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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PROVING THAT THE ADVANCE of Chinese brands will continue unabated, LDV has announced the Limited Edition T60 Trailrider. Most notable of the changes to the T60, launched in Australia in 2017, is suspension calibrated by
Continue readingHyundai broadens Ioniq appeal
FROM THE START, Hyundai always intended the Ioniq to offer three electrified powertrains – hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full electric. It seems like only yesterday that the Ioniq arrived, but already Hyundai is adding additional
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Isuzu offers more features, better warranty/service deal
ONE OF THE quiet achievers in the Australian market has been Isuzu. Without too much fanfare or chest-beating, it’s been easily outselling a lot of much higher-profile competitors with its D-Max ute and MU-X SUV.
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New names, new models, new pushes from Chinese manufacturers.
THE AUSTRALIAN MOTOR market is changing rapidly, with new makes and models already here, or scheduled to arrive in the near future. Chinese brand Great Wall has just announced a new mid-size utility at the
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Say goodbye to Liberty.
NO, IT’S NOT a political development. Subaru Australia has announced that the mid-sized Liberty sedan will be phased out locally as a direct consequence of falling sales in the medium-sized passenger vehicle market. The company
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