Motor Australia — January 2018

Q1/Q2 2018

Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo

Aston Martin DB11 V8

Aston Martin Vantage

Aston Martin Vanquish

S Ultimate

Audi A8

Audi R8 V10 RWS

Limited edition rear-

driver. Yes, please!

Bentley Continental GT

First all-new

Continental since 2003.

BMW M5

BMW X3 M40i

Ferrari Portofino

Cali T with sex appeal.

Ford Fiesta ST

Holden Commodore

V6 and AWD.

Hyundai i30 N

Korean Golf-frightener.

Hyundai Genesis G70

Jaguar XJR 575

Jeep Grand Cherokee

Trackhawk

Lotus Evora GT430

Sport

Mercedes-Benz CLS

Merc-AMG GLC63

Tw i n - t u r b o V 8 S U V.

Nissan Juke Nismo

Porsche 718 Boxster/

Cayman GTS

Porsche 911 Carrera T

Porsche 911 GT3

Touring

A GT3 without a wing.

Porsche 911 GT2 RS

Porsche Cayenne

Range Rover update

Range Rover Sport

update

Renault Sport Megane

Suzuki Swift Sport

Volkswagen Golf

GTI Original

Three-door manual

stripper.

Q3/Q4 2018

Alpine A110

French Cayman fighter.

Audi A7 Sportback

Lighter and sharper.

Audi RS4

BMW 8 Series

BMW i8 Roadster

Chevrolet Camaro

HSV converts to RHD.

Ford Mustang

Keen to add more stars

to its ANCAP rating.

Hyundai Veloster

Jaguar i-Pace

Lamborghini Urus

Chart attack

Demons,duds&debutants

Top tenlosers Top tenmovers

the

HEAT

WINNERS AND

LOSERS OF

NOVEMBER 2017

ONCE considered the populist performer among the hot hatchback

crowd, the Volkswagen Golf GTI and R have been challenged by

BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi this year. It isn’t that the GTI

and R are less popular – they remain so with 1440 sales

and 1201 sales (all figures given between January and

November 2017) respectively. That’s 2641 combined,

accounting for 16 per cent of the Golf’s 16,695

sales. But the pricier R’s stellar performance also

reverberates through its price-point rivals.

BMW has shifted 662 examples of 125i and 506

units of M135i/M140i, representing 59 per cent of

the 1 Series’ 1976-unit haul. Sales of 230i (256) and

M235i/M240i (352) account for 97 per cent of the 2

Series’ 628-unit tally, and the quartet combined total

1776 sales, or 865 behind the Volkswagen hot hatchbacks.

It takes a Benz trio to beat the Golfs, meanwhile. The A250

Sport alone comes close to the GTI with 1324 sales – only 116

behind. Then add 638 for A45, although it is actually beaten by the

CLA45 (648) that also ousts GLA45 (290). The tables turn lower

down, with GLA250 (1059) outselling CLA250 (648). All

also represent 45-to-50 per cent of A/CLA/GLA-Class

sales, and their total tally of 4607 is tough to beat.

Audi’s figures are harder to dissect, because

RS3 Sportback (141) hasn’t been on-sale for the

whole year and S3 Sportback (524) switched to a

facelifted model. But RS3 sedan (440) exploded,

despite only going on-sale in June – equating to a

CLA45-beating 880-unit annual forecast.

So how many buyers have shopped for small

performance cars between $40,000 and $90,000

this year, between Audi, BMW, Benz and Volkswagen?

10,370 on the figures available. By comparison sub-

$80,000 sports cars achieved 15,922 sales over the same

period–8714ofthem being Ford Mustangs.

CAR OCT NOV YTD YTD +/-

Merc G-Class 0 3 9 800%

Lotus Elise 4 4 25 213%

Subaru BRZ 78 61 708 184%

Porsche Panamera 10 9 110 162%

BMW 5 Series 87 63 1183 130%

Ford Mustang 629 711 8714 56%

Merc E-Class 89 126 1766 54%

Bentley Bentayga 10 6 70 52%

McLaren Coupe/Conv 8 9 95 51%

Lotus Evora 0 1 9 50%

800

-43PER CENT

PER CENT

It takes a

Mercedes

performance

trio to beat the

Golf GTI and R

Coming Soon 2018

Small performance from Audi, BMW and Benz challenges Golf GTI’s reign

by DANIEL DEGASPERI

Catching The VW Golf

CAR OCT NOV YTD YTD +/-

Infiniti Q70 5 0 17 -79%

Hyundai Genesis 1 4 111 -70%

Alfa Romeo 4C 3 5 29 -56%

Audi TT 20 26 220 -56%

Merc S-Class 5 5 110 -56%

Audi A7 8 2 75 -49%

BMW 3 Series GT 8 4 110 -47%

Jaguar XE 54 20 763 -45%

Chrysler 300 17 21 247 -43%

Maserati Quattroporte 5 2 30 -41%

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