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Sabine Schmitz Ring Taxi
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Queen of the ‘Ring honoured with renamed corner

Racer who clocked up over 30,000 laps of the world’s most famous circuit will have a section named after her

eV hybrid CHARGER
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Analysis: NSW takes Victoria’s EV policy and betters it

The NSW Government saw Victoria’s EV policy and went a step, or several, further

2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz
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Hyundai Santa Cruz production gets underway in US

Korea’s Ford Maverick challenger will be in American showrooms in just a few short months

The future of Alpine
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What the future of Alpine means for performance car enthusiasts

The era of RS-badged hot Renaults is over as Alpine shoots for the stars

Hammond's Workshop
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Richard Hammond to launch car restoration show on Discovery+

New British car restoration show will be hosted by one of the biggest names in the industry

Fisker Ocean
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Fisker could bring Ocean EV to Australia, outlines plans for a carbon neutral vehicle

American manufacturer says it is taking Australian reservations for its new EV crossover with ambitions of delivering a carbon neutral vehicle by 2027

Aston Martin Valhalla and Valkyrie
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The surprising challenges facing Tobias Moers at Aston Martin

Throwing the new twin-turbo V6 in the bin and replacing it with an AMG V8 was just the beginning for Tobias Moers

Volvo battery
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Volvo enters joint venture to develop and produce batteries

New joint venture aimed at bringing everything in-house for Swedish battery tech

Golf R
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Year of the R: VW plots 2022 performance-car assault

All will have a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine – except the Touareg R which is a plug-in hybrid combining a turbocharged V6 engine and electric motor

Touareg R
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Touareg R: VW’s most powerful model set for Australia

Volkswagen is set to introduce its most powerful model to Australia – the Touareg R.

Subaru WRX
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WRX passes 50,000 sales in Australia

Landmark sales for the flat-four, all-paw weapon ahead of fifth-gen’s arrival later this year

Audi electric range
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Audi to produce final ICE model by 2025, new cars to be EV only one year later

China will be the exception to the new ICE rule

Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
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2022 Porsche 911 GTS pricing and features revealed

Australians will be able to select a manual gearbox as a no-cost option, making the 992 GTS the only three-pedal 911 you can buy locally other than the track-ready GT3

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics
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Hyundai acquires robotics company Boston Dynamics

The motor group now controls 80 per cent of the US$1.1 billion tech firm

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Porsche investing in new battery cell factory in Germany

Proposed plant near Stuttgart and Weissach could turn over up enough batteries for up to 1000 cars a year

AM Valkyrie
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Aston Martin locked in $18.5 million legal battle over Valkyrie payments

Swiss dealers accused of withholding £10m in Valkyrie deposits

Evoque
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Land Rover to allow buyers to place a deposit on vehicles through PayPal

New system allows buyers to select their car from a dealer online and reserve it

Merdeces-Maybach 6 Cabriolet
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Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne to drive Maybach concept in new film

Michael Keaton’s matured Wayne will drive the car in The Flash

Honda sign
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Honda details fixed-price model coming Down Under

Customers will pay the same drive-away price wherever they are in the country and some dealerships will get the chop

Peugeot 308 SW
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Peugeot’s new 308 Touring is set for Australia

Wagon variant of French hot-hatch confirmed for Down Under

Hyundai i30 N Line Sedan
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UPDATE: Hyundai i30 Sedan N Line Special Edition not coming Down Under despite appearing in price guides

An upcoming variation to the Korean manufacturer’s popular model has been put on hold with the parts shortage to blame

VW Golf GTI
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Battle of the hot hatches: VW welcomes BMW’s new Golf GTI fighter

VW says BMW still has yet to establish itself as a FWD brand and brushes off Hyundai i30N as a rival

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Drift mode engage! 2022 Audi RS3 gains torque vectoring rear axle

Updated Audi RS3 gains active rear-axle torque vectoring and drift mode!

1000kW BMW iM2
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BMW iM2: M Division’s 1000kW 50th birthday gift

BMW M Division’s 50th birthday present to itself is a 1000kW M2. Yep, a megawatt of M2