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Lighter, more powerful Mazda MX-5 sets stage for Aussie arrival

Mazda gains clearance to bring 135kW versions of the award-winning roadster and targa top here

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TCR Australia locked in for 2019

Category manager in final negotiations with CAMS for a new Australian touring car championship

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Renault “Captur coupe” teased ahead of Moscow reveal

Renault reveals the face of its next-gen compact crossover… coupe?

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2019 Audi A4 revealed

New snout and strangely alluring “S Line competition” pack mark the big changes to Audi’s revised BMW 3 Series fighter

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2019 Audi RS Q8 breaks company power ceiling: report

Pinched Porsche powertrain pushes peak power to 500kW for production RS Q8 performer

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Aussie trial finds Victorian freeways turn automated car into speed freaks

Early results of a study looking at how well automated cars integrate with Australia show they have a few issues to sort

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News

How VW smashed the Pikes Peak record

A combustion-powered hill climber will never snatch the outright record back from EVs – here’s why

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Motorsport

Volkswagen obliterates outright Pikes Peak record while Hamilton cruises to victory

Former World Endurance Champion becomes first person to complete a sub-eight minute run at Pikes Peak

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Motorsport

Pikes Peak – 7 of the most terrifying hillclimb monsters

Twin engines, obscene aero, and fearless drivers. These are the some of the most extreme mountain-slaying beasts to contest the Race to the Clouds

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News

Explained: Mazda's Anechoic Chamber

Tricky tech in simple terms. This month we explain Mazda's anechoic chamber

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Left-foot braking a factor in Ford’s PowerShift problems

PowerShift papers: Ford Australia highlights left-foot braking behaviour as a concern in documents on ‘faulty’ transmission saga

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Mazda USA testing CX-5 with 2.5-litre turbo engine

The CX-9’s turbo engine could find its way under the bonnet of the mid-size CX-5 in the future

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Motorsport

Volkswagen I.D. R at the 2018 Pikes Peak hill climb: Run for the hills

Volkswagen makes EVs exciting with amped up 500kW Pikes Peak charger

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Industry

Former Holden boss takes over GM’s global product planning

Mark Reuss, who steered the Australian arm through its darkest days, takes on a larger role in GM

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Industry

Toyota Australia pegs a profit in its last year of manufacturing

The last manufacturer to fall has posted a $137 million windfall, but was again hit hard by closure costs

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Ford swamped with PowerShift complaints

PowerShift papers: Documents reveal that Ford Australia was flooded with almost 1000 complaints over faulty gearboxes in a single month

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Audi and Hyundai partner for hydrogen fuel cell development

Korean and German automotive giants form partnership focussing on alternative-fuel technology

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2019 Volvo S60 revealed

US-built mid-size sedan also becomes the first modern-day Volvo to not feature a diesel engine

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Motorsport

Three of Formula 1’s most spectacularly regrettable swaps

Bad timing and poor advice left these F1 competitors wondering what could have been

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2019 BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe leaked in patent image

BMW’s sleek four-door follow-up to the 6 Series Gran Coupe gets outed via a trademark application

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2018 Mercedes-Benz C200 review

All-new engine arrives in the Baby Benz as C-Class goes high tech for the biggest midlife update of the model’s history

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Ford PowerShift recall was unnecessary, government finds

PowerShift papers: Federal government investigation found there were no safety concerns over Ford’s troubled transmission

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Ford, VW look into sharing trade utes, vans

The next generation of the Volkswagen Amarok could sit on top of the bones of the Ford Ranger

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Ford says battery tech still too immature for a proper performance EV

True high-performance electric Ford parked until battery technology catches up