When Citroën first launched its Berlingo van in Australia in 1999, the little load lugger was praised for melding car-like comfort and light commercial versatility.

Since hitting our fair shores, the Berlingo has encouraged a raft of imitators. To keep ahead of the pack, Citroën went back to the drawing board and has now come up [...]

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Mazda Australia has announced that the newly updated BT-50 utility is now on sale, with a number of revisions making the rugged workhorse more powerful, more versatile and more… attractive(?) for 2009.

The range has been bolstered by the addition of two new 2WD models and five new 4WD models, bringing the total number of BT-50 [...]

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China is buying Australia’s Iron Ore by the ship load and will soon be shipping it back to us in the form of a double cab ute. News has just come through that the first Chinese automotive brand to debut in Australia will be Great Wall Motor or GWM.

Sydney and Auckland based importer Ateco [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (MMAL) together with its parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has confirmed that while it is committed to being a long-term participant in the Australian car market, regretfully its Tonsley Park production facility in Adelaide, which manufactures the 380 sedan, will cease operations.

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd President and CEO Robert [...]

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Well, the build up has almost been unbearable but its finally official, Australians have for the first time bought more than one million motor vehicles in a single calendar year, surpassing 2005, the previous “best” year with a paltry 988,269 sales.

VFACTS sales figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries show that 1,049,982 [...]

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Holden has unveiled its much-anticipated VE Ute range today, hoping to jag the interest of more than just the average tradesman. Rather than just a ‘rough and tumble’ workhorse, the new Ute is being pushed as a lifestyle vehicle and this has seen design triumph over more practical considerations such as load-carrying capacity.

Holden has spent [...]

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