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• Melbourne Motor Show to return next year even bigger

  13-04-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au
  The Melbourne Motor Show will be back in 2026 and be bigger than this year as organisers circle more brands and bigger reveals.Last week’s sell-out Melbourne Motor Show will return in 2026 with nearly double the floor space and some brands already committing to attend.The 2025 event was held over 11 bays at the Melbourne Convention Centre, but Melbourne Motor Show managing director Craig Phinn has confirmed to Drive all 20 available bays are now booked for next year’s show.This shoul
  
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• Ford Ranger buyer’s guide

  13-04-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  The Ford Ranger won the Best Dual-Cab Ute under $100K in this year’s Drive Car of the Year awards. Here’s everything you need to know about this standard-setting utility vehicle.The Ford Ranger was crowned the Best Dual-Cab Ute under $100K for its levels of refinement and technology, range of variants and engine options, and for offering the most car-like driving experience of all dual-cabs.The Ford Ranger has been a major success for the brand, as not only its be
  
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• ‘A placebo effect’: The psychology behind F1 driver superstitions

  13-04-2025 08:00 via drive.com.au
  Lucky underpants? A photo of the Pope? F1 drivers are known for their superstitions – but do they have any affect on performance? We find out.In Formula One, drivers rely on their natural ability and skills that are honed through years of hard work to reach the summit of the F1 mountain.
  But when you’re reaching speeds of over 200km/h on a racetrack, it’s not unusual to find any form of comfort to make sure you’re safe.
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• Kia EV2, EV4 hatch: Why these new electric cars won’t come to Australia

  13-04-2025 00:00 via drive.com.au
  Kia has ruled out two new European-made electric cars for Australia as even the smaller of the two could cost more than $60,000 drive-away.The pint-sized Kia EV2 electric SUV could cost more than the larger EV3 and EV5 – at close to $60,000 drive-away – if sold in Australia, the car giant has revealed.It is for this reason – the high cost of building a new car in Europe and shipping it to Australia – that the EV2 and Kia’s other Slovakian-made electric car, the EV4
  
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