Kia’s new small SUV gets closer.
But why do they think it will only appeal to young buyers? KIA MOTORS HAS TODAY revealed the first image of its new small SUV. Due to be revealed fully in the Northern Summer, the
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Ford Ranger Raptor 2019 review
Paul Murrell tests the 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 driver needs to know. Summary: While it looks superficially like any other Ranger, the Raptor
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Another BMW inducement to raid your retirement fund
FOR THOSE OF OUR readers keen to make a serious dent in their cash reserves, here’s another temptation, the new BMW 8 Series Coupe and Convertible range. Classic lines hint at dynamic performance The long
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Welcome to a new BMW Z4
IT’S A DIFFICULT DECISION, settling on which self-indulgent (some would say “selfish”) open two-seater you want to buy when you reach that difficult mid-life stage, but seniordriveraus has a suggestion for you: the new BMW
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ARRB claims roadside advertising is not distracting
FORGIVE OUR SCEPTICISM, but a recent study conducted by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) has found that not only is roadside advertising not distracting, “it can actually help improve driver performance” (our emphasis). Pardon?
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New Toyota RAV4 arrives in 11 variants
ONE OF THE MOST popular medium-sized SUVs on the market (once, it was classed as “small” but it has grown over the years) is the Toyota RAV4. Since launching in 1994, more than 300,000 have
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Cars you wish you’d kept
WHENEVER YOU CHAT to anyone, they all have tales of cars “I wish I still had now.” Of course, if we all kept all the cars we’d ever owned, we’d all need airport hangars to
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Don’t be complacent about Takata airbags, warns Mitsubishi
SOME TIME AGO seniordriveraus spoke with Karl Gehling, head of corporate communications at Mitsubishi Motors Australia (MMAL), and he expressed considerable frustration with MMAL’s inability to convince some customers to have their Takata airbags replaced,
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New mid-spec Nissan Qashqai arrives
NISSAN HAS FOLLOWED its release of a mid-spec Pathfinder by doing the same for its smaller sibling, the Qashqai. Along with Nissan’s recently announced upgrade to a five-year warranty it is a sure thing that
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Limited Edition X350d 4MATIC Mercedes-Benz ute coming
FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION of the new X 350d 4MATIC flagship X-Class model in December last year, an Edition 1 X 350 d 4MATIC variant will be released in July 2019 with only a limited number
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