C-HR is youthful and exuberant, and full of fun and joy. Toyota threw caution to the wind, yet avoided the errors of the Nissan’s first Juke, an SUV just a touch smaller than C-HR. Nissan’s first attempt to be young and hip, was more nerdy and awkward, and frankly, just awful. The new Juke fixed all that. Meanwhile C-HR steamed ahead. Last month, Nissan sold 157 jukes, and Toyota shifted 1199 C-HRs for the same period.
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Soul is a great little car but Australians just have not taken the small cars and SUVs to their hearts. I love the 6 speed auto instead of the CVT others in the segment have, and the spec has been increased via infotainment upgrades. Soul is now $24,990 drive away, down from $26,990 plus on road costs, a saving [...]
Yes Yes Yes oh YES!: Classy feel, frugal, loaded with gear Oh dear me no: some cheap plastic, rear camera not on all models. The figures are out and Mazda has sold almost 66,000 cars so far this year, up from almost 60,000 last year. Mazda outsells both Ford with 40,557 and Holden at 59,632, with Toyota selling an [...]
Honda Australia today announces the name of the small SUV bound for our shores in early 2015; the all-new HR-V. “The launch of the HR-V will boost the range of vehicles Honda offers in Australia and attract buyers in the small SUV market to the Honda brand,” said Honda Australia Director, Mr. Stephen Collins. “The first-generation HR-V was sold [...]
Yes Yes Yes oh YES!: tasteful design inside and out, fuel efficient, good quality throughout Oh dear me no: 4 speed auto, 5 speed manual, lack of get up and go (please sir may I have a turbo), horrible handbrake lever I have oft pondered the wisdom SUVs. They are big and hard to see round, or through for [...]
They are kind of funky, sort of. If you hold your mouth just the right way, the Soul is sort-of “kool”. Indeed in the USA Kia’s soul is a huge hit with the yanks having a love of the retro box on wheels. Who is going to buy it? Will the gays in the village like it? Kia are positioning [...]
