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2026 Honda Prelude Australia: Price, Specs, Release Date
$65,000 driveaway confirmed. 135kW/315Nm hybrid, 4.3L/100km, Brembo brakes, S+ Shift Mode. Orders open now, deliveries May 2026.
2026 MINI Cooper S Oxford Edition Confirmed for Australia: Just 40 Cars, 20 Red, 20 Blue, Q4 Landing
MINI Australia locks in the Cooper S Oxford Edition special for a Q4 2026 arrival with a tiny 40-car allocation, split 20 Chilli Red II and 20 Indigo Sunset Blue. Every unit is a Cooper S three-door underneath, so 2.0L turbo petrol, 150kW and 300Nm through a seven-speed DCT to the front wheels, 6.6-second 0 to 100km/h and 242km/h top speed. New Zealand only gets eight cars for context. Union Jack on the contrast white roof, red and white centre stripe, white mirror caps and 18-inch Slide Spoke two-tone alloys with Union Jack centre caps. Interior picks up '25 years of modern MINI' door sill script, Union Jack driver's mat, chequered flag passenger mat and a Union Jack detail on the steering wheel spoke. Australian pricing not confirmed yet, expected to walk $1,500 to $3,000 over the $50,490 Cooper S Classic. ANCAP not yet rated on the F66 hatch. Where the Oxford sits versus the $41,290 VW Polo GTI, the $56,990 Toyota GR Yaris GTS auto and the $85,000 driveaway Honda Civic Type R, and why this one is a scarcity play, not a value play.
Honda Civic Type R Orders Reopen: 98 Cars for Australia at $85,000 Driveaway, Carbon Wing Left Off
Honda Australia reopens Civic Type R order books today at midday with just 98 cars for the entire country at $85,000 driveaway, the same figure as the February batch but without the carbon-fibre rear wing that ran as a $5,300 option and then a standard fitment on earlier allocations. A $5,000 refundable deposit locks a build slot, first customer deliveries in December 2026. Mechanicals unchanged: 235kW/420Nm 2.0L VTEC turbo, six-speed manual with rev-matching, helical LSD, front-wheel drive. Honda has been running roughly 80 Type R deliveries a month and the August 2025 batch cleared inside an hour, so 98 cars is a rounding error against national demand. Cross-shop against the Toyota GR Yaris GTS Aero at ~$72k driveaway, Hyundai i30 N Premium at ~$58k, VW Golf R at ~$77k and Subaru WRX tS at ~$63k. ANCAP not yet rated on the FL5 body.
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