Vivek Shah
Hyundai and Kia: What’s the difference?
Friend or foe? South Korea’s two largest automotive brands share parent companies, but are also fierce competitors.
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Derek Fung
Car-based utes: The small pickups thriving overseas
Car-based utes are but a memory for Australians, but similar types of vehicles still fill dealer forecourts across the Americas – and sometimes beyond.
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Vivek Shah
Badge Histories: The Japanese Big Six
With more than 35,000 sales last month, Japan remains the most popular source of new cars in Australia, and the Big 6 Japanese brands make up the vast majority of this. But where did their badges come from?
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Vivek Shah
Special Operations: Jaguar Land Rover SVO
Jaguar Land Rover's SVO division covers everything from fettled, high-performance models to remanufactured classics.
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Vivek Shah
Famous paint colours: A brief history
British Racing Green, Rosso Corsa and Bleu de France. These are famous colours used by several carmakers today, but why?
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Vivek Shah
Vehicle customisation: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche
Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BMW all have off-the-shelf trim colours and options to choose from. But what if you want your vehicle to be a little bit more special and exclusive?
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Derek Fung
What cars are in every brand's electric future?
Keen to plug in? Here's what the world's big carmakers have lined up in the all-electric world.
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Vivek Shah
MG: From sports car specialist to Top 10 brand
MG is well-known as a manufacturer of sports cars, but has recently entered the Top 10 on the VFACTS sales charts under Chinese ownership. What happened?
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Vivek Shah
Platform sharing: The many faces of MQB
The term ‘MQB’ is commonly used when talking about cars made by the Volkswagen Group. But what does it mean, and what is it?
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Vivek Shah
Badge Engineering: Mercedes-Benz and its many partners
Mercedes-Benz bills itself as the inventor of the car, and has a history of producing luxurious models under the much-vaunted three-pointed star. Perhaps less well-known are its historical joint ventures.
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Vivek Shah
Seat and Cupra: A brief history
Cupra is launching in Australia in 2022, so it’s time to have a look back at former parent company Seat’s presence in Australia
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Vivek Shah
How in-car GPS found its feet
From the ‘Electro-Gyrocator’ system on Honda’s Accord, to the latest GPS systems that integrate with adaptive cruise control and other driver assist features, navigation systems have come a long way in 30 years.
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Zak Adkins
The fastest cars from 0-100km/h on sale
With super powerful electric motors or large-displacement turbocharged engines, these cars are the cream of the crop when it comes to acceleration.
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Vivek Shah
Badge Engineering: Toyota and Subaru's sporting tie-up
Hachi-Roku, and Boxer, Rear Wheel Drive, Zenith. What do these words have in common? They’re different ways to describe essentially the same car
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Vivek Shah
Active aerodynamics explained
Vehicle aerodynamics are key to not only improving vehicle efficiency and range, but also driving performance.
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Derek Fung
Richard Parry-Jones obituary: Former Ford 'CEO of driving dynamics' dies age 69
Richard Parry-Jones, who with the original Mondeo turned Ford into a brand for keen drivers, passed away suddenly overnight in Wales.
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