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THIS EV IS GEELY GEELY SMART

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Remember the Mercedes-Benz off-shoot Smart (spelt ‘s’ lower case)? It’s been more than two decades since the launch of the revolutionary pint-sized smart fortwo. You still see the odd fortwo and forfour around, but the brand bid farewell to Australia in 2015. Well, in partnership with Chinese Geely, the smart brand has been re-invented as an electric franchise and will launch soon in the UK. The Smart #1 will initially be available in four versions: Pro+, Premium, Brabus and Launch Edition The #1 follows the Concept 1 from 2021, but… Read more

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CHINESE CHECKERS – THE PLAYERS AND STAYERS

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It’s been more than a decade since the launch of the first Chinese-branded car in Australia. That vehicle was of course the first Great Wall ute way back in 2009, pitched at bang-for-your-buck tradies. Since then, a number of Chinese brands have come and gone, but three manufacturers stand out as the stickarounds. They are the aforementioned Great Wall, as well as LDV which launched here in 2014 and MG which joined the fray quite late in proceedings in 2017. Last year 1,049,831 new vehicles were sold in Australia. With… Read more