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SSANGYONG THROWS DOWN BEAUT UTE CHALLENGE

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SsangYong is going to great lengths, with one of the most spacious trays in class, to make an impression in the ute market. The new Musso XLV can be loaded up with 1262 litres weighing up to 1020 kg. And just to show how serious the South Korean automobile maker is, SsangYong is aiming to expand to 50 dealers in Australia by the end of the year. The new long wheelbase version of the Musso, according to the maker, combines high levels of safety, creature comforts, off-road performance and, last… Read more

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ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SPECIAL EDITION

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Alfa Romeo Australia is importing a limited run of 30 vehicles, the Giulietta Veloce S Edition offers $6,900 in additional customer value for only $3,500 and is now available in Alfa Romeo dealerships from $45,400. These are MSRP prices and on roads have to be factored in. Featuring premium exterior enhancements, the captivating Giulietta Veloce S Edition is available in three exterior colours, solid Alfa White, solid Alfa Black, and a metallic variant of Stromboli Grey. It rides on 18-inch dark Miron wheels with laser-etched red motif. Additional red design… Read more

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MAZDA BT-50 BOSS

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Mazda has added a new topline model to its BT-50 range. Tagged as ‘Boss’ it has advanced audio and premium accessories. Boss is offered exclusively in Snowflake White Pearl Mica, chrome accents replaced with gloss black on the grille, door handles, mirror caps, sports bar and tubular side steps. It sits on 17-inch 8-spoke black alloy wheels and has a soft tonneau. Bold black and white ‘Boss’ decal runs the length of the body. Ascending and increasing in width from the base of the front wheel arch to the rear… Read more

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CAT BRINGS THE SOFT TOUCH TO A HARD HEART

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A cat with nine lives might be taking things too far, but one feline of the automotive variety has at least two. The Jaguar XE 300 Sport, like the ultimate furry friend, will pad around all day as quiet as a mouse, but switch to Sport mode and the claws come out, together with a strident engine soundtrack to match. The XE range is the British answer to the Germans’ – Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, not forgetting the Italians’ Alfa Romeo Giulia and assorted others from the… Read more

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CUNNINGHAM C4R

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Right from the beginning of the 1950s a number of American motoring enthusiasts were keen to match the European mastery of the road-racing technique. Many of them built small Americanised sports cars but only Briggs Cunningham was successful and achieved fame from his attempts. Cunningham built several different models of cars but most observers agree that his best effort was the C4R. This car featured a tubular chassis with strong side members and small, lightweight cross-members but was hardly state-of-the-art when compared with the racing chassis built into most of… Read more

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JAGUAR AUSTRALIA AND CHARGEFOX TEAM UP

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Jaguar Australia, a founding partner of the Australian Electric Vehicle Council, has signed an official agreement with Australia’s biggest public electric vehicle (EV) charging network, Chargefox. At this stage Chargefox only has three fully operational, ultra-rapid charging stations operating: two in country Victoria at Barnawartha and Euroa and at Toombul, in Brisbane. It’s early days yet but by the end of 2019 a national network of twenty two ultra chargers will form a network connecting Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. Additional ultra-rapid charging stations are being planned for Western… Read more

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LEXUS RC F: ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

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Lexus Australia has announced a substantially revised RC F range that will include a more affordable entry price plus sharp specification for the first RC F Track Edition. Visually, Lexus RC F incorporates new single-piece high-grade LED headlights and a wider grille with L-shaped mesh pattern, emphasising a lower stance. Enlarged front-side air breathers and new canard ‘fins’ on the lower front bumper more accurately harness air. Control of flow is then directed by fin-shaped side rocker mouldings – derived from the RC F GT3 race car – to new… Read more

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BMW UNVEILS NEW V8 ENGINES FOR X5 AND X7

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BMW X5

BMW has announced details of new flagship models for its X5 and X7 SUVs each with upgraded 4.4-litre V8 engines. The engines are based on the company’s TwinPower Turbo technology and generate up to 390 kW of power from 5500 rpm and 750 Nm of torque between 1800 and 4600 revs. As a result, the new BMW X5 M50i is able to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in 4.3 seconds and the X7 M50i in 4.7 seconds. Both models combine the V8 engine with an eight-speed Steptronic sports automatic… Read more

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ALLARD K2

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The name Allard came into the motoring history books in 1936 when Sydney Allard, a London Ford motor dealer with a penchant for motor sport, including motor racing, decided to build for himself the Allard Special. Based on a Ford V8 chassis and with other Ford parts to provide the running gear Allard encased the whole thing in a cut down Bugatti body. He, as well as others, was obviously pleased with the results of this unusual combination because he went on to build a further 11 of these cars… Read more

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JAGUAR XK 2006 – 2015

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2006 Jaguar XK

By EWAN KENNEDY, Marque Motoring CAPTION: A. B. C. 2015 Jaguar XK BODY COPY Jaguar XK is a large British sportscar with styling that’s unashamedly based on that of the almost legendary Jaguar E-Type. From the nose with its big oval opening, to the rounded tail the XK’s design works exceptionally well. In this review we will look at the all-new Jaguar XK launched here in July 2006, partly because those before it are getting on in years as it’s made entirely from aluminium, with panels rivetted and bonded using… Read more