AUSTRALIA’S FIRST mid-engine sports car, the Joss Supercar, is a little over two months away from making its debut, with potential buyers and investors alike lining up at Joss’s door.

Ten solid orders have been locked in thus far, and Joss has been reorganised into an unlisted private company to fully exploit growing interest from investors.

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After endless wrangling and head-butting with head office, Volkswagen Australia may be on the cusp of delivering the seductive Scirocco to Australian showrooms.

A source within Volkswagen Group Australia allegedly told an inquisitive enthusiast that the Scirocco is “currently undergoing the various tests to ensure the vehicle is able to withstand the Australian conditions”.

The source also [...]

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When I last had a quiet word with Jutta Dierks, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia, it was at the recent local launch of the Volkswagen Golf VI. Talk inevitably turned to the hi-po GTI and how long it would take to arrive in Australian showrooms.

With the Australian market traditionally one of the last to [...]

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Nissan’s mighty R35 GT-R is getting close dear readers, so close we can virtually taste it. The twin-turbocharged all-wheel-drive supercar will be landing in Nissan’s Australian dealerships on April 1 this year, and the Japanese manufacturer’s local arm has issued the first batch of info on the Australian-market GT-R.

There’s a few downers, like the lack [...]

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Audi has today announced that the awe-inspiring RS6 sedan is now available from Audi dealers nationwide, with the supercar-shaming four-door available from $263,500 AUD.

Audi’s head-kicking performance flagship has already been available here since last October in wagon guise as the RS6 Avant, but now there’s an option for buyers who prefer a boot over a [...]

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BMW’s latest incarnation of its luxury flagship, the 7 Series, has been launched in Australia, with the new model offering three new engines, more technology, and a host of refinements over the outgoing model.

Styling has been heavily revised for the new 7, with virtually every panel going under the knife. A butt-lift has deleted Chris [...]

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New car sales for January have dropped 18.5 percent over the same period last year, according to the latest data released by VFACTS.

67,079 passenger cars, 4WDs and commercial vehicles were sold last month, whereas  82,270 vehicles were sold in January 2008. Toyota led the sales race with 13,427 cars sold, while Holden and Mazda followed [...]

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