual-cab ute, with the owner’s manual now found to be incorrect in 6117 examples. Affecting MY18-MY20 X-Class dual-cab utes sold between February 1, 2018, and May 29, 2020, the recall was prompted by the owner’s manual incorrectly stating the maximum…
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New Mazda CX-30 2.5 Turbo 2021 detailed! Huge power for Hyundai Kona N and Toyota GR C-HR rival: report
Just when you thought Mazda was done increasing the performance of its key models, it’s reportedly gone ahead and added its now-ubiquitous 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine as an option to the new CX-30 small SUV. Citing an “early order guide”, CarsDirect claims the US-market MY21 CX-30 due to enter production in November will be available…
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New Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2021 pricing and specs detailed: Extra power comes at a cost for Mitsubishi Pajero rival
Toyota Australia has updated the LandCruiser Prado, with the large SUV becoming more expensive but getting a more powerful engine and an expanded suite of advanced driver-assist systems, while its six-speed manual transmission option has been dropped. With manual versions of the entry-level GX and mid-range GXL grades gone and their automatic siblings $2850 dearer,…
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New Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series 2021 pricing and specs detailed: Cost goes way up with big multimedia upgrade
Toyota Australia has updated the LandCruiser 70 Series off-roader, with the key focus being multimedia, although its cost has increased considerably as a result. The LandCruiser 70 Series remains available in three grades (entry-level Workmate, mid-range GX and flagship GXL) with two SUV body-styles (five-door wagon and three-door Troop Carrier) and two ute (single- and…
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New Mini Cooper Convertible to be axed! Iconic soft-top getting dropped in 2024: report
Mini will reportedly axe the Cooper Convertible from its model line-up in 2024 due to increasingly low sales, which are being partly caused by the rise of small SUVs. Citing supply chain sources, Automotive News claims that once the current, third-generation Cooper Convertible ends production in February 2024, it won’t be replaced by a new,…
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New Toyota RAV4 2021 pricing and spec detailed: Increased cost but more equipment for Mazda CX-5 rival
Toyota Australia has increased pricing for its RAV4 mid-size SUV again – the second time this month the brand has done so. Though prices went up $1300 earlier this month due to “external market forces”, according to a Toyota Australia spokesperson, the cost of the RAV4 has risen again by up to $405. The entry-level…
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American invasion: From Cadillac Escalade to GMC Hummer EV, these are the five new cars that should be at the top of GMSV’s hit list for Australia
With news finally breaking this week that HSV would be replaced by a new GM import business, called GMSV, in Australia, it’s high time we take a closer look at the vehicles the new General Motors Specialty Vehicles business should be bringing to our market. GMSV will be live from the fourth quarter of this year,…
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Is this the turning point for hydrogen in Australia? Hyundai signs deal with local producer
In theory hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) offer the best of both worlds – the zero-emissions motoring of EVs and the fast refuelling times of an internal combustion engine. The challenge however, is producing the hydrogen and distributing it across an Australian network. But that could all be about to change. Last week Hyundai Australia…
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New Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series 2021 could be just the beginning: HiLux-style special editions studied for incoming icon
The incoming Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series could be in line for a HiLux-style local modification program, with the brand studying the possibility of putting the off-road icon forward for the Rugged X or Rogue treatment. Toyota has a conversion and design facility in Port Melbourne, and the local team has been responsible for cooking up…
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New Ford F-150 Raptor 2021 to get Mustang GT500 supercharged V8 to dominate Ram 1500 TRX: report
According to a fresh report, the new Ford F-150 Raptor will be getting a major power boost to take on the recently revealed Ram 1500 TRX, with the full-size pick-up’s performance flagship set to get the Mustang GT500 muscle car’s supercharged V8 engine. The Drive claims a Ford insider told its source the F-150 Raptor…
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New BMW M3 and M4 2021 detailed: Two power outputs confirmed as Mercedes-AMG C63 rival drops camo
BMW M has finally let the cat out of the bag, confirming just how much power the next-generation M3 and M4 sports cars will have when they’re revealed on September 23. As expected, both the M3 sedan and M4 coupe are available in two tunes of the same 3.0-litre twin-turbo inline six-cylinder petrol engine, with…
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New Nissan Pathfinder 2021 spied! Toyota Kluger rival’s major facelift goes public
The heavily facelifted version of the fourth-generation Nissan Pathfinder large SUV has been spied for the first time, with a camouflaged development mule spotted in a carpark near Lake Constance in Germany. The images posted by Instagram user Cars of Bodensee are consistent with an Automotive News report from earlier this month that quoted a…