Cupra launches Leon V hot hatch
IT ISN’T YET CLEAR TO US where newcomer Cupra sees itself in the marketplace, but we suspect the hot hatch segment is where it will find its niche. One of these is the new Leon
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Cupra announces EV hot hatchback with 511km range
NEWCOMER TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Cupra has joined the rush to EVs with its first battery electric vehicle, the Born rea-wheel drive hot hatchback. We’ll be watching this with interest, since it is notoriously difficult
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Hyundai releases limited edition i30N
LIMITED EDITION MODELS CAN BE very desirable, or quite cynical marketing exercises. We’d put the new Hyundai i30N Drive-N Limited Edition in the former category (although we’d also mark it down for such a silly
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Honda celebrates 25 years of the Civic Type R
AS WE ALL GET OLDER, it’s inevitable that we’ll see more and more anniversaries. And some of the cars celebrating milestones don’t seem all that old. One is Honda’s iconic Civic, celebrating two anniversaries this
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Ford pulls plug on Focus and Fiesta
FANS OF SMALL FORDS will be in mourning today after Ford Australia announced that the Focus ST, Focus ST X and Fiesta ST will depart the local line-up by the end of the year, “as
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Toyota GR Yaris Rallye Edition 2022 review
Chris Riley tests the 2022 Toyota GR Yaris Rallye edition with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 driver needs to know. Summary: The Toyota GR Yaris is aimed squarely at
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Hyundai i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition to hit streets and tracks
FANS OF THE N-FRANCHISE of Hyundai will need to be quick to secure one of the new i30 N Drive-N Limited Edition models – Europe has been allocated a mere 620 units and the remaining
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Small, feisty, and very tasty Hyundai i20N arrives
SURE TO ATTRACT AN ENTHUSIASTIC following, the latest addition to the Hyundai N range is the i20 N, the first light hot hatchback, and the second knockout punch from the acclaimed N Division. Don’t be
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Abarth Scorpioneoro puts the sting in the tail
IN AN HONOURABLE TRIBUTE to the A112 Abarth “Gold Ring”, the exclusive special edition hot hatch, the Abarth 595 Scorpioneoro, has arrived in Australia. Limited to just 30 units of the global production run of
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Hyundai releases preliminary specs for i20 N and Kona N
HYUNDAI’S PERFORMANCE RANGE, the N models, continues to grow, and win fans across the country. The two latest additions are the all-new i20 N and all-new KONA N, with both models set to launch locally
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