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Fiat Chrysler Australia has appointed Kevin Flynn (above) its new managing director amid falling sales. Alfa Romeo, Jeep, and Fiat have all seen their sales decline throughout 2019, with registrations dropping 31.8 per cent, 28.0 per cent and 9.8 per cent year-to-date respectively. Chrysler is bucking the trend, up 20.7 per cent on the back of a New South Wales police contract.

As it does each year since its launch in 2017, the Audi Foundation is holding a raffle through August to raise funds for a variety of charities in Australia. To celebrate its launch, the Foundation offered an example of the heroic R8 supercar, and last year's entrants were in the draw to win the powerful SQ5 SUV. This year, your $50 ticket gets you in the running for one of this writer's all-time favourites (and my pick in our Winner's Circle extravaganza), the Audi RS4 Avant.

Former Audi CEO, Rupert Stadler, has been formally charged over his alleged role in the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal. A statement from the Munich public prosecutors office stated Stadler is "accused of having been aware of the manipulations since the end of September 2015, at the latest, but he did not prevent the sale of affected Audi and Volkswagen vehicles thereafter”.

Audi has revealed initial details about its upcoming 2020 Q7 line-up, with petrol power back on the cards for Australia. No petrol-powered variant of the pre-facelift Q7 was offered, despite BMW and Mercedes-Benz offering petrol power in their large SUV rivals to the Q7. That could change when the 2020 Q7 touches down in the first half of 2020.

People often say “don’t forget where you came from”. Although we’re focused on every new car, every last detail here at CarAdvice, we have an extensive back-catalogue of news stories, lifestyle yarns and reviews. Here’s a look at what happened on the week of July 30 in years past. Yep, it's one year old already Grand total over the life-cycle? 467,690 units Speedy open-top thrills guaranteed It later proved to be Kia's top-seller in Australia