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Subaru’s Winter Wonderland at Docklands – This Weekend

August 13, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Subaru’s Winter Wonderland at Docklands – This Weekend

CarHq.com.au are always looking for events which celebrate the beauty of the automobile and this Saturday’s Subaru’s Winter Wonderland is a perfect example of this. Subaru’s Winter Wonderland to be held at its Flagship Interactive @ Dockland dealership in Melbourne will bring tons of snow to the city in order to allow Subaru Ambassador and former Australian […]

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Jaguar E Type Prototype – Six Only

August 12, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Jaguar E Type Prototype – Six Only

Oh to be one of the six lucky owners of the new light weight, hand built, Jaguar E Type.  The Jaguar E Type is the first recreation to come from Jaguar Heritage which operates from a workshop at Browns Lane and is part of the Jaguar Land Rover special operations division. Each of the six Jaguar […]

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First Images of the Hyundai i20

August 11, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
First Images of the Hyundai i20

Hyundai has unveiled the first images of the New Generation i20, ahead of its world debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show on October 2. Designed in Europe the new Hyundai i20 is based on a new platform with a 2570mm wheelbase which is some 45mm longer than its predecessor and provides the opportunity to […]

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Police on Patrol – The 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit

August 9, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Police on Patrol – The 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit

From the Car 52 Where Are You? Police Academy, Hill Street Blues, Third Watch and Cops we at CarHq have always had an affiliation with American Patrol Cars and so it was with interest that we reviewed Dodge’s latest offering to the men and women in blue the 2015 Dodge Charge Pursuit. Unlike police in […]

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Lexus Winter Driving Trips with F1 Champ Alan Jones

August 8, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Lexus Winter Driving Trips with F1 Champ Alan Jones

Winter is well and truly upon us, particularly those of us who live in the southern states where over the past week overnight temperatures have dipped below 0 degrees. With this in mind it is time for us to consider the dangers that this winter weather can have when considering that driving journey and who […]

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Toyota FT-1 Concept

August 8, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Toyota FT-1 Concept

Designed at Toyota’s Calty Design Research in California the Toyota FT-1 concept is meant to display energy, passion and “waku-doki” or in other words a palpable heart pounding sense of excitement. When designing the Toyota FT-1 (the FT stands for Future Toyota and the 1 for Ultimate) its architects wanted to produce a concept which would […]

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Holden Cruze and the Apple Isle

August 8, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Holden Cruze and the Apple Isle

Recently award winning photographer, Nathan Kaso and award winning writer and director Timothy Melville had the opportunity to take two Holden Cruze Z-Series on a two week road trip around spectacular Tasmania (the Apple Isle) and produced the above short film of their exploits and experiences. The results were short of spectacular with the Holden Cruze […]

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Lexus RC 350 Coupe and RC F Coming to Australia – 2014 or 2015

August 7, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Lexus RC 350 Coupe and RC F Coming to Australia – 2014 or 2015

Lexus has announced that the Lexus RC 350 coupe and the Lexus RC F performance coupe will be available in Australia in either late 2014 or early 2015. The Lexus RC 350 is powered by an all alloy direct and port injected 3.5 litre V6 engine producing 234kw of power and 380Nm of torque and is […]

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Toyota Corolla Top Seller Past 5 Months

August 7, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Toyota Corolla Top Seller Past 5 Months

05-Aug-2014 – The Toyota Corolla is Australia’s best selling car to date in 2014 having topped the car sales chart in each of the past five months. 3,800 Toyota Corolla’s were sold in July 2014 taking the total to almost 26,000 vehicles so far this year or an average of just over 3,700 per month. […]

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Mini Cooper Countryman performs well on US crash test

August 5, 2014 | By | Add a Comment
Mini Cooper Countryman performs well on US crash test

Along with 11 other small and compact cars the Mini Cooper Countryman faced the pole crash test as carried out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the USA. The result? The Mini Cooper Countryman was the only car out of the twelve vehicles tested to achieve the highest score and as a result […]

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