Polestar has received a warning from the Nasdaq stock exchange that it risks being delisted after its shares fell below the minimum bid price required for continued listing. The Swedish electric vehicle brand, backed by Volvo Cars and China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, confirmed on Friday (October 31) that it had received a formal notice from Nasdaq…

The new Toyota HiLux will be revealed on November 11, 2025. Toyota Motor Thailand announced the reveal date in a teaser video, showing off more of the new – or, more accurately, heavily updated – ute range. The HiLux, like many other utes sold in Australia, is produced in Thailand. The teaser video shows off…

The Toyota group’s stand at the 2025 Tokyo motor show had plenty of talking points — including a six-wheel Lexus, new Century concepts, and a radical re-imagining of the Corolla — but it also had a welter of van concepts. Perhaps the most production-ready, and certainly the most relevant for Australians, was the HiAce Concept.…

So you need a dual-cab 4×4 ute, but you don’t want to be the one to buy yet another Ford Ranger or Toyota HiLux in your neighbourhood. Enter the Volkswagen Amarok. If you’re in the market, you already know the Amarok is essentially a Ranger in a nice suit – part of Volkswagen’s partnership with…

Have you ever had one of those trips where things just don’t go right? After 40 hours of travelling (thanks to a delayed flight and unplanned transit via Turkey) I made it to Malaga in Spain for the Porsche 911 Turbo S international press launch. I literally got off the plane, into an Uber and…

SPONSORED Chery’s second coming to Australia has been built on solid foundations in two of the country’s most popular segments with its Tiggo 4 small SUV and Tiggo 7 mid-size SUV. Both set the class benchmark for affordability, and the tone for an auto brand with a budget-friendly and family-first focus. The Tiggo 7 is…

The Toyota Corolla will enter 2026 with some minor pricing and specification changes, as well as a rejigged sedan lineup following the axing of the flagship ZR. A Toyota Australia spokesperson confirmed to CarExpert that “in 2024, the ZR grade accounted for just 2.4 per cent of total Corolla Sedan sales, prompting a review of…

If this year’s Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo showed us anything, it’s that the Japanese automotive industry still has plenty of fight left in it. Everyone is talking about the indefatigable rise of the Chinese car industry, which is putting brands from Japan, Korea, Europe, the US and others on notice. However, Japan still has…

Mazda believes the road to carbon-neutral motoring doesn’t have to mean the end of the internal-combustion engine. Instead, the company is continuing work on algae-derived fuels, it says, that could power existing cars with net-zero or even negative carbon emissions. Speaking at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, Mazda CFO Jeff Guyton told Australian journalists the…

JAC Motors Australia is offering discounts on existing stock until the end of the year. From today, all model year 2025 (MY25) JAC T9 dual-cab utes are eligible for a $3500 cashback offer that ends on December 31, 2025, or while stocks last. JAC says this offer – which it calls ‘Tools Down, Deals On’…