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An updated 2021 Honda Odyssey has appeared on the Honda Japan website, showing a facelifted exterior, revised interior and new tech. Also new for the Odyssey is a hands-free automatic sliding door, allowing passengers to enter the car using nothing more than a gesture motion. The door has a hidden light strip, indicating where to gesture in order for the electric door to open. Inside, the 2021 Odyssey gets a much larger infotainment screen, slimmer air vents and a new steering wheel.

A teenage racing driver has broken the Guinness World Record for Fastest Vehicle Slalom. Sixteen-year-old Chloe Chambers, a US karting driver, broke the record at an airfield in New Jersey, USA, driving a Porsche 718 Spyder. On one run through the 762-metre course, Chambers tied with the previous record.

The dramatic new-car sales slump in Victoria in August – due to stage-four lockdown restrictions – has slammed the brakes on national figures. Last month new-car sales plummeted 66 per cent in the garden state, contributing to an overall Australian downturn of 28.8 per cent. This represents the worst decline since record keeping began.

The next-generation of light armoured patrol vehicles for the Australian Defence Force is entering full-scale production in Bendigo. The Hawkei MPV – designed and manufactured by defence giant Thales – is a 7000kg armoured four-wheel-drive truck, capable of being adapted to troop carrying, a command hub, electronic warfare centre, or reconnaissance missions.

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been snapped undisguised in a production facility. A user posted this blurry, zoomed-in photo on Spanish website CocheSpias, showing a similar design language to the new S-Class flagship sedan unveiled earlier this week. The all-new C-Class will replace the current model in 2022 – however, not seen before in the line-up is a C-Class All-Terrain wagon, which was spied testing in full camouflage.