Chery is taking on GWM, Honda, Hyundai, MG and Toyota with a new small hybrid SUV with a sharp base price of $29,990 drive-away. After releasing Tiggo 4 Hybrid pricing on its website earlier, which we published on July 1, Chery has now released full specifications for the small hybrid SUV. It’s available in showrooms…

We’ve all gotten a ute dirty before, but have you ever packed on 600kg of mud? That’s what Ford has done in torture-testing the tougher Super Duty version of its top-selling Ranger, with the goal to pack on as much mud as possible. Why? To test how the Ford Ranger Super Duty performs once hundreds…

What do you get when you send a Volkswagen Tiguan on exchange to Barcelona? Well, probably the Cupra Terramar. The performance-leaning Spanish subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group is making strides (globally) with continued growth and is currently in the midst of a big product offensive. Next cab off the rank? A mid-size SUV to indirectly…

First, Hyundai went small with the teeny weeny Inster. Now, they’ve gone big… like really big. The Ioniq 9 is the most expensive vehicle Hyundai has ever sold in Australia, and you get plenty of metal for your money. But, to be frank, who even asked for something like the Ioniq 9? The market for…

The Cupra Terramar mid-size SUV has officially landed in Australia, with petrol and mild-hybrid power available at launch and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version not too far behind. Based on the Volkswagen Group’s MQB evo modular architecture, the Terramar is closely related to the new VW Tiguan and Audi Q3, but with a greater focus…

After nearly two and a half decades on sale, the Volkswagen Touareg may cease to exist in the very near future, according to a new report out of the UK. Autocar says ‘insiders’ have told the publication that production of the German brand’s luxury SUV will cease in 2026, leaving the new Tayron SUV…

It’s official: the Isuzu D-Max and MU-X will be available with the Japanese brand’s new turbocharged 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel engine from late September, as confirmed by a media launch invite we received from Isuzu Ute Australia (IUA) today. As in Thailand, where both vehicles are produced for Australia, CarExpert understands the larger and higher-output turbo-diesel…

SPONSORED Innovation happens slow, then fast, as they say – and there’s no better example than petrol-electric hybrid cars. While it seems every other model launched today has hybrid technology under its bonnet, it’s been almost 25 years since the first hybrid was released in Australia, and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking of.…

PB Balaji will become the first executive from parent company Tata Motors to lead JLR (formerly called Jaguar Land Rover) from November 1. The Indian-owned British automaker yesterday confirmed Mr Balaji will replace Adrian Mardell, who announced late last week that he would retire by the end of this year. Mr Balaji has been chief…