Before the US Treasury has even approved the proposed alliance between Chrysler and Fiat – in which the Italian carmaker would take a 35 percent stake in the troubled American company – the first tiff has broken out between the two manufacturers.

Last week, Chrysler went on record saying that Fiat, in taking a 35 percent [...]

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For its latest concept - an MPV to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show - Kia has hijacked the acronym ‘MPV’, and declared that it stands for “Million Possibilities Vehicle”.

If one were to take this glimpse proffered by Kia and compare it to cars already in the market, it wouldn’t be a stretch to [...]

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We got a sneak peek of it last month, but now it’s finally here. Or rather, it’s finally there. Honda has launched the long-awaited update to its sharply-styled Odyssey people mover in Japan, giving us a good look at what to expect when the popular MPV eventually makes its way to Australia.

While the sheetmetal is [...]

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The team over at AutoCar have gotten wind that Mazda is busily working away on a plug-in hybrid vehicle to rival Chevrolet’s coming Volt - powering the wheels via an electric motor, the battery pack for which can be charged by a standard petrol engine (a very small one) on the fly.

The word is that testing of [...]

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The more discerning among you will quickly pick out my clever C-3PO wordplay up there, while the rest of you will look at this sentence and be reminded of what an utter nerd I am. Moving on!  Citroën today unveiled a new addition to the Picasso range, the aptly named Citroën C3 [...]

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Mazda announced a new minivan for the JDM market today, called the Biante. Specs are sparse at the moment but it looks to be one notch larger than the existing MPV. As you can see the styling is, um, interesting. It’s taken the whole tall headlight look to a new extreme, extending them all the [...]

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SsangYong has announced a major overhaul in Australia and New Zealand with a new company formed to handle the distribution of the Korean marque.

The new company, SsangYong Motor Australasia, is an alliance between the existing distributor Russell Burling and Western Australian automotive company, The Barbagallo Group.

The Barbagallo Group has been the WA distributor for SsangYong [...]

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Hyundai have announced a new concept vehicle that they will be debuting at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Hyundai are calling the new concept the HED-5 and refer to it as an MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle).

It might be called the HED-5 but the new concept is actually a 6-seater. Being constructed with the latest in [...]

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In a move designed to take full advantage of the new ‘crossover’ segment that is forming in the Australian car market, Kia will be introducing their Rondo, a vehicle that is part-SUV, part-MPV, part-wagon and part-hatch. Previously shown at last years Sydney Motor Show, Kia have put their Rondo on display again at this years [...]

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It’s been known for some time now that Skoda were planning to return to Australia and we can now confirm that the brand will be “coming out” at this years Australian International Motor Show in Sydney (October 11-21).

We will be there to welcome back the Czech manufacturer who now operates under the VW umbrella. Skoda [...]

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