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Electric Cars That Aren’t a Tesla: Part 1

Elon’s Twitter acquisition has shone the spotlight on the kind of guy he is and not everyone is keen. Electric cars are starting to gain a foothold in the Australian automotive market. I regularly appear on ABC Radio Sydney and the talk just ends up being about EVs, which is fine because I really like talking about them. First up, let me be honest with you – none of them are cheap. The cheapest new EV in the country today is the MG ZS EV followed closely by the BYD…

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Cars 

2021 Mazda MX-5 RS

Mazda’s evergreen, ever brilliant roadster scores some chassis tweaks for the old fogeys like me who once owned a 1989 NA Clubman. Oh, probably other people too. Mazda’s fourth-generation MX-5, the ND, is such a great car. It brings together all of the good things of every generation, distilling three decades of experience into a single, brilliant package. It even has a nice interior now with the correct number of cupholders. Not six. I’ve driven the ND several times and not once have I wondered if it needed any further…

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Cars 

2021 MG HS Essence Review

Putting together this classic British badge and mighty Chinese automotive company SAIC, the MG HS gives the sense that big things are coming. This is the story of a car that is not the best in class. Like its smaller stablemate, the ZS, there is plenty of room for improvement. But if you look at MG’s sales figures, you’ll see that these cars are good enough to find thousands of buyers in 2021. Possibly 20,000 of them. MG sold nearly 16,000 cars in Australia last year, almost double its 2019…

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