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All-New Civic Hatch Is Coming

Designed to meet highest of European standards, the stylish and functional Civic hatch will compete in the fast-growing small car segment both overseas and in Australia. The all-new Civic Hatch that debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011 and due to hit Australian shores in mid-June this year, has an elegant and seamless design, [...]

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Maxwell Claims Superbike Spoils by Half-A-Point

Wayne Maxwell has taken overall victory by a knife-edge at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway, winning a closely-contested contest over Josh Waters by a mere half-a-point at round 3 of the QBE Australian Superbike Championship. A final turn, final corner pass in Sunday’s race was the clincher for Team Honda’s Maxwell, who wasn’t going to let victory [...]

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BMW X3 Boosts Line Up

BMW’s top-selling mid-sized Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV), the BMW X3, now boasts an entirely turbo-charged engine line up with the arrival of the latest iteration of BMW’s new four-cylinder TwinPower Turbo two-litre petrol engine in the X3 xDrive 28i. The new X3 xDrive 28i sees its previous six-cylinder engine replaced with the new four-cylinder engine [...]

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Audi Dominates at the Spa 6 Hours

Audi has delivered a thrilling premiere for its two new racing models at the Spa 6 Hour. The R18 ultra of Romain Dumas/Loïc Duval/Marc Gené won the event, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. Crossing the finish line in second place were last year’s Le Mans winners Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer. [...]

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Accord Range Price Change

Honda has announced a price drop on the Accord range but has left them packed with features. Honda Australia Director and General Manager, Mr. Stephen Collins, said; “This new pricing on the Accord range is further evidence of Honda Australia’s commitment to provide our customers with outstanding product at value for money pricing. We are [...]

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Clio Wrapped in Leather

Renault continues to add more and more to its models with the Clio Sport 200 Cup not missing out. The 2012 model year Clio Renault Sport 200 Cup will now come standard with leather upholstery for the body hugging sports seats. Further changes for the 2012 models include a white rather than yellow speedometer face, [...]

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First Australian Dealers for Infiniti

Infiniti Cars Australia has started phase one of their Australian attack with the announcement of their first authorised retail partners. The performance luxury car manufacturer from Japan has partnered with three of Australia’s most experienced and respected luxury car retailers to establish and operate the country’s first official Infiniti retail centres in time for the [...]

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Stoner Takes Championship Lead with Win

Repsol Honda Team’s Casey Stoner made it two wins in a row to take the lead in the MotoGP championship with victory at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril. Having led from the start, the reigning World Champion never gave up the lead, as he put in another dominant performance at the Portuguese circuit, [...]

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Stoner Throws Down Gauntlet

After early damp conditions threatened to throw the day´s practice sessions into disarray, the weather steadied and the track dried out to play host to some fantastic free practice action. In the afternoon, across all three MotoGP classes riders were pushing hard to be at the top of the time sheets at the Grande Prémio [...]

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Safety Car Fleet Unveiled

BMW has been the Official Safety Car of MotoGP since 1999 and in 2006 the powerful BMW M brand, that celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, took over the partnership. The subsidiary with the distinction “M”, described as “The most powerful letter in the world” which stands for Dynamic, Innovation and Aesthetic in their purest [...]

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