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• 2025 Mazda CX-90 price and specs: Up to $7800 slashed from flagship family SUV

  28-04-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au
  Mazda Australia claims it is offering customers “even better value” after making its CX-90 flagship SUV up to $7800 more affordable than before.2025 Mazda CX-90 pricing and specificationsPrice cuts between $6000 and $7800 across CX-90 rangeNo specification changes for Mazda’s flagship SUVPriced from $68,800 before on-road costs
  Mazda CX-90 Touring.
  The price of the 2025 Mazda CX-90 seven-seat family SUV has been slashed in Australia to bring it closer to the CX-70, its five-sea
  
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• The 2025 federal election policies all motorists need to know about

  28-04-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  Whether you’re planning on voting for Labor, Liberal, the Greens or anyone else in the federal election, here are the key policy promises you need to know about when it comes to motoring.The Australian federal election is almost upon us – indeed, early voting is already well underway.But with just a few days to go until polling stations open, what are the big automotive policies on the agenda for 2025 and how will they affect you?Here’s a breakdown of where the two main parties
  
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• ‘Australian Fast and Furious’: The greatest forgotten car film ever

  28-04-2025 08:00 via drive.com.au
  There are some banger car films that have come out of Australia, but this one hasn’t seemed to get the recognition it deserves as one of the greats.When you think of Australian car films, the critically acclaimed Mad Max film series, Eric Bana’s Love the Beast, or maybe even The Wog Boy, come to mind.They’re all fantastic movies, but there’s one that deserves a watch for any upstanding car fanatic or Australian automotive nostalgia freak: The Big Steal.RELATED: The best T
  
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• Amazon founder launches America’s cheapest electric car – and it’s both a pick-up and an SUV

  28-04-2025 06:52 via drive.com.au
  After a guerrilla marketing campaign, Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Automotive has pulled the covers off the United States’ new cheapest electric vehicle.Slate Automotive has officially launched in the United States with a cut-price, no frills electric-powered pick-up able to be converted into an SUV and back again when it hits the streets in late 2026.The entry-level two-door, two-seat pick up – known as ‘Slate’ – starts at $US27,500 ($AU43,091) which the car maker says
  
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• New 2025 MG Cyberster variant sneaks in under $100,000

  28-04-2025 04:36 via drive.com.au
  A cheaper MG Cyberster is now available in Australia, boasting much of the same equipment as its dual-motor stablemate.
  A new, more affordable MG Cyberster variant has been added to the electric sports car range in Australia, taking the model below the $100,000 barrier for the first time.The brand-new, single-motor 77kWh RWD variant joins the existing MG Cyberster 77kWh AWD, and features similar levels of equipment, though it comes at a $15,100 discount.
  Priced from $99,900 before on-road costs,
  
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• Audi affirms commitment to small hatchbacks, sedans in Australia

  28-04-2025 01:00 via drive.com.au
  Despite price rises in line with a model update, Audi Australia reckons its A3 small car adds more value than before, and remains an important stepping stone for luxury-car buyers.Audi Australia says it has no plans to walk away from compact hatchbacks and sedans – in the form of the just-updated A3 – despite the market’s appetite for high-riding SUVs.Despite $4000-plus price rises, Audi says it expects the A3 range to remain popular as the new model offers considerably more eq
  
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• 2025 Subaru Forester debuts ‘world’s first’ cyclist airbag, Australia to miss out

  28-04-2025 00:00 via drive.com.au
  The new Forester SUV features an external airbag designed to protect pedestrians and cyclists in the event of a collision, but not in Australia.The new-generation 2025 Subaru Forester will feature the “world’s first” external airbag designed to soften head impacts with a cyclist in the event of a collision, along with pedestrians.However, Subaru Australia has not listed the external ‘cyclist’ airbag in the new Forester’s count of nine airbags, up from seven in
  
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