Mazda’s global finance chief has questioned the auto industry’s blind push toward electric vehicles (EVs), arguing the conversation around sustainability has become too focused on tailpipe CO2 emissions and not the total carbon footprint from production to disposal. Speaking at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show yesterday, Mazda Motor Corporation’s Representative Director and CFO Jeff Guyton…

One of Mitsubishi’s chief engineers has told media that the forthcoming hybrid version of the Triton ute will stick with a mechanical four-wheel drive system after his team tested a BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dual-cab to its breaking point. Speaking at the 2025 Tokyo motor show, Mitsubishi Motors engineering fellow Kaoru Sawase told…

Honda has just confirmed its newly revealed Super-One electric vehicle (EV) for Australian release in late 2026, and now it appears the Japanese brand could land the pint-size electric hatch here with a starting price around the mid-$30,000 bracket. Speaking with Australian media via an interpreter at this week’s Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, Honda’s…

On the first day of the 2025 Tokyo motor show, Subaru took the wraps off two quite different performance car concepts: the Performance-E STI and Performance-B STI. Both cars are finished in the signature blue colour closely associated with the days when Subaru and Mitsubishi were locked in mortal combat on rally courses across the…

The fourth-generation of the Nissan Elgrand, the car that arguably created the luxury people mover segment, has been unveiled at the 2025 Tokyo motor show. Essentially a toned down version of the 2023 Hyper Tourer concept, the new Elgrand’s Timeless Japanese Futurism styling has plenty of sharp edges and interesting angles to catch the eye,…

The MG HS has long been one of the best-value SUVs in the top-selling mid-size segment, but now there is a people-pleasing plug-free petrol-electric hybrid lineup as part of the model mix. The MG HS Hybrid+ range offers a new petrol-electric hybrid (HEV) powertrain with some high-tech componentry and competitive power and efficiency numbers, and…

Honda Australia has confirmed its first electric vehicle (EV), the cutesy new Super-One revealed at this week’s Tokyo Mobility Show in Japan. Measuring less than 3.6m long and 1.6m wide, the 2026 Honda Super-One will arrive in local showrooms during the second half of 2026, after the Japanese brand’s local arm completes “a local testing…

If the Jeep Grand Cherokee was regularly criticised for one thing in Australia, it was the V6 that served as its base engine. Now, there’s a new petrol engine available, but it’s not coming here. That’s because Jeep discontinued the Grand Cherokee locally earlier this year, meaning Australia misses out on the new ‘Hurricane’ turbocharged…

New research out of Europe claims the tailpipe emissions of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are barely an improvement over petrol and diesel cars. The study, by independent lobby group Transport and Environment (T&E), tracked the emissions data of 127,000 PHEVs across the European Union, collected by the European Environment Agency (EEA). According to the findings,…