Tag: Ford

Cars that have changed their name

Some of the most popular cars bought by Aussies have changed their model names throughout their lifetime, so if you’re trying to purchase a pre-owned Nissan Qashqai or Ford Escape, you may discover

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Automotive industry is alive and thriving in Australia

The death of the Australian automotive industry may have been at least slightly exaggerated. Either that or it’s having an unexpected zombie resurgence, with more people currently working in car manufacturing in Victoria

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Holden who? Aussie automotive manufacturing now AS BIG as the final days of Commodore and Falcon as Toyota Tundra, Ford F-150, RAM 1500, Chevrolet Silverado and Nissan Patrol spark massive local auto boom – Car News

Australian automotive manufacturing could now employ more people than worked at Ford’s Broadmeadows and Geelong factories and Holden’s Elizabeth factory combined when local manufacturing officially ended in Australia in 2016 and 2017. The

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Volkswagen to supply Vatican with EVs

Pope Francis set to swap 2008 Ford Focus for Volkswagen ID electric car as Vatican City goes green Volkswagen has struck a deal to deliver 40 electric cars to the Vatican City from

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A hybrid just won ‘vehicle of the year.’ Here’s why the EV case has been hard to crack.

The 2024 Toyota Prius just won a car-of-the-year award, but that may say more about the state of EV adoption than about the Prius, a hybrid that has been around for more than

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EV sales slowing, leaving an EV pile up on car lots. Here’s why.

Electric vehicles (EV) are piling up on car lots across the country as the green revolution hits a speed bump, data show.   EV inventories have increased by 506% from a year ago,

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Young women take brunt of car insurance premium increases

Christel Yardley/Waikato Times It costs more to insure a car than it used to. Car insurance premiums have increased by up to 38% since 2021, Consumer NZ says, and young women have been

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Used car best-sellers: looks like the UK’s not ready to say goodbye to the Ford Fiesta

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Ford’s South Africa unit to invest $281 million in hybrid vehicles

[1/4]An electric Ford Mustang Mach-E is unveiled during the celebrations of Ford’s 100 years of operations, in Pretoria, South Africa, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Acquire Licensing Rights Investment will be for its

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2025 Ford Ranger plug-in hybrid set to cost more with South African production

The first hybrid Ford Ranger will be built in a different factory to the rest of the ute’s Australian line-up – and slapped with an import tariff despite its eco-friendly image. View 7 images

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