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The VW Passat is the best-selling retail vehicle in China in January. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update add up to 1,782,801, off -15.6% year-on-year due to an earlier date for the Lunar New Year. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales data for China so you can get the most complete picture of the largest new vehicle market in the world. Retail sales tend to give a more authentic picture of the market as they roughly correspond to registrations by end-customers and are more difficult to artificially boost by manufacturers with exports which can sometimes be the case for wholesales data. Note pickups and medium to heavy commercial vehicles are not included in this dataset, but it includes a more detailed split by model variant (Jetour X70, X70 Coupe, X70 Plus, X70M and X70S for example). This month, as it was also the case a year ago , Volkswagen (-28.5%) takes the lead of the brands ...

We drive the last of the remaining naturally aspirated V8 cars on sale in the UK

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Hyundai Venue in front of a kangaroo & wombat warning sign. Lightning Ridge location in Australia (blue circle) Today it is time to relate to you my test drive of the Hyundai Venue. I took it to Lightning Ridge, a small town close to the border between New South Wales and Queensland (see location above), located 800 km northwest of Sydney. Lightning Ridge is a mining town and the world capital of black opal. Why is it called Lightning Ridge? It is believed to be because in the 1870s, some passers-by found the bodies of a farmer, his dog, and 200 sheep, which had been struck by lightning. Although focused on opal mining, the town is listed as one of the poorest places in the state. Its population is highly variable, with miners coming and going. It varies between 1,800 and 7,000. Let’s now talk about the Hyundai Venue. Firstly the outside appearance makes it a really small car, smaller than I expected. The design is modern and timeless. Stepping inside though, the cabin is rela...