VFACTS SALES FIGURES for June 2009 contain a few surprises, not the least the strength of the recovery in the light commercial market.

This segment, it would seem, is being fuelled strongly by the Federal Government’s 50 percent tax rebate on equipment purchases to eligible small businesses. And while it’s hard to say it is propping [...]

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When the smallest Hyundai in the Aussie market first hit showrooms in 2002, it represented a significant change in the Korean carmaker’s approach to the western market.

While previous models had been designed with Europe, the US and Australia in mind, they were the products of a Korean perspective on the rest of the world - [...]

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Hyundai has revealed its newest i-series compact car, the i20, which will make its global debut next month at the Paris Motor Show and go on sale in the European market either later this year, or early next year.

Designed to compete with Toyota’s Yaris, the Honda Fit and the Ford Fiesta, the i20 will [...]

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Hyundai has announced that it has recently achieved 100,000 sales for its Getz compact car in Australia. To celebrate the milestone, the Korean automaker is launching a campaign to help get rid of even more Getz’s from its showrooms.

Of course, it’s all a pretty flimsy excuse to clear the decks of the by-now-outdated 2008 [...]

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Since 2004, every car in the Hyundai range has come equipped with an MP3-capable stereo, making Hyundai one of the few carmakers in those dark old days to acknowledge that the MP3 file format meant more to the future of music than “those things what my kids downplay off the interwebs”.

Fast-forward to 2008, and [...]

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According to NRMA Insurance, the Toyota Corolla costs less to repair after a low-speed crash than its main small car rivals. The NRMA used the ‘bumper test’ to make the collision cost assessment. The bumper test simulates a 10km/h collision which, according to the NRMA is the most common type of road crash.

The most notable [...]

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Suzuki launched the face-lifted version of their very popular Swift in Japan about a month ago and the freshened-up Swifts have now found their way to Australian Suzuki dealer forecourts in time to go on sale at the start of July.

Detail changes for both the Swift and Swift S include a new grille, front and [...]

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