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2013 Audi A3 sedan rendering

Word on the street says Audi is developing a sedan version of its A3 hatch. It would be launched as part of the third generation A3 platform and French publication L’Automobile reckon it will look like this. It is now expected the next gen A3 hatch and Sportback will be launched in 2012. The sedan […]

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Audi continues the RS3 tease

Is this another RS3 prototype that has been spotted on roads near the Nürburgring? First we need to establish if Audi actually have plans to release an RS3 model at all. We’ve been teased enough, for long enough to suggest it could happen. The first rumour I heard from a credible source of a possible […]

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VFACTS reports

New vehicle sales report – 2013

Australians signed on the dotted line for more than one million new vehicle sales in 2013, for just the sixth time on record. The final tally last year ended at 1,136,227 vehicle sales. Loosely broken down, that’s 566,454 passenger vehicle sales, 333,511 SUVs, 204,566 light commericals and 31,696 heavy commercials. Looking at the different market […]

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2013 Frankfurt Motor Show in pictures

The lights have been turned off at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and the mammoth task of dismantling the huge displays has begun. To recap what you may have missed here’s a selection of 120+ pics reminding you what was on show.

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Mercedes-Benz Motor Shows

New York 2013: Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG

It’s only a few months since the covers came off the stylish Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan at the Detroit Auto Show in January and already we have the cooking AMG version. Of course, we knew the CLA 45 AMG was coming thanks to last week’s leaked pics. Most of the fruit is already known as it’s […]

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Mazda

2013 Mazda6 revealed

Mazda has released the first official information and photos for its all-new Mazda6 sedan. Curiously, the model will make its debut this week at the Moscow Motor Show. While teaser photos have been issued previously by Mazda, this is the first time we’ve been given a look at the car in full detail. Based on […]

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Audi

“But I don’t have your number!”

With this new commercial Audi shows it’ll be a case of fastest finger first when controlling the new A3.

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Audi

Fourtitude renders and ponders an RS3 sedan

A bit over 12 months ago Audi unveiled its A3 concept at the Geneva Motor Show. It’s widely accepted that an A3 sedan will be making its first appearance for the benefit of the US consumers. Indeed, it may only ever be available in limited markets; North America and China perhaps. Audi of America hope […]

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Volkswagen introduces versatile MQB platform

Over the next few years, and especially in the short–medium term, you’re going to be reading a lot about Volkswagen’s MQB platform, otherwise known as the Modular Transverse Matrix. MQB will be used in the small-medium segments across the Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen brands. In the context of VW it will be used to […]

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MINI

Third-generation MINI future model plans

Car has come up trumps again with new model info, this time concerning the third-generation F56 MINI. They say the current second-gen R5x lineage will end next year with the launch of the Paceman and the F56 rollout will begin shortly thereafter. First of the new generation models to roll off the production line will […]

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Volkswagen

Golf VII preparing for rendezvous in Paris

The latest tip on the new Golf VII says it will premiere at the Paris Motor Show in September. This spy shot of a three-door GTI prototype, captured last year, shows the Golf will continue its well proven evolutionary path. It will be a bit longer and a bit wider, as is the norm with […]

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New vehicle sales report – December 2011

Australia registered over one million new vehicle sales in 2011 the latest FCAI press release reveals. The final tally of 1,008,437 represents the fourth time the country has passed one million sales in a calendar year. Despite dropping more than 27,000 sales (-2.6%) on 2010 numbers, FCAI chief executive Ian Chalmers reminds us this is […]