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Holden has launched an all-new baby SUV called the Holden Trax, expanding the company’s growing SUV line up to four models. The Trax will be offered in two trim levels, the LS and LTZ, ranging in price from $23,490 to $27,990 plus on-road costs. Set to arrive in Holden showrooms …

What you are looking at is the first photos of the face lifted 2014 Skoda Yeti, leaked onto the internet. The Skoda SUV is scheduled to make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Compared to its predecessor, the new Yeti scores a more clean-cut look, especially at the front …

The convoy of Mazda3s crossing the breadth of Russia on route to Frankfurt are successfully navigating the ever changing landscape of Siberia. Participating in the 2013 Mazda3 Hiroshima to Frankfurt Challenger tour – an event modelled on long-distance drives held in 1977 and 1990 – it will take 30 days …

Ford Australia has today given the Australian media a glimpse into their future products. And there are lots to get excited about. In one of the company’s biggest PR event ever undertaken, Ford local arm is estimated to have spent close to $4m (more than double the amount for a …

Toyota has revealed it has started work on a smaller sports car to sit under the hugely successful Toyota 86. The car’s chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, told Drive recently during his trip to Australia. “We have started on the car below the 86. It is not yet decided if it …

After much speculations, numerous renderings, videos and spy shots, new details have finally emerged about Lexus’ latest addition to the family – the all-new RC, Lexus’ answer to the new BMW 4-Series. And the good thing is that the news come from a Lexus insider, so this time around it …

The previously manual only entry-level front-wheel drive Volkswagen Tiguan is now available with a 6-speed DSG. Priced from $30,990 plus on-road costs, the Tiguan 118TSI DSG is also equipped with BlueMotion Technologies such as engine Start/Stop and Brake energy recuperation as standard. Thanks to these fuel saving tech, the medium …

Honda has released the first photos of the 2014 Honda Civic Tourer ahead of its Frankfurt Motor Show debut. The production version closely resembles the concept previewed earlier this year, with a front fascia borrowed from the Civic Hatchback, on which it is based. The Tourer also sport a floating …

The all-new Peugeot 208GTi has been launched in Australia. Alongside with the Peugeot RCZ, the Peugeot 208GTi represent two strong halo models for the Peugeot brand in Australia. “The new 208GTi draws a direct link back to the original hot hatch predecessor, the 205GTi. The 205GTi built the Peugeot hot …

Infiniti has announced that it will stage the world premiere of its Q30 Concept at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Aim at luring younger buyers to the brand, the Infiniti Q30 Concept will showcase the Japanese luxury marque’s future design language in a new premium segment. It embodies Infiniti’s …

Hyundai Motorsport continues to make strong progress on its WRC development programme by conducting the first gravel tests with a new 2014-specification i20 WRC in July. All three of the team’s recently-signed development drivers, Chris Atkinson, Juho Hänninen and Bryan Bouffier, got behind the wheel of the i20 WRC as …

Before heading for Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari driver and Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso had a go in a LaFerrari prototype, the most powerful and quickest car ever produced by the Italian firm. Looking focused but composed throughout the hot lap, Alonso brought the hybrid supercar …

The All-New Mazda3s being driven from Mazda’s global headquarters in Hiroshima to the German city of Frankfurt have successfully completed the first stage, arriving in Blagoveshensk, Russia. The Hiroshima to Frankfurt Challenger tour – modelled on similar events in 1977 and 1990 – is a 30 day, seven stage endurance …

BMW’s visionary i brand has reached another milestone with the presentation of a second prototype, the BMW i8, following the world debut of the first production i model last month, the BMW i3. The hallmark of the BMW i8 lies in its plug-in hybrid system. A compact three-cylinder turbocharged petrol …