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  • Drivers simply don’t know the rules

    ROAD SAFETY IS A major issue, and it is a shocking fact that too many drivers simply don’t know the rules. And a driver who doesn’t know or obey the road rules is a danger to themselves and other road users. The latest concerning figures come from Toyota following their Big Fat Festive Safety Quiz, […]

  • New Kia Sorento will get a hybrid variant

    THE KIA SORENTO HAS BEEN a strong seller for the fast-improving brand, so the arrival of the next generation is big news. The all-new Kia Sorento will make its world premiere at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show.  The fourth generation of Kia Motors Corporation’s flagship global SUV is the latest addition to the brand’s […]

  • Be prepared; Skoda Superb Scout on its way

    ONE OF THE MOST under-rated and overlooked cars on the market is the Skoda Superb. The wagon version increases the practicality even further. The Superb Scout has not been previously available in Australia. Škoda Australia Director Michael Irmer said that with the mid-life revised Superb sedan and wagon not due until later this year the […]

  • Mercedes-Benz confirms cancellation of X-Class ute

    IT MUST HAVE SEEMED like a good idea at the time, but poor sales for Mercedes-Benz’s foray into the crew cab ute market means it will be discontinued in May. It’s been a very short run. The X-Class was launched in 2017. Using much of the current Nissan Navara architecture, the X-Class is assembled in […]

  • Toyota Big Fat Festive Quiz questions and answers

    We’re sorry to say that many readers missed Toyota’s Big Fat Festive Quiz (or had a lot of trouble finding it). So we’ve taken down all the questions and the answers follow. If you haven’t done the quiz yet, see how you go. Here are the questions posed to Ellie Cole, Harry Bates and Adam […]

  • Low emission rental cars

    WE WERE RECENTLY ALERTED to an interesting article by rhinocarhire.com regarding the hire of eco-friendly rental cars. The article, written by travel writer and car rental expert Phil Partridge, points out that price is often a significant factor when renting a car, but that we should, in this increasingly climate-aware world, consider the environment when […]

  • New Yaris hybrid to be Toyota’s most fuel-efficient model

    ARRIVING IN TOYOTA showrooms in May, the all-new Yaris hybrid will be Toyota Australia’s most fuel-efficient car. With a new 1.5-litre hybrid powertrain available in Yaris for the first time, the hybrid variants will offer an impressive official combined fuel consumption figure of just 3.3l/100km. Toyota Australia Vice President Sales and Marketing Sean Hanley said […]

  • Audi adds Q3 Sportback to range

    WE’VE SAID IT BEFORE, and we’ll say it again: we don’t understand why you’d buy an SUV that wants to look like a coupe. But what would we know? Audi has proven us wrong, time after time, and they’ll probably do it again with the new Audi Q3 Sportback, and we have to admit, it’s […]

  • VW accedes to demand for manual V6 Amarok

    VOLKSWAGEN’S HUGELY CAPABLE Amarok has won legions of fans. And little wonder: it’s a classy, well-finished crew cab ute that you can live with every day. But buyers were less impressed with the lack of a V6 manual version with a low-range transfer case, a complaint Volkswagen Australia has responded to. Australians have taken to […]

  • CES 2020 in Las Vegas showcases flying cars and outrageous concepts

    Prepared by Tim Stevens for The Road to 2020 World Car Awards The show “floor” at CES continues to expand and evolve, gobbling up greater and greater stretches of the city of Las Vegas. Likewise, the tenor of the event itself also continued to evolve in 2020. While major manufacturers like Intel pulled out of […]