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  • Plug-in hybrid Ford Ranger here in 2025

    NOT SO LONG AGO, an Australian Prime Minister suggested that EVs would leave Aussies with no viable towing option. How wrong he was! Ford will offer customers a plug-in hybrid version of Australia’s favourite 4×4 pick-up from early 2025. Ranger Plug-in Hybrid will combine electric driving capability with the adventure-ready versatility and work-ready dependability customers […]

  • Toyota introduces performance GR Sport variant of HiLux

    TOYOTA’S PERFORMANCE GR RANGE continues to expand with the arrival of its new flagship variant, the all-terrain performance GR Sport which enters local showrooms priced from $73,990 plus on-road costs. The result of extensive development, including by Australian styling design and engineering evaluation teams, the HiLux GR Sport takes the desirability and capability of Australia’s […]

  • Weekend warriors rejoice. The Nissan Patrol Warrior is coming.

    THEY’RE ON THE WAY: Australian production of the new Nissan Patrol Warrior by Premcar has officially commenced and the first examples are due in Nissan showrooms next month. Full secondary new-vehicle production of the Australian-engineered-and-developed Nissan Patrol Warrior by Premcar has now started, following the completion of its final local tuning and manufacturing readiness programs. […]

  • Lexus LBX breaks cover at Melbourne Cup

    THE ALL-NEW LEXUS LBX will make its Australian debut as one of the showcase vehicles at the 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup in November, with Lexus confirming the chic, compact, urban SUV will go on sale in Australia in the first half of next year. The LBX’s appearance during Melbourne Cup week should fit right in […]

  • New Jeep Gladiator gets upgrades

    THE WORLD’S MOST OFF-ROAD CAPABLE midsize truck has been made even better. Revealed at the 2023 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the new 2024 Jeep Gladiator adds greater capability, more refinement, new technology and more standard safety features to a midsize pickup that is both 100 percent truck and 100 percent Jeep. Jeep […]

  • Audi releases prices and specs for RS 6 Avant and RS 7 Sportback performance models

    DUE TO RARITY AND AN exalted price, few people will ever get to experience the emotive sound and sharpened dynamic drive of Audi’s performance-based RS 6 Avant performance and RS 7 Sportback performance (Audi has never embraced the concept of capitals). The performance pair are both more powerful and faster than their predecessors, packing an […]

  • Another Peugeot SUV EV planned, the E-3008 coming to Australia

    GLOBALLY, PEUGEOT HAS REVEALED an all-new electric fastback SUV: the Next-Level E-3008. Peugeot has transformed the E-3008 (inexplicably and inconsistently, the E-3008 gets a capitalised “E”), taking to a whole new level the creativity of its design and the driving pleasure and electric performance it offers to its users: a fastback SUV with a reinvented and […]

  • C5 X Plug-in Hybrid launched by Citroën

    IT SEEMS THERE IS SUFFICIENT interest in plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) to justify the launch of new examples. Latest is the new Citroën C5 X Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV), set to arrive as a single variant in H1 2024, at the Citroën Amy’s Great Ocean Road Gran Fondo this weekend. With Register Your Interest now open, the […]

  • Peugeot debuts e-2008 SUV EV

    THE PEUGEOT e-2008 SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) debuts in Australia’s burgeoning electric vehicle segment offering power, efficiency, and style in one impressive package. With its advanced electric drivetrain, spacious interior, and cutting-edge technology, the e-2008 SUV also represents Peugeot Australia’s first-ever battery electric passenger vehicle. At the heart of the e-2008 SUV is its state-of-the-art […]

  • Hyundai showcases Kona Electric and IONIQ 5 N at Melbourne Show

    HYUNDAI’S ELECTRIFIED CHARGE CONTINUES with a pair of new all-electric models set to star at this month’s Melbourne EV Show. All-new Kona Electric will make its Australian debut and IONIQ 5 N will make its first Melbourne appearance, following its recent track debut at Sydney’s World Time Attack Challenge with Drift King Kenichi Tsuchiya at […]