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Renault Laguna Estate Review & Road Test

Paul Maric — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:00:33 +0000

Finally, a French car without the complications. Model Tested: 2009 Renault Laguna Dynamique Estate; 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, turbo-diesel; six-speed automatic; wagon – $46,990* Options: 18-inch Alloy Wheels $1000; Metallic Paint $800; Panoramic Sunroof $2000; Xenon Headlights & Headlight Washers $1950 Value for money; build quality; engine; style Rear leg room CarAdvice Rating: The French have always been a bit quirky. While [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Renault Laguna Estate Review & Road Test

2010 Subaru Outback Diesel

Matt Brogan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:24 +0000

Update: Subaru Outback Diesel Review. Subaru’s first diesel-powered vehicle is on sale today: the turbocharged Outback 2.0D . Mated to Subaru’s renowned Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system, Outback 2.0D offers outstanding fuel economy and low emissions, already meeting strict EURO 5 standards. It is believed to be the world’s first flat boxer diesel engine for a passenger car and [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Subaru Outback Diesel

BMW 330d Review & Road Test

Anthony Crawford — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:21:36 +0000

BMW’s 330d is an extraordinarily capable car with performance and fuel consumption figures that seem utterly implausible until you drive it. Model Tested: BMW E90 330d; 3.0-litre, six-cylinder, turbo-diesel; six-speed automatic; sedan – $87,250* Options Fitted: Larger Navigation Screen with added functionality including Television and Voice recognition $4,100; Sunroof $2,290 Awesome performance and refinement Gearshifts could be [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

BMW 330d Review & Road Test

Mini D Global Green Challenge final update

Matt Brogan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:13:30 +0000

It’s all over. After six days and more than 3,140 kilometres, the Global green Challenge cars crossed the finishing line in Adelaide’s Victoria Square with the South Australian Premier Mike Rann greeting contestants and delivering his welcome-to-the-new-technology speech. And according to the winning criteria – the best percentage improvement over the manufacturers’ claimed fuel consumption figures [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D Global Green Challenge final update

Mini D Global Green Challenge update

Matt Brogan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:29:17 +0000

Cars in the Global Green Challenge have reached Adelaide after six long days on the road and 3000km under their carefully inflated tyres. Yesterday’s run was a comparatively straightforward 302km leg from Port Augusta and the wind gods relented, swinging the breeze from the headwinds encountered for most of the journey to a tail wind. Admittedly [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D Global Green Challenge update

Matt Brogan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:23:11 +0000

The sparkling waters of the top end of Spencer Gulf were a welcome sight today for drivers in the Global Green Challenge who had crossed the country from north to south, from the Northern Territory to the coast of South Australia. After some 2500km the rivalry has become desperately intense. All that remains is a run [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D Global Green Challenge update

Volkswagen launches greenest Golf yet

Matt Brogan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:43:50 +0000

In July, CarAdvice brought you news that Volkswagen had announced a new, highly-efficient Golf model which returns 3.41L/100km on the combined cycle and emits just 107 g/km of carbon dioxide. Now a new model is available to order (not yet available in Australia) – the most efficient production Golf ever – which achieves 3.16L/100km combined [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Volkswagen launches greenest Golf yet

Mini D Global Green Challenge update

Matt Brogan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:40:50 +0000

Today was the longest day of the Global Green Challenge and after nine and a quarter hours in the cars, the novelty was starting to wear off. The 685km journey down the Stuart Highway south from Alice Springs to the frontier-like Opal mining town of Coober Pedy should have been a piece of cake. But long hours [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D Global Green Challenge update

BMW 120d Review & Road Test

Matt Brogan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:37 +0000

BMW 120d: the economic hot-hatch Model Tested: 2009 BMW E87 120d; 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, turbo-diesel; six-speed manual; five-door hatch – $46,790* Options Available: See bottom of page. Strong & frugal engine; intelligent stop-start system; on-road manners Rear leg room tight for adults; some option pricing a little dear CarAdvice Rating: by Matt Brogan & Alborz Fallah Marrying sharp driving dynamics and strong [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

BMW 120d Review & Road Test

Mini D Global Green Challenge Update

Matt Brogan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:46:54 +0000

The Global Green Challenge has reached Alice Springs, the psychological half-way point in the 3000km journey from Darwin to Adelaide, and the nerves are starting to show. People are getting snappy, jumping on the poor bloke whose job it is to try to refuel the cars accurately and in a short space of time. Everyone is [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D Global Green Challenge Update

Mini D update from Global Green Challenge

Matt Brogan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:50:53 +0000

Day One: Katherine – Vern Schuppan won the Le Mans 24-hour enduro in a Porsche 956, finished third in the Indianapolis 500, has won the Rothmans Formula 5000 championship – but until yesterday had never driven in an economy run. Or an Eco Challenge as organisers like to call them now. “So, Mr Schuppan – how [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini D update from Global Green Challenge

Kia Sorento diesel leads in Global Green Challenge

Matt Brogan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:36:49 +0000

At the end of day one of the Global Green Challenge Kia Australia are leading the medium SUV class with the two of its new next-generation Kia Sorento diesels. The first day saw the group travel 317km from Darwin to Katherine in the Northern Territory. The new Kia Sorento shows off the new R-series CRDi turbo-diesel [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Kia Sorento diesel leads in Global Green Challenge

Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid to enter Global Green Challenge

Matt Brogan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:27:49 +0000

Following the global launch of Kia’s EcoDynamics sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Kia Australia have announced that they will enter two cars in the Eco Challenge category of this month’s 2009 Global Green Challenge. To be run from Darwin to Adelaide from 24-31 October, Kia will enter two Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid vehicles, the same [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Kia Cerato LPI Hybrid to enter Global Green Challenge

2010 Holden Cruze CDX Diesel

Matt Brogan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:09:38 +0000

As of the end of September Holden had sold 6,144 Cruzes, so when the announcement came in today that Holden will add a highly specified diesel variant “due to popular demand”, it wasn’t just a marketing ploy! The diesel Cruze makes the most sense by far with fuel economy ratings of 5.7L/100km so it was always [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Holden Cruze CDX Diesel

2010 Mitsubishi Triton utility specifications

George Skentzos — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:41:41 +0000

Mitsubishi Australia has today announced the arrival of its 2010 Triton utility line-up. The 2010 Triton range offers a new engine, generous safety features included as standard, a greater towing capacity and an extended tray. The most important inclusion is the availability of a new high-powered turbo-diesel engine on four-wheel-drive variants which deliver the highest output and [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2010 Mitsubishi Triton utility specifications

Mini Cooper D wins Bathurst

Matt Brogan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:19:26 +0000

Thirty-three years after it won the Bathurst endurance event outright, a new Mini Cooper has returned to victory lane at Mt Panorama. Not since 1966 when the Morris Cooper S of Finn Rauno Aaltonen and Aussie Bob Holden won the Gallagher 500 mile event has a Mini won an event at the famed home of [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini Cooper D wins Bathurst

2011 Mitsubishi Crossover spy pics

Matt Brogan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:16:59 +0000

Here are the very first spy-shots of an all-new Mitsubishi Crossover, likely to hit showrooms early 2011. What our spies shot in Switzerland today looks very much like a shrunk Qashqai-like Crossover – a class of cars that’s very popular nowadays and might replace the thirsty SUVs within the coming few years. Nissan’s Qashqai is the makes [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2011 Mitsubishi Crossover spy pics

Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test

Alborz Fallah — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:00:27 +0000

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test

Mazda to unveil Kiyora concept & eco-friendly engines at Tokyo

Matt Brogan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:43:10 +0000

Mazda will unveil its next-generation engine line-up and a new automatic transmission at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show. The ‘Mazda SKY-G’ direct injection petrol (G for gasoline) and ‘Mazda SKY-D’ clean diesel engine will be showcased along side Mazda’s new ‘SKY Drive’ automatic tranmsission. SKY-G is a next-generation direct injection petrol engine with significantly improved fuel economy [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mazda to unveil Kiyora concept & eco-friendly engines at Tokyo

Kia c’eed petrol hybrid, Sorento diesel hybrid on show in Frankfurt

Matt Brogan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:18:41 +0000

Kia has used the Frankfurt Motor Show as a stage to release its innovative cee’d petrol-electric and Sorento diesel-electric hybrid cars. These vehicles will be tested over many thousands of kilometres across Europe and will generate data for inclusion in the design process of Kia vehicles during the next decade. The new-look cee’d hybrid powertrain is similar [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Kia c’eed petrol hybrid, Sorento diesel hybrid on show in Frankfurt