Skoda is one of the lesser-known Volkswagen Group brands and that group is extensive. Volkswagen, Lamborghini, Seat. Porsche and even Bugatti are part and parcel of the German company. Skoda has been an almost forgotten part of the Australian market for a while but recently they’ve enjoyed a bit of a resurgence when Volkswagen decided […]
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At first glance, like me, you probably wondered what a Golf R Final Edition – Hand Painted really is. You might suspect that someone at the Wolfsburg factory grabs a paint brush and ‘hand paints’ the car. Afraid not – read on to this press release from Volkswagen and you’ll soon realize that the Golf
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Explosive performance from the distinctive 294kW/480Nm Audi 5cyl Sansom: “The Audi RS 3 is a contemporary performance car icon and we’re delighted to have it back in our line-up” RS 3 returns with a special Carbon Edition, starting at $87,200* Zetland, June 5, 2020 – Audi Australia is welcoming the return of the highly anticipated
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May 26th 2020 “The pinnacle of the Volkswagen’s passenger range and its most powerful production SUV to date arrives in quarter four this year, it can be confirmed. Volkswagen’s Touareg V8 TDI R-Line packs a 4.0-litre twin-turbo diesel engine that delivers 310kW and a formidable 900Nm.” As a Volkswagen dealer from 2008 to 2015, I was one
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102-year-old rental car company’s future is uncertain with no return to normal travel on the horizon. Story from autoweek.com by Greg Engle and Jay Ramey May 23rd 2020 Car rental giant Hertz has filed for Chapter 11 Reorganization. The second-largest car rental firm in the U.S. had been expected to make the filing official after weeks
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I recently helped a lady buy a new car when her old car (21 years of age) was taken off the road. She was driving a Toyota Echo and only checked with a dealer when she received a MUST CHECK letter about the Takata airbag in her car She’d been driving her grandchildren to and
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So the nice people at Renault touched base with me and offered to provide four “ cars” for me to review. The Kadjar and Koleos are both SUV’s so I was aware. The Renault Kangoo on the other hand – a small commercial van but running an electric-only drivetrain Hi, Bob Aldons The Car Guy
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This rollover video shows why the Jeep Wrangler gets a marginal IIHS Rating. Despite ‘good’ ratings for driver safety, multiple rollovers earn the Jeep a ‘marginal’ overall IIHS rating Thanks to Autoweek for this story and particularly Graham Kozak When this new model Jeep Wrangler was first tested in Europe it scored a 1-star rating.
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