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2018 Suzuki Swift Sport

2018 Suzuki Swift Sport

IN terms of performance and fun per dollar, you won’t get a much better deal than that offered by Suzuki’s latest Swift Sport, one of the best of the so-called pocket rockets.

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Review: 2018 Suzuki Baleno

Review: 2018 Suzuki Baleno

IF it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That sage advice has been taken by Suzuki regarding its Baleno hatches, with the good-looking cars virtually unchanged from when they arrived in late 2016.

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Review: 2018 Honda Civic Type R

Review: 2018 Honda Civic Type R

IT turns lots of heads with its swathe of functional aero aids that give it a Space Invaders look: front brake cooling ducts, a bonnet scoop, wind splitters, vortex generators and more rear wing than a mother magpie in spring swooping mode.

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2018 Renault Megane

2018 Renault Megane

SMALLER is bigger these days and in the case of Renault’s Megane, the body language says it’s a 2.0litre, and it certainly goes like a 2.0 – but under its bonnet is an engine almost half of what one would expect: a 1.2 turbo.

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2018 Infiniti QX80

2018 Infiniti QX80

INFINITI has given its big-boy QX80 an extra dose of what it calls Powerful Elegance via an extensive redesign and interior updates to help it attract buyers in the niche luxury 4WD market.

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Review: 2018 Subaru Levorg

Review: 2018 Subaru Levorg

LEVORG might sound like a name for a pet brontosaurus, but the Subaru with that unfortunate nomenclature is actually one of the Japanese brand’s best.

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Review: 2018 Kia Sportage

Review: 2018 Kia Sportage

BEAUTY, they say, is in the eyes of the beholder, and that adage certainly applies to cars as well as everything else with lines somewhat more attractive than the norm.

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Review: 2018 Audi Q5

Review: 2018 Audi Q5

THERE’S not a huge difference in looks between Audi’s original and super-successful Q5 of eight or nine years ago and its latest one – but the underskin changes of the slightly crisper Gen II are remarkable.

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Renault 4CV

Renault 4CV

PERTH motoring enthusiast John Waterhouse has had his Renault 4CV for 51 years and though he learnt a great deal about the neat little saloon and the brand in general, the answer to one mystery emerged only last year.

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Review: 2018 Mazda CX-9

Review: 2018 Mazda CX-9

There’s a similar picture for small and medium SUVs, emphasising the steady swing away from passenger cars, but today we’re looking at Mazda’s new biggie, the CX-9.

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Review: 2018 Kia Stinger

Review: 2018 Kia Stinger

The stylish car from Kia lifts the brand to new heights with sparkling performance, great handling, comfort and a surprising amount of standard equipment.

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2018 BMW X3

2018 BMW X3

BMW is boosting its X3 SUV range with a new rear-wheel drive sDrive20i variant which will arrive in Australia in March 2018.

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Review: 2018 Suzuki Swift

Review: 2018 Suzuki Swift

SUZUKI’S Swifts have been favoured by driving enthusiasts ever since the late 1980s when Japanese motorsport star Monster Tajima put them on the map in a big way. Find out more in this Suzuki Swift Review.

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Review: 2018 Mazda6 Wagon

Review: 2018 Mazda6 Wagon

MAZDA has long had a romance with weird names and foreign terms, all of its recent models having built-in ‘zoom-zoom’ and ‘skyactiv technology’ and its mid-sized Mazda6 also reflects the brand’s ‘tireless pursuit of ‘Jinba-Ittai’.

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2018 Mahindra Pik-Up

2018 Mahindra Pik-Up

PIK-UP. What a wonderful name for a, well, pick-up truck, aka ute, bakkie or lori, depending on where in the world you are.

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