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RIP In 2015 – The Cars That Bid Farewell

Australia, with its long list of carmakers and much longer list of models, offers up no end of competition in almost every segment of the new car market. But with a population of only 24 million there isn’t always room for all of those models, an


Australia, with its long list of carmakers and much longer list of models, offers up no end of competition in almost every segment of the new car market.

But with a population of only 24 million there isn’t always room for all of those models, and, as they say, nothing lasts forever (and some last not very long at all).

The local market said farewell to its fair share of cars during 2015. Some, very few, will be missed, while others prompted a ‘was that still for sale?’ response.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, and some models merely experienced change rather than extinction.

Take Kia’s decision to drop the manual model from its Soul hatch range, for example, leaving the Soul with just a single variant on the Australian market (Kia even trimmed the list of available colours).

Kia also cut the diesel-powered Rondo from its range, leaving two petrol-powered options matched with an automatic transmission.

Dave Reichert.

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