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Subaru Outback Diesel Review

The car that a lot of Subaru fans have been waiting for has finally arrived in Australia, the Outback Diesel represents the first diesel car Subaru has offered in Australia and marks a new era for the Japanese brand as it sets it sights higher for 2010.

Having already driven the new Subaru Outback a [...]

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Subaru Liberty Exiga Review

The new Subaru Liberty Exiga (pronounced x-e-ga in Australia) has made its way to our shores and is on sale now from a starting price of just $37,490. Subaru’s first people mover has a lot to offer with an impressive feature list the kids would be proud of.

Referred to as the Exiga in Japan, Australia [...]

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Global Green Challenge Winners

November 3, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Environment, Fuel News

The Global Green Challenge 2009 has come to an end so here is a table of all the winners for each category.

Eco Challenge Awards
Production Class Small Car Diesel
Ford Fiesta ECOnetic
Production Class Small Car Petrol
Suzuki Alto GLX
Production Class Ute/Light Truck
HSV Maloo Ute
Production Class Large Car Petrol
Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo
Production Class Large Car Diesel
Skoda Superb
Production Class Medium/ Off [...]

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2010 Subaru Liberty Exiga

November 2, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Subaru

Update: Subaru Liberty Exiga Review.
With the all-new Liberty and Outback out and about, the last variant of the all-wheel drive Japanese family car has arrived in Australia. The versatile six-seat Liberty Exiga wagon, better known as just the Subaru Exiga hits dealerships as of today.

The idea is to make the Liberty line-up as appealing as [...]

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2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Review

Hyundai’s updated Santa Fe brings the latest in diesel engine technology to the masses at an affordable price. Starting from $37,990 the face-lifted Santa Fe gets an updated interior and exterior plus a whole new engine and transmission system, meaning superior fuel efficiency and drivability.

There was a time when Korean cars were regarded as cheap, [...]

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2010 Hyundai Santa Fe

October 29, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Hyundai, SUV

Following hot on the heels of sister company’s launch of the all-new Kia Sorento comes Hyundai’s Santa Fe. Although from the outside the face-lifted 7-seat SUV may still look very similar to the existing car, the array of technical changes makes the new Santa Fe very competitive.

For those of you that don’t know, it’s worth [...]

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2010 Hyundai ix35 (Tucson)

October 29, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Hyundai

Hyundai Australia has officially announced the Tucson replacement, now called the ix35, will be available in Australia in the second quarter of 2010.

A new diesel engine based on the recently released 2.2-litre turbodiesel (in Santa Fe and Kia Sorento) will highlight the new ix35 range.
Just like the i20, the ix35 was designed in the Korean [...]

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2010 Hyundai i20

October 29, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Hyundai

Hyundai Australia has officially confirmed the i20 as the latest in the “i” series of cars to come down under in the first half of 2010.

The i20 will continue the new family look for Hyundai with ‘i’ generation bold chrome-topped front grille flanked by teardrop headlamps.

Although Australian specifications are still unconfirmed, going by European standards [...]

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Toyota & Lexus – Tokyo Motorshow Video

October 28, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under 2009 Tokyo, Car News, Lexus, Motor Shows, Toyota, Videos

Following on from our coverage of this year’s Tokyo Motorshow, we thought we’d bring you some video footage from the Toyota & Lexus stands. You’ll see the FT-86, Lexus LF-A and a whole lot more. Enjoy:

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Subaru’s new sports car (FT-86 Toybaru)

October 28, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Concepts, Subaru, Toyota

It was only a matter of time before someone decided to take the Toyota FT-86 concept and give it the Subaru make over. The FT-86 concept is the basis of a small and affordable rear-wheel drive sports car being co-produced by car giant Toyota and all-wheel drive kings Subaru.

We’ve all had to ask whether or [...]

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Great Wall Motors X240 4WD

October 28, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  
Filed under Car News, Great Wall Motors, SUV

Since June Great Wall Motors has been doing better than most had expected. Last month the Chinese owned company sold 76 V240s and 56 SA220 twin cab utilities. Today sees the introduction of the first 4WD model from the brand.
The X240 4WD sports utility vehicle will go on sale from a low price of $23,990 [...]

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