Hatchbacks

10 Aug 2012

The European New Car Assessment Programme's (NCAP) safety ratings are frequently referred to in Hong Kong car showrooms, but marques are finding crash tests are getting more harsh.

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Chic hatch is practical

8 Jun 2012

Compact, well-styled and economical, the three-door Audi A1 has proven to be a popular urban runabout in Hong Kong.

Last Friday, the Bavarian marque held the Hong Kong launch of its...

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Drivers' seventh heaven

20 Apr 2012

Toyota's hybrids seem increasingly sanctimonious about their fuel economy, and the name of its latest model, the Prius V, has an ecclesiastical ring to it.

Yet, the Japanese marque...

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Hitting the right notes

24 Feb 2012

Peugeot has built a solid reputation for functional cars in Hong Kong.

The RCZ Coupe shows the French marque has stepped up its styling.

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Making technology work

18 Nov 2011

Head-up display systems are useful. They enable you to see how fast you are going, how much petrol you have left and other significant information in a reflection on the windscreen, without...

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Fan club growing

21 Oct 2011

Hyundai has developed a staunch following for its 2.4-litre Santa Fe (HK$279,470) and two-litre Tucson (HK$206,163) sports utility vehicles in Hong Kong.

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Opinion

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Big in stature

Hong Kong's Mini traditionalists might wonder whether BMW's 'little car from Oxford' is still little.

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Offer to draw buyers

If you order a Fiat 500 over the border before its mainland launch on September 15, you might be offered a limited-edition First Edition, with Chinese characteristics.

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New, bolder Beetle races ahead

The Volkswagen Beetle needed a thorough overhaul to compete with the latest urban runabouts, and the newest version is a vast improvement on its predecessor.

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C-Class now 'speaks' Putonghua

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is the German marque's largest-selling car. Codenamed W 201 at its 1982 launch, the car has evolved from a boxy 'Baby Benz' to a sophisticated and stylish inner-city...

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Turbocharged R gets pulse racing

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is fast, but the new Golf R is even faster.

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Dynamic X1 is small but beautiful SUV

The new X1 is BMW's smallest SUV to date and the de facto replacement for the outgoing X3, which is to be scaled up with the new X5 to compete with Audi's Q5 and Q7.

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