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Pricing Announced for Revolutionary BMW i3 Electric Vehicle
First ever vehicle designed from the ground up for electric mobility The most convincing representation of automotive sustainability 360 ELECTRIC and BMW ConnectedDrive; enhancing electric mobility BMW i3 from $63,900, BMW i3 with range extender from $69,900 BMW i specific financial services packages available including GFV Available in select Australian showrooms from November 2014 The…
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Golf GTi MK VII: VW Dialled up the Delicious and Daring a notch or two
**CLICK ON ANY IMAGES FOR CLEARER PICTURES*** What a cracker! oh YES: Superb engine, increased power, better ride, impeccable interior Oh dear me no: horrible the tartan fabric, USB hard to get to, Iphone 5 needs a special cable to do anything other than charge The exterior is new, although you are hard-pushed to spot…
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Land Rover Debuts Invisible Car Technology
Land Rover reveals Transparent Bonnet virtual imaging concept New level of driver awareness with a ‘see-through’ augmented reality view of the terrain ahead, making the front of the car ‘virtually’ invisible from inside the cabin Technology provides full visibility of what is underneath and in front of the car, with total clarity of otherwise…
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Golf GTi MK VII: VW Dialled up the Delicious and Daring a notch or two
**CLICK ON ANY IMAGES FOR CLEARER PICTURES*** What a cracker! oh YES: Superb engine, increased power, better ride, impeccable interior Oh dear me no: horrible the tartan fabric, USB hard to get to, Iphone 5 needs a special cable to do anything other than charge The exterior is new, although you are hard-pushed to spot…
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Lexus upgrades the CT200h in a midlife make-over
Lexus has launched its new-look CT 200h Line as the proportion of the luxury hybrid pioneer’s hybrid vehicle sales exceed 40 per cent of the marque’s total sales.Lexus hybrids made up 42 per cent of overall sales in the first three months of 2014, against the backdrop of a 16 per cent…
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BMW at the 114th New York International Auto Show 2014
BMW is showcasing two world and two US premieres at this year’s New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), thereby underlining the high prominence of this event, which is being staged for the 114th time on 18 – 27 April 2014. Not only does the New York show date back longer than any other motor exhibition…
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Jaguar Land Rover Installs the UK’s Largest Rooftop Solar Panel Array at its Engine Manufacturing Centre
aguar Land Rover Installs the UK’s Largest Rooftop Solar Panel Array at its Engine Manufacturing Centre Wolverhampton, UK: Jaguar Land Rover has completed the installation of the UK’s largest rooftop solar panel array at its new state-of-the art Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54 South Staffordshire. The new facility has been designed with sustainability embedded throughout…
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The All-new BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé, hmm, WHY?
New BMW 4 Series variant Four-door Coupé offers increased rear passenger and luggage space 420i, 420d, 428i and 435i models available at launch Arriving from June 2014 BMW Group Australia has announced the impending arrival of a new addition to its acclaimed BMW 4 Series range – the all new BMW 4 Series Gran…
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Renault Floride Leads the 2014 Sydney’s Mardi Gras Parade
Many of you will have seen the Mardi Gras parade recently. I’d like to express a big thanks to Renault Australia and to Northshore Renault for registering a Megane Floride Convertible for the occasion. We handed the car back still glittering from the night. The car carried some of the very marchers from the first…
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Ford Australia Immersion Lab Uses Hollywood-style Motion Capture Technology
Upgrades to Broadmeadows virtual reality lab will give Australia-based Ford engineers and designers better access to a virtual world where they can assess future vehicles years before they are built Ford is one of the first automakers to use new ultra high-definition, immersion technology that enables designers and engineers globally to work together…