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The Can-Am Maverick X3 offers big value for money, and outright motorsport fun

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Asking price, according to the Can-Am website, starts at $44,929. These are described as ‘semi-active’, electronically controlling bump and rebound damping rates according to the conditions, and are a crucial part of the kind of performance you can explore with the Can-Am. In other words, this thing is seriously fast.

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Suzuki Swift vs Renault Clio: Finding your perfect Fiesta replacement

Autocar

If anything, the Swift’s enhanced refinement makes it quieter over the bumps but it follows more of the road’s topography and becomes fidgety around town. And with more mass to contain, the Clio’s tyres give up a little earlier, and the resulting understeer induces the odd nip on the brakes from the electronic safety net.

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Opinion: We need to talk about the dark side of ANCAP testing

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But one of the main driving forces behind that price rise was the inclusion of a wide range of active and passive safety technology, which was aimed at achieving a five-star ANCAP safety rating. Incidentally, ANCAP safety testing had just been bumped into a tougher echelon for that year. That’s an $8100 increase.

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2024 GWM Tank 500 review: Australian first drive

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It’s bigger than a LandCruiser Prado, hybrid-powered, and offers stacks of tech for the asking price. But more importantly, the seats feel comfortable and well made, especially when you consider the asking price. But when you’re twin-locked, the electronic side of the capability is less critical.

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2025 Ford Ranger Raptor vs F-150 Raptor vs Bronco Raptor comparison

CarExpert

The Fox shocks feature live-valve technology that enables precise electronic compression tuning. When you hit a bump at speed that causes the car to compress, unload and leave the ground, you expect the landing to be rough and unforgiving. One thing I never properly considered was the price.

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2025 Jeep Wrangler review

CarExpert

Around the cabin there’s a plethora of hard plastics, which isn’t surprising in a vehicle like this, but also a little crook given the asking price. On-road, however, it flops and wobbles over bumps, which in all fairness is a characteristic of short-wheelbase solid-axle body-on-frame vehicles, much like the Jimny.

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Top 10 best SUVs 2024

Autocar

Fairly gently rated suspension naturally soaks up bigger inputs from an uneven road surface without the need for more expensive technologies, although the car does use Citroën’s comfort-boosting hydraulic suspension bump-stops as guard for the extremes of wheel travel.