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Four-seat Smart no dead-cert start for Australia
Tough business case leaves question mark hanging over second-gen Smart ForFour’s Australian debut
Lid lifted on Aston’s fastest drop-top
Sun-loving Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster makes its debut
Prius sets most boring Nurburgring ‘record’ ever
Toyota has managed to make the world’s most exciting racetrack seem deathly dull by setting a fuel economy record
Scrapping carbon tax will not alter car prices
Car buyers should not expect any benefit from today’s repeal of the carbon tax
Mazda 2: first official pictures
All-new Mazda 2 gets showcar looks and miserly new engines
New Smart ForTwo and ForFour revealed
Local launch in 2016 promises to expand Daimler’s ultra-niche city-car brand
Sprung! Ford’s last-ever true blue Territory
Wheels reveals all about the new Territory, Ford’s last Australian-made SUV
Lowndes special-edition Commodore leaked
Holden denies it, but dealer lets Craig Lowndes signature V8 Commodore slip
Nissan hits out at ANCAP
Car maker deems criticism over safety equipment non-availability as “unfair”
Exclusive Video: Mercedes-Benz C-Class prices announced
All-new C-Class offers more equipment and tech for a meagre price rise
First pics: 2015 Mercedes S65 AMG Coupe
Next year’s flagship V12-engined AMG model to cost more than half a million dollars
Motor Sport Report – 13/7
Ricciardo insists Vettel will bounce back; Aussie wins in Germany; Miller takes fourth Moto3 victory; Ambrose struggles on Magic Mile; Power loses top spot
Jags, Rangies to read your diary
Brit luxo brand explores ways to fill the self-driving car’s attention deficit
Get Smart: Pint-sized car plans shift back to showrooms
Online-only strategy leaves Mercedes-Benz dealerships pining for Smart cars
Revealed: The first piece of last-ever Ford Falcon
Headlight teaser image reveals Fusion-like front end for Falcon finale
Kia aims for a bigger slice
Korea’s second brand wants to double its share of the Aussie market
Ford’s final FPV sparks kilowatt controversy
Ford asks Wheels to squash GT-F performance figures ahead of second showdown with HSV’s rival GTS
Australian cars are not too cheap
New Kia boss hits out at claims by Holden that new vehicles are too cheap in Australia, and that prices will rise
Nissan’s silent electric race car
Nissan, in co-operation with Nismo (a Japanese tuning house) has released computer-generated footage of its latest creation
New Die Hard movie trashes 132 cars
John Moore, director of ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’, estimates 132 cars were wrecked in filming the main chase sequence of the Die Hard franchise’s lastest installment, with the damage bill coming in at approximately $11 million.
GM HOPES OPEL WILL SHINE IN AUSTRALIA
General Motors’ German subsidiary, Opel, has entered the already crowded Australian car market with a three model launch range, pitched at the premium end of the volume segment.
BMW M hits the big 4-O
Far from the trauma of a mid-life crisis, BMW’s M (for Motorsport) division is proudly celebrating four decades of high-performance road and racing cars wearing the now famous single letter badge.
Maserati’s Fastest
Maserati’s fastest-ever car is bound for Australia, with the first to arrive in June. The Gran Turismo MC Stradale is 110kg lighter than the Gran Turismo S and
Bentley sniffs out a fragrance for men
What do you think the fragrance of Bentley is? For some, it will be the smell of fine leather trim and thick pile carpeting inside the latest Mulsanne or Continental GT. While others will imagine a whiff of gear oil from a classic 1920s Le Mans winning racer.
