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2010 Mazda6 Review

Posted by riky riky on Monday, August 27, 2012, In : car news

Mazda faced the best kind of car company predicament when it came to re-jigging the Mazda6 for its MY10 mid-life makeover: How do you fix a car that’s not broken … without breaking it?

In fact, the Mazda6 is so ‘not broken’ that it’s one of the best practical, affordable cars you’re ever likely to drive. It’s not an M3 killer, clearly, but it’s a car that won’t cost you the farm, that will do all the conventional running around, and which is also damn satisfying to d...

Kia Optima Review

Posted by riky riky on Monday, August 27, 2012, In : car news

When Kia launched the latest-generation Kia Optima in Australia in January 2011, it was hailed as a quantum leap in design next to its predecessor – the uninspiring Kia Magentis.

Here was an affordable medium-size sedan from Korea with clean lines and sleek styling that had the global motoring media doing double takes.

The Kia Optima followed the launch of the equally smart, Euro-styled Kia Sportage that was billed as the first complete Kia design under chief designer Peter Schreyer, of Au...

2014 Kia Soul: fresh styling for quirky Korean box

Posted by riky riky on Monday, August 27, 2012, In : car news

The second-generation Kia Soul has been captured undergoing testing in Europe by CarAdvice’s spy photographers, giving us our first look at the updated design of the funky box-shaped small car.

Kia is expected to unveil the all-new Soul by the second half of next year before the quirky hatchback rolls out across the US, Europe and Asia, and then Australia in 2014.