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Mitsubishi Magna

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Cars That Made Australia

Australians have a long-standing love affair with the automobile and when, in 1948, the first Holden came off the production line, our cars also becam 
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The Magna was the other other Australian-made family favourite from the late 1980s, a car that says "I have kids, a job, a dog, and I value practicality over performance". It was good but not iconic, sophisticated but never cool, forever in the shadow of Falcons and Commodores.

It was, however, the thinking person's alternative, popular with those who happily cut against the grain. And while it was clearly third of The Big Three, that's still a podium finish... so should we remember the Magna more magnanimously?

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