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FORD FOCUS 2011 – 2022

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  Ford Focus is a small-medium European model that has never had the success it  deserves in Australia. That’s probably because dual-clutch automatics sold from 2011 till  2015 had many problems and these led to the complete car being given a poor reputation.   The dual-clutch was replaced by a six-speed conventional torque convertor automatic  transmission in September 2015 as part of a major makeover of the complete range.   Ford Focus is pretty well made these days, though generally not to the extremely high  standards of the Asian models…. Read more

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NISSAN QASHQAI SET TO ‘QASH’ IN ON COMPACT INTEREST

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Nissan is on the money, with the new Qashqai paying off with the title of this country’s Best Small SUV in a renowned Aussie experts’ 2022 car of the year awards. Arriving as part of Nissan’s ‘All-New In 2022’ roll-out of the all-new X-Trail, Pathfinder and Z it gives the Japanese company one of the freshest model line-ups in the country. The judging panel was impressed by the all-new Qashqai, saying it ‘redefines what buyers can expect from a small SUV’. Originally the Dualis here Down Under, the British-built Qashqai… Read more