Ford CEO Jim Farley is intent on delivering something he says no other automaker currently gets close to. In short, Ford believes it doesn’t have a clear off-road rival – and Mr Farley says that’s exactly the opportunity. Speaking at this year’s Dakar Rally, he said the global off-road vehicle market is wide open, and…

Ford CEO Jim Farley says winning the Dakar Rally isn’t just another trophy – it’s Ford’s 21st-century Le Mans moment, and beating Toyota would be nothing short of spiritual. The Dakar Rally occupies a similar emotional and strategic territory that Le Mans once did for Ford. It’s the race the company believes can define an…

While the electric Hyundai range has a hatch, sedan, and too many SUVs to count, the new Staria Electric is the automaker’s first EV people mover. Based on the facelifted Staria unveiled in late 2025 that’s due in Australia some time this year, there’s little visual differentiation between the electric, and petrol, diesel and hybrid…

The Holden Commodore was the best-selling car in Australia from 1998 to 2010. Having passed that honour on to Mazda and then eventually Toyota and now Ford, the once-iconic Australian auto brand never recovered. Going back to 2015, Australia’s best-selling car was the Toyota Corolla with 42,073 deliveries, representing 3.64 per cent of the total market of 1,155,408 vehicles. From there, the baton…

The axe has officially fallen on the Toyota Fortuner, with the HiLux ute-based seven-seat off-road SUV not expected to return to the Japanese automaker’s lineup. But with the heavily updated ‘new-generation’ HiLux launching recently, the idea of a Fortuner borrowing its best bits from Toyota’s newest ute is something buyers would more than likely be…

With little fanfare, the Nissan Z — known as the Fairlady Z in its homeland — has been revealed at the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon. Externally, the major components of the facelift are the new front bumper, alloy wheels, and the Unryu Green hero paint option. The new bumper dispenses with the current car’s confronting…

Chinese cars are rising rapidly from the bargain basement in Australia, and some are now even looking to challenge well-established models from European prestige brands. One of the hottest new upmarket challengers comes from the MG world with the IM6, a battery-electric mid-size electric SUV that ticks all the boxes from design and refinement to…

In addition to the new EV2 electric SUV, Kia used the 2026 Brussels motor show to unveil GT variants for its existing EV3, EV4 and EV5 model lines. Like the EV6 GT and EV9 GT, the visual differences between the new GT iterations and their lesser siblings are minimal. While the EV6 GT and EV9…

The Jeep Wrangler 4xe, Grand Cherokee 4xe, and Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrids have all officially been axed in the US. A Stellantis spokesperson told The Drive, “With customer demand shifting, Stellantis will phase out plug‑in hybrid (PHEV) programs in North America beginning with the 2026 model year.” That’s despite the Wrangler 4xe traditionally being the…

Kia has whipped the covers off its smallest electric SUV yet, the EV2, at the 2026 Brussels motor show. Stylistically, the EV2 largely takes the SUV design template established by the EV3 and EV9, and shrinks it down to fit the burgeoning city EV segment in Europe. As previewed by last year’s Concept EV2, the…