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• 2025 Honda Civic Type R to gain blue colour in Australia, red deleted

  03-05-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au
  The Honda Civic Type R hot hatch will become available to order in blue for the Australian market from next week, while its Rally Red option has been removed.Blue will return to the Honda Civic Type R hot hatch in Australia after a four-year absence, the brand has confirmed.For the first time since the previous-generation Honda Civic Type R departed local showrooms in 2021, the performance model will soon be available to order in the Racing Blue pearlescent finish, joining the existing white, gr
  
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• Opinion: Performance cars have never been so unattainable

  03-05-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  Australian new-car buyers are getting a raw deal on cheap performance cars as sporty models become increasingly expensive.If you were anything like me after first getting my driver’s licence, getting behind the wheel of something sporty, as quickly as possible, was the number-one goal.Undoubtedly, this self-imposed ideal would have had plenty to do with all the Gran Turismo I played growing up, but acquiring a performance car was of key importance right from the get-go.I ended up in a BMW
  
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• ‘Tell this girl no’: Jojo Siwa’s custom car collection shows you can take mods too far

  03-05-2025 08:00 via drive.com.au
  If money isn’t an option and you want a way to separate your luxury car from others, just ask Jojo Siwa for advice on how to stand out.
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  If you’ve been scrolling on social media the past couple of days, you might have heard the name Jojo Siwa coming from a range of content creators and media outlets.The former child star turned musician has been in the mainstream spotlight for over a decade, standing out in the hit reality US TV show Da
  
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• XPeng to take on Tesla with its own charging network in Australia

  03-05-2025 00:00 via drive.com.au
  More ultra-fast charging electric vehicle stations are coming to Australia, with XPeng to bring its own units Down Under later this year.Chinese marque XPeng will begin rolling out its brand of electric car chargers later this year in Australia, as well as other parts of the world, in a bid for greater market visibility.Exact locations and the number of chargers is still unknown, but according to slides presented to media at the XPeng Global Brand Night, the brand’s ultra-fast chargers wil
  
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