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  • Peugeot continues its push with updated 3008 and 5008

    AFTER A FEW YEARS ESSENTIALLY off the radar, Peugeot is making a welcome return by improving and updating its models to stake a claim on a bigger share of the Australian market. The latest to be given attention are its award-winning 3008 SUV and 5008 SUV pair with new styling features, more technology and additional […]

  • New entry level Mercedes-Benz EV

    THE MERCEDES-BENZ EQA 250 IS SET to create a new entry point to Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle ownership in Australia, as the latest addition to the increasingly diverse compact passenger vehicle family. The all-electric compact SUV arrives in showrooms in 2021 to fill a particularly sweet spot for Mercedes-Benz: globally, SUVs account for one in every three […]

  • Cupra Formentor heads a new nameplate in Australia

    THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP IS EXTENDING its portfolio in Australia with the introduction of another name foreign to most Aussie buyers. It has been announced that the Cupra performance brand will launch locally with a mid-size coupe-SUV in Q2 2022. Cupra was formerly applied to performance SEAT models in Europe. Cupra President Wayne Griffiths at the […]

  • Walkinshaw is back, but with a VW ute

    THE WALKINSHAW NAME was the Holy Grail to generations of Aussie rev heads. Of course, enhanced Holdens were their stock in trade, but with the demise of Holden in Australia, the company has had to source a new business model. After countless hours in discussion, design and development, thousands of kilometres of brutal hot weather […]

  • Hyundai reveals more Staria details

    IN WHAT IS RAPIDLY BECOMING normal procedure, Hyundai continues to drip-feed details about its new people-mover, the Staria. Designed for both families and businesses, Staria provides next-level mobility solutions that make time in transit more accommodating, productive and worthwhile. Moreover, Staria provides a preview of the space innovation that will be available through Purpose Built […]

  • Kia shows styling skills with new EV6 electric

    KIA’S DESIGN SKILLS ARE SHOWCASED in the first images of the exterior and interior design of EV6, its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV), ahead of the car’s world premiere in March. Unfortunately, the overly florid language hasn’t been toned down, but we’ll quote the release with all the hyperbole intact. EV6 was designed under […]

  • Peugeot has the numbers with new 308

    FOLLOWING QUICKLY ON THE heels of its new corporate logo, Peugeot’s new 308 reveals how the badge looks on a car. Of course, there’s a lot more to the new 308 than an updated badge. And Australia will have to wait until 2022 to see it in the flesh. In terms of technology, the new Peugeot […]

  • Maserati’s beautiful Bora is 50 years old

    MASERATI CELEBRATES THE BORA, the first mid-mounted rear engine road car in the brand’s history, just as the MC20 is the first mid-mounted rear engine vehicle in the new era. The Maserati Bora spans 50 years of history, and reaches the dawn of a new phase for the brand: all new models share the exclusiveness, […]

  • First two Jaguar E-Type 60 Collection cars revealed

    JAGUAR CLASSIC HAS UNVEILED ITS FIRST matched pair of E-type 60 Collection cars, and revealed full specification details for the 12 expertly restored and sympathetically uprated 3.8-litre E-types built to celebrate 60 years of the iconic sports car. The E-type made its world debut in Geneva, Switzerland on 15 March 1961 to worldwide acclaim. The […]

  • Hyundai releases teasers of its new MPV

    HYUNDAI’S NEW PEOPLE MOVER will be called the Staria. The company has released teaser images showing the Staria Premium, a high-end variant of Staria standard model. The Staria name combines ‘star’ and ‘ria’ (duh!), in reference to the vehicle’s future-oriented product values and streamlined design characteristics defined by one curve gesture silhouettes as well as […]