Archive for August, 2014
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. […]
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 […]
Ford Everest Concept – The Mid Size SUV
In Sydney in August 2013, Ford revealed the Ford Everest Concept which is its vision for a mid size, seven seat versatile SUV. The Ford Everest, with an anticipated 2015 Australian showroom release, will be built in Thailand and has been designed for ASEAN and global markets. The Ford Everest is leveraging off the success […]
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team Top 6 Finish in Rally Finland
3 August, 2014 – The Hyundai Shell World Rally Team has registered a two-car finish in Rally Finland after completing Sunday’s final three stages. Run over a total of 36.6km, including the final Power Stage, there was plenty still up for grabs on the final day with both Hyundai Shell World Rally Team drivers embroiled […]
Incident packed Ipswich 400 for Volvo Polestar Racing
Scott McLaughlin secured his fifth pole position of the 2014 V8 Supercars for Volvo Polestar Racing at Queensland Raceway and claimed his fifth podium in the first race. “We had a pretty up and down weekend. It was awesome to take my fifth pole of the year and third in the first race. The top […]
Land Rover Discovery Sport the secrets out
At CarHq we love it when the car companies tease us and Land Rover is no different. The recently released photos of the camouflage wrap over the 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport lets the secret out of the bag that it will be available with 5+2 seating. The “peeling back” of the wrap or so […]
All new Mazda2 production has commenced
With the success of the all new Mazda6 and Mazda3 the Australians have been waiting the release date for the all new Mazda2 and today it has been announced that the all new Mazda2 will be available in Australia in the last quarter of 2014. Production of the all new Mazda2 has commenced in Japan […]
Range Rover Sport SVR and the Nurburgring
The Range Rover Sport SVR at a time of 8 minutes and 14 seconds has become the fastest production SUV around the famous Nurburgring. This impressive time was accomplished by a Land Rover driver driving a standard production example of the Range Rover Sport SVR. In June, the Range Rover Sport SVR debuted at the […]
Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Mazda MX5 Arrives In Australia
With only 40 of the 1000 Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Mazda MX5 being allocated to Australian customers, demand was always going to be high. The Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Mazda MX5 was first unveiled at the New York International Auto Show in April to much fan fare and as a result the car sold out in a matter […]
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team gets Rally Finland underway with solid first day
News Release 31 July, 2014 – The Hyundai Shell World Rally Team have completed the opening four stages of this weekend’s gruelling Rally Finland with all three of its Hyundai i20 WRC cars safely in the top ten after a tough start to the eighth round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Torrential […]
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