Jaguar C-Type to be recreated
IN 1952 A YOUNG IAN STEWART, pioneer driver for Ecurie Ecosse, visited Jaguar Cars in Coventry to collect his brand-new C-type. He would drive the car to its first race on Jersey to confront stiff
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Electric Cobra. No thanks, we’ll take this one
HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE announcement by AC Cas that they are to build a Cobra powered by electricity (see the story here ) comes another announcement that will be closer to the hearts
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Hyundai teases Ioniq 5 SUV images
HYUNDAI IS PUSHING AHEAD with its commitment to electric vehicles and has released not-very-revealing images of its new Ioniq 5 midsize SUV model. Ioniq 5 will be the first vehicle mated with Hyundai Motor Group’s
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Mazda updates Mazda6 sedan and wagon
AS USUAL, A NEW YEAR brings with it a host of updates and upgrades. One of the first is to Mazda’s Mazda6 sedan and wagon. “As our passenger car flagship, Mazda6 holds strong appeal in
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Porsche Boxster anniversary model pays tribute to 1993 concept car
PORSCHE IS CELEBRATING the 25th birthday of its roadster family with a special anniversary model: the Boxster 25 Years. The limited edition is restricted to 1250 units worldwide and is based on the GTS 4.0
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Kia presents its new logo to the world
LOGO DESIGN IS ONE OF those disciplines that inevitably polarises opinion (remember when Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveiled its “Jatz cracker and Vegemite” logo a few years ago?) but the time inevitably comes when a company
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Subaru Outback gets more standard spec, 2000kg towing capacity
SUBARU IS SIGNIFICANTLY elevating the specification list across its entire new generation Outback range, which appears in showrooms from March 2021. The simplified three-variant range will start with the considerably “up-specced” Outback All-Wheel Drive (AWD)
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Volvo cares enough to save young lives
Volvo cares enough to save young lives SPEED IS THE NUMBER ONE cause of deaths and injuries among young Australian drivers. But it’s one variable that can now be controlled to help save lives, thanks
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Carnival time at Kia
THE BLURRING OF CATEGORIES continues with Kia’s new fourth-gen Carnival. Already far and away Australia’s most popular people mover, now Kia is moving to capture a fair chunk of the large SUV category with the
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200mph attempt in a 40-year-old Aston Martin
A SPEED RECORD IN A 40-year-old car sounds like a risky adventure, but Aston Martin has decided to put one of its test drivers in the 1980 Bulldog concept car and aim for a 200mph
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