The three-door Suzuki Jimny is coming back to Australia, armed with more safety technology than before. Technically, you’ll still find examples of the pint-size off-roader at local showrooms, but no examples of the Japanese-built three-door are currently being imported. “Production restarts later this year, so it should be here in the first quarter of 2026,”…

What the Fronx? Suzuki puts it right out there in its own advertising. It’s a silly name, Fronx, which apparently is short for ‘Frontier crossover’. But just what the Fronx is the Suzuki Fronx? It’s a new light SUV from Suzuki, just under 4m long. That makes it almost 300mm longer than the defunct Ignis,…

Around two and a half years after it was revealed, the Suzuki Fronx is now arriving in Australia. With the Ignis felled by Australian Design Rules (ADRs), the Fronx assumes the position of Suzuki’s entry-level SUV. It’s a replacement of sorts for the Baleno, which like the Fronx was also sourced from India. In fact,…

Suzuki Australia has issued a stop-delivery order for the Suzuki Jimny five-door with immediate effect, with dealers across the country instructed by the automaker to cease all deliveries of the iconic compact off-roader until further advice from the automaker’s head office in Japan. Attracting a cult-like following, the Jimny is Suzuki Australia’s best-selling model, more…

GWM has upgraded its Tank 500 yet again, with the launch of a facelifted version of the large SUV in China last week, but it won’t be available in Australia any time soon. The updated 2026 GWM Tank 500 brings minor styling enhancements plus a range of new luxury and safety equipment little more than…

Hyundai already has a small electric SUV with the Kona Electric, but it’s working on another that’s set to go on sale in 2026. According to UK publication Autocar, Hyundai has confirmed it will reveal an unnamed electric crossover in the next few months which will hit Europe showrooms in late 2026. The unnamed crossover…

General Motors was increasingly going down the path of having V8-powered full-size pickups and SUVs, but using electric power for almost everything else. Its Buick and Cadillac brands, for example, had goals of going electric-only by 2030, while myriad combustion-powered models were being phased out. However, GM Authority reports the American giant is now putting…

The second of three electric Chevrolet Corvette concepts has surfaced, although GM is very keen to point out that this car in no way previews a Corvette EV. While the first electric Corvette concept, which debuted in April, came from the company’s design team in the UK, the latest hails from GM’s Advanced Design…

The petrol-powered Chery Tiggo 7 Pro has been on sale since 2023, but now the value-packed mid-size SUV has been refreshed and given the Chinese brand’s Super Hybrid powertrain. A bit like Clark Kent taking off his glasses to become Superman, the upgraded and newly named Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid has a slightly tweaked appearance…