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WHEELS
WE LOVE
A handful of models
account for most of
Australia’s new car sales.
Here are 2016’s top-selling
cars in each category*.
on the road
GO THE DISTANCE WITH OUR COOL-GIRL CAR GUIDE
STRAW HATS
3 of
the best
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CAR: Mazda MX-5
ROUTE: Hunter Valley, NSW
REVIEW: There’s a special kind
of tranquillity that arrives
with nightfall in the Hunter
Valley. It’s not silence, but the
peaceful, distant sound of
Australia’s native wildlife.
A lazy two-hour drive
from Sydney’s CBD, your
route carries you through
the tree-lined streets of the
North Shore before joining
the freeway at Wahroonga.
The perfect set of wheels
for this journey is the Mazda
MX-5 RF (from $38,550),
the Japanese giant’s most
popular two-seat convertible.
The roof is like a piece of
origami art, which folds away
at the touch of a button. The
MX-5 RF features the same
luggage capacity as the soft-
top version, so you can fit two
carry-on size bags in the boot.
Leave the freeway at the
Cessnock exit and look for a
left turn marked Freemans
Drive. Here, the true talents
of the lightweight roadster
are revealed, as it skips over
the tree-ringed Mount
Vincent, the call of the local
bird population competing
with the revving of the engine
in your open-air cabin.
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Almost a million new cars
were sold in Australia in
the first 10 months of 2016,
which is up 2.5 per cent on
2015’s record-breaking
numbers. How does that
compare with the world’s
biggest markets?
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 2357 SALESHYUNDAI ACCENT 15,378 SALESTOYOTA C
OROLLA
34,158 SALES
TOYOTA
CAMRY
18,678 SALESHOLDEN COMMODORE 21,642 SALES
MAZDA CX-3
15,493 SALES
MAZDA CX-5
20,702 SALES
TOYOTA PRADO
12,365 SALES
THE BIG
NUMBER
car sales in Australia
car sales in USA
21 m car sales in China
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