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• 2025 Peugeot 5008 price and specs: Three-cylinder hybrid seven-seater costs Santa Fe, CX-80 money

  17-03-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au
  The new-generation Peugeot 5008 – an elongated seven-seat version of the 3008 SUV – will arrive in local showrooms later this year from around $62,000 drive-away with a 100kW three-cylinder mild-hybrid turbo-petrol engine.2025 Peugeot 5008 pricing and specificationsSeven-seat large SUV to launch in Australia with 100kW mild-hybrid three-cylinderTwo variants available, matching the five-seat 3008 it is based onPriced from $55,990 before on-road costsAustralian pricing for the new-gene
  
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• 2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix attracts record Melbourne crowd

  17-03-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  The track attendance record was smashed at this year’s F1 event at Albert Park, which was won by McLaren driver Lando Norris. McLaren driver Lando Norris won the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix which saw a record Albert Park crowd across four days in Melbourne.A record 465,498 fans soaked up the atmosphere – and race -day rain – across the four days of the revamped and upgraded venue for this year’s event.It breaks the previous benchmark set in 2024 when 452,055 specta
  
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• 2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix attracts record crowd

  17-03-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  The track attendance record was smashed at this year’s F1 event at Albert Park, which was won by McLaren driver Lando Norris. McLaren driver Lando Norris won the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix which saw a record crowd across four days at Albert Park in Melbourne.A record 465,498 fans soaked up the atmosphere – and race day rain – across the four days of the revamped and upgraded venue for this year’s event.It breaks the previous benchmark set in 2024 when 452,055 spec
  
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• 2025 Melbourne Motor Show: What to expect

  17-03-2025 21:00 via drive.com.au
  The Melbourne motor show has been resurrected after a 14-year hiatus with a number of new cars set to be displayed. Here’s what to expect from A to Z.
  The Melbourne Motor Show has returned for the first time since 2011 – under new organisers – with more than 20 vehicle manufacturers locked-in for the event.Held on Saturday April 5, 2025 and Sunday April 6, 2025, the list of manufacturers with a presence at the motor show includes Kia, Isuzu Ute, Porsche, Tesla,&n
  
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• Why number plates get stolen and how to protect yourself from it

  17-03-2025 20:00 via drive.com.au
  Number plate thefts are on the rise in this Australian area, so here’s how you can protect yourself from it.
  Photo: iStock/Jens Rother
  Victorian Police has revealed the hotspot areas currently being worst hit by car number plate theft, issuing an urgent warning on how people can protect themselves from being the next target.RELATED: The regal number plate rich in Australian historyAccording to the latest data from the state’s Crime Statistics Agency (CSA), Casey has the unenviable ti
  
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• Best city car in Australia: 2025 MG 3 vs Suzuki Swift vs Volkswagen Polo comparison review

  17-03-2025 14:00 via drive.com.au
  SUVs may be the rage for most manufacturers, but the city-car segment hasn’t been left behind. We pit two of the newest contenders from MG and Suzuki against an old favourite from Volkswagen to find the best of the bunch.City hatchbacks aren’t big business for car companies like they were five years ago.Sales of ‘light cars’ have halved over that time, as Australians turn to in-vogue, high-riding SUVs – and prices rise to account for more advanced models with additi
  
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• ‘Single source of truth’ EV app only shows 20 per cent of chargers

  17-03-2025 06:00 via drive.com.au
  A new, much-heralded EV charging app has launched, but it misses out on 80 per cent of the total number of sites available Australia-wide.With the number of electric vehicles on our roads growing, making sure you have the best EV charging app on your phone when you need to top up is an essential part of ownership.While sales of electric cars were down 43.8 per cent for the month of February – and 36.6 per cent year-to-date – led by a 71.9 per cent fall for Tesla, the number of used E
  
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• 2025 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray review

  17-03-2025 05:00 via drive.com.au
  Think a hybrid-powered Chevrolet Corvette sounds wrong? So did I… until I drove one.
  Skip ahead:IntroductionRunning costsPrice and specificationEnergy useInterior space and comfortOn-road assessmentConnectivity and infotainmentSummarySafety Next steps
  2025 Chevrolet Corvette E-RayThere’s something about a hybrid-powered Chevrolet Corvette that doesn’t sit right. Like just about everything else made in America, it should be a symbol of excess. A big naturally aspirated V8 engin
  
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• Audi Australia considering cheaper 2025 Q6 e-tron electric car

  17-03-2025 03:28 via drive.com.au
  The most affordable version of the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron electric vehicle could come to Australia priced closer to $100,000 before on-road costs.Audi Australia is exploring plans for a new, more affordable version of its Q6 e-tron electric SUV, slotting in below the $115,000 before on-road costs Q6 e-tron Performance.Speaking to local media at the launch of the Q6 e-tron, which will be available in Performance, quattro and SQ6 forms initially, Audi Australia product planner Peter Strudwicke said a
  
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• Tesla’s cheaper car to be a cut-down, stripped-back Model Y – report

  17-03-2025 01:34 via drive.com.au
  The promised ‘more affordable’ model from Tesla may just be a slightly-smaller version of the Model Y SUV with fewer luxuries.Tesla is working on a cheaper, shrunken version of the Model Y planned to cost 20 per cent less to produce, a new overseas report claims.If accurate, it appears the first of Tesla’s “more affordable” vehicles will just be a revised Model Y, rather than a bespoke vehicle closer in size to a smaller MG 4 or BYD Atto 3.Citing three internal sour
  
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• 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD price and specs: New look for one of the torquiest models in Australia

  17-03-2025 01:22 via drive.com.au
  The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD will look different thanks to blacked-out bumpers and extra exterior colour options.Chevrolet’s largest model in Australia, the full-sized Silverado 2500 HD, has been tweaked for 2025 with a new look.Now featuring blacked-out front and rear bumpers, as well as red recovery hooks and 20-inch gloss-black alloy wheels, the Silverado 2500 HD is aesthetically distinct from last year’s model.But with the fresh styling also comes a price rise of $3500 to
  
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• Nissan X-Trail $5000 cashback offer extended

  17-03-2025 00:50 via drive.com.au
  The X-Trail comes with cashback offers ranging from $4000 to $5000 across the entire model range.Nissan Australia has extended its offer of up to $5000 cashback on its best-selling model, the seven-seat Nissan X-Trail SUV, until 31 March 2025.Previously set to end at the end of February, the offer sees every X-Trail – a rival to the Mitsubishi Outlander and Hyundai Tucson – given at least $4000 ‘cash back’ against its list price.For buyers of the X-Trail N-Trek, that incr
  
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