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Headlining the 2012 Kia Soul’s mid-life makeover is a bigger petrol engine with more power and better fuel economy – together with even funkier hair and makeup. The Soul led Kia’s recent design-based range revitalization. (Kia still refers to...
If you said the name ‘Picanto’ to the average Aussie, the most probable response would be ‘Huh?’ – probably in concert with a blank stare. The fact is, the Kia Picanto is on Kia Australia’s ‘wish’ list. In industry speak the Kia Pica...
You read all the big motoring news here: Bikini car wash aficionados will note that Former Ipswich fish & chip shop owner Pauline Hanson and arch-nemesis Pauline Pantsdown became one and the same person yesterday – in a bizarre new twist of...
Police pursuits don’t get much more dramatic (at least, not in Australia) than the one yesterday in Queensland. A 23-year-old man in a stolen Porsche Boxster caused utter havoc in the course of the two-hour pursuit, which stretched across some of...
Multimillionaire car dealer Rick Damelian has been dethroned. Nobody’s calling him the ‘King of Taverners Hill’ (on Parramatta Road in Sydney) today. His dealership’s website still trumpets “Immediate Delivery” and “Just 1 Day Left!...
Petrol versus diesel is the kind of issue motoring enthusiasts argue about endlessly. Let’s look at how it plays out in practise for Kia Sportage SUV owners. However, the comparison is broadly applicable to other SUV (and car) buyers as well. Kia...
If you were concerned about the short-term futures of Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz … don’t be. The German big three’s manufacturing plants are bracing for record numbers this year, hiring staff like nobody’s business, cancelling holidays, short...
Cue the Priest and the Last Rites for the venerable Mazda RX-8 sports car, because the company pulled the pin on its production in July, and the car will not be sold beyond 2011. The reason? flagging global sales and tightening global emissions stan...
Berlin is on fire – or, at least, its cars are. Authorities in the German capital are increasingly concerned about a savage spate of apparently apolitical arson attacks on cars in the city, reports Euronews. Berlin nights ablaze with car fires...
Hollywood’s highest-paid actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has taken delivery of his new hi-tech hybrid 2012 Fisker Karma. DiCaprio, a long-term environmental activist who earned $77 million last year, has ditched his Toyota Prius hybrid in favour of t...