 | Mercedes-Benz chose an international dealer conference in Davos, Switzerland to announce its Smart brand will commence production of its ‘Escooter’. “With this step, we are adding a further important component to our smart mobility concept for urban mobility in the future,” revealed Mercedes-Benz sales and marketing chief, Dr Joachim Schmidt. The [...] |
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May
 | You know the scene in the ‘King Kong’ movie where he dominates New York City from the top of the Empire State Building? That’s reminiscent of how Toyota HiLux looms large over the Australian ute market. While Toyota HiLux sales since the most recent model upgrade late last year have been [...] |
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 | Renault has weighed into the diesel-powered European hatchback market with the value-plus Megane diesel. Generously equipped and nicely styled, the Megane highlights why Renault sales are growing rapidly – good product, sensibly priced has always worked in the automotive industry. They’re smart bunch at Renault Australia and they’ve backed the Megane [...] |
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May
 | Scoring the ‘Designers’ award at the World Car 2012 Awards brought the tally of prizes handed to the Range Rover Evoque to 101. That should tell you something about Range Rover’s historic first compact SUV – even rival designers acknowledge its brilliance. Critics say Range Rover took too long to recognize [...] |
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May
 | You have to commend Holden for the success of the Cruze. Our only local-built small car has been a hot-seller and is now joined by the stylish hatchback version. And of course, the latest news is a wagon model will join the Cruze team shortly. Designed in Melbourne, made in Adelaide [...] |
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May
 | The S60 is to Volvo what the C-Class is to Mercedes-Benz and the 3-Series is to BMW…but from $48,990, the Swede presents an alluring value-for-money story. Stylish, fast and fuel-efficient the Volvo S60 underlines just how good Volvo’s current range really is and a worthy contender in the European prestige [...] |
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 | In a timely boost for local vehicle manufacturing, Holden has announced a profit of $89.7 million for 2011. Some supply shortages following the floods in Thailand plus the well-documented slowing of demand for large cars (which affects the Commodore) saw Holden’s total revenue last year down slightly to $4.3 billion. Nevertheless, [...] |
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 | Although prices have not been confirmed, Honda Australia has announced the all-new Civic hatchback will be launched in June. Available in two model grades, (VTi and VTi-L) the all-new Honda Civic hatch will employ Honda’s improved 1.8-litre, four-cylinder engine delivering 104kW at 6500rpm and 174Nm at 4300rpm and fuel consumption [...] |
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 | Better looks, reduced fuel consumption and extra kit – Mercedes Benz’ third-generation ML Class SUV has been worth the wait. Opening the batting at $81,400 is the Mercedes-Benz ML 250 BlueTec with 150kW/500Nm from its 3.0-litre, six-cylinder diesel. Fuel consumption is improved to 6.4l/100kms (under the 7.0l/100kms ceiling for luxury car [...] |
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2012 BMW X3 Is All-Turbo
Published in Rent a car in England | BMW’s slick X3 SUV now runs an all-turbocharged engine lineup with the launch of the new xDrive 28i 2.0-litre petrol model (replacing the previous six-cylinder powerplant). The new twin-scroll turbocharged BMW X3 xDrive 28i sound impressive with 180kW at 5000rpm and 350Nm from 1250rpm (190kW/310Nm for the previous 3.0-litre six-cylinder model). [...] |