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2017 Audi RS3 sedan arrives in Australia

The first compact sedan to wear a RennSport badge is part of a significant upgrade that includes a more powerful, but lighter, five-cylinder turbo engine

2017 Honda HR-V Limited Edition revealed
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2017 Honda HR-V Limited Edition revealed

Honda tweaks its cheapest HV-R small SUV so it looks less like an entry-level car

Mitsubishi Triton now offered with rear view camera
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Mitsubishi Triton now offered with rear view camera

Camera kit bundled with Hard Tray packs for Cab Chassis models

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Limited edition Toyota 86 announced

New orange paintjob, bigger brakes and tuned dampers for limited-run 86

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Toyota Australia slumps to 99m profit

The Aussie dollar and looming manufacturing shutdown limits Australia’s biggest brand to just $370 profit on every car it sold last financial year

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Kamui Kobayashi smashes Le Mans record

Toyota factory ace driver topples Le Mans lap record in banzai track assault

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Takata about to fall as airbag recall costs mount, reports say

The weight of fixing faulty airbags in more than 100 million cars worldwide – about two million of them in Australia – appears to be taking its toll

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Audi R8 Spyder V10 plus unveiled

Featuring the most powerful series-production engine from Audi

2018 Mitsubishi ASX pouts for a makeover
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2018 Mitsubishi ASX pouts for a makeover

Mitsubishi could squeeze in one more ASX facelift before the new version ends the current model’s eight-year run

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McLaren 570S Spider revealed

Mini-Mac takes its top off but retains same claim to speed as its coupe sibling

Giannini 350 GP is a Fiat 500 on steroids
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Giannini 350 GP is a Fiat 500 on steroids

With the 1.7-litre turbo of an Alfa 4C sitting between its rear wheels and a mega widebody kit adding some saucy curves, the Giannini 350 GP is the Fiat 500 we’ve always wanted

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2018 Audi R8 V10 plus gets a haircut

Audi’s R8 Spyder drop-top supercar chops three-tenths from its zero to 100km/h dash thanks to V10 Plus treatment

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Walkinshaw W557 package announced

How do you make an LSA-powered HSV even better? Let Walkinshaw have a play with it…

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Airbag of the future takes a front seat

German company ZF thinks its new airbag may be the solution for protecting passengers in a new generation of car interiors that look more like lounge rooms

2017 McLaren 570S Spider revealed
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2017 McLaren 570S Spider revealed

Why should you have a lesser supercar experience just because you want some wind in your hair? McLaren thinks you shouldn’t with its 570S Spider

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MOTOR magazine July issue preview

Here’s a peek between the pages of the latest MOTOR

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620kW daily driven Ford Territory

It’s one thing to take a Territory to the drags and thrash everyone, it’s another to then drive it home

2017 BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo revealed
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2017 BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo revealed

A new version of BMW’s fastback five-door appears to fix much of what was wrong with the old one

2018 Tesla Model 3 interior spied
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2018 Tesla Model 3 interior spied

The previously unseen cabin of Tesla’s new entry-level model have been snapped by an alert fan.

AMR spawns most powerful Aston Martin Vantage
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AMR spawns most powerful Aston Martin Vantage

Swansong Aston Martin Vantage gets 444kW V12 courtesy of AMR performance branch tune up

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Video: 2018 Holden Commodore Sportwagon spied on the street

Holden’s next-gen, Euro-sourced Commodore load-lugger caught in the wild

Holden Astra Sportwagon to bolster range in late 2017
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Holden Astra Sportwagon to bolster range in late 2017

Holden commits to growing its small car range, with the Astra hatch and sedan set to gain a wagon-bodied sibling before the end of 2017.

New Volkswagen Polo launch: the countdown begins
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New Volkswagen Polo launch: the countdown begins

The next generation VW Polo will be revealed online later this week. Crank up your browsers

Electric Hyundai Kona locked in for 2018
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Electric Hyundai Kona locked in for 2018

Hyundai confirms an all-electric Kona will launch next year, and Australia wants it