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• How Mazda Australia could be set for bumper sales in 2025

  24-12-2024 22:00 via drive.com.au
  Mazda is one of Australia’s best-selling brands, but after a few setbacks, could 2025 be the year it finally beats its sales record?Mazda Australia has enjoyed a solid year but with a flurry of new models on the way – including a new-generation CX-5, refreshed BT-50 and CX-60 large SUVs – could see the car maker back above 100,000 sales in 2025.“With the support of the recently introduced CX-70, volume-selling CX-80, and a host of changes coming to CX-60 in the middle of
  
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• Nissan merger not intended to ‘bail out’ struggling brand, claims Honda

  24-12-2024 19:00 via drive.com.au
  Honda insists a proposed merger with Nissan will not proceed unless the latter can reverse its fortunes, but former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn claims the deal is a rescue mission pushed by Japanese authorities.Honda has denied suggestions that talks with Nissan on a potential merger have been initiated to “save” or “bail out” the Navara and X-Trail maker from its ongoing financial woes.It follows comments from former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn – who saved it from collaps
  
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• Polestar 4: Drive TV Episode Wrap-Up

  24-12-2024 06:00 via drive.com.au
  Jess takes the Polestar 4, the Swedish brand’s fastest and most powerful car to date, for an exhilarating spin through the Royal National Park and down Sydney’s South Coast.
  Sponsored by PolestarWinding down the coast in the Polestar 4It’s not often I get told by my boss that next week at work my job is to… have a day off.
  But that is exactly the instruction I was given when Drive TV had access to the Polestar 4. While a leisurely day mooching around my home suburb was t
  
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• Renault 5 Turbo 3E electric car confirmed for Australia, still no sign of the regular version

  24-12-2024 02:00 via drive.com.au
  The Renault 5 electric car has been confirmed for sale in Australia, but – for now – not the version more customers can afford.The Renault 5 Turbo 3E electric car – a 373kW rear-wheel-drive hot hatch inspired by the 1980s Renault 5 Turbo and Turbo 2 – has been locked in for Australia in right-hand drive.But there is still no confirmation of the regular Renault 5 – with far more sedate performance for a fraction of the price – for Australia, nearly 12 months af
  
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• 2000-2024: The best looking car of the last 25 years according to Drive

  24-12-2024 01:00 via drive.com.au
  This year will close the chapter on 25 years of automotive history since the turn of the century, so what is the best looking car of the era?With 2024 coming to a close, we look back at the last 25 years of automotive history and pick out the best looking models according to the Drive team.Change is the name of the game, as 25 years ago, Holden and Ford were reigning supreme in the Australian automotive landscape, but with brand turmoil, closures, and a realignment of customer preferences, it is
  
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