SPONSORED: I’ve never really driven a Honda before. Maybe a rental once, but nothing properly. So I was genuinely curious when the new Honda ZR-V e:HEV LX hybrid was dropped off for a taste of Melbourne life in July. And in a brand-new colour called Nordic Forest. Honestly, it’s quite fitting because it’s freezing.…

What a tease. I got the keys to this Chevrolet Corvette Z06 – complete with the Z07 Performance Package – one unrelentingly rainy week, one in which I had no track time scheduled. So here I was in this wild-looking, track-ready supercar, and I couldn’t unleash its full potential. It was like having a bag…

The third-generation Mazda CX-5 – revealed this week and expected to arrive in Australia in the second half of 2026 – will come with a carryover powertrain. Unfortunately, it’s not the punchy turbo four that makes Mazda’s popular mid-size SUV rather unique among its rivals. In a segment dominated by small-displacement turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engines…

Ford Australia has issued a stop-sale on the F-150full-size pickup, pausing both new sales and the delivery of already ordered vehicles from customers. There has been no recall, and CarExpert understands the stop-sale is not a safety issue, with no directive to stop driving current vehicles like a January 2024 recall on the F-150. “Ensuring…

If you thought Britain’s answer to the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series – and the spiritual successor for the old Land Rover Defender – could get any more off-road capable, think again. The hardcore Ineos Grenadier SUV and Quartermaster dual-cab ute have been blessed with portal axles that increase ground clearance from 186mm to a huge…

Polestar has recorded a 51 per cent year-on-year increase in global sales for the first six months of 2025, giving the electric vehicle (EV) brand its highest ever sales figure for the first half of a year. The sales surge included a 23 per cent increase in Australia, powered by the introduction of the brand’s…

Ram is set to introduce a new pickup truck in 2027 to slot in under its full-size 1500, sized similarly to Australia’s top-selling Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux. Technically, it already has one – the Ram Rampage (pictured) sold in Latin America – but unlike that car-based unibody dual-cab, Mopar Insiders reports this upcoming ute…

Volkswagen is recalling its Tiguan Allspace crossover SUV as its curtain airbags may not deploy properly in a collision. “Due to a manufacturing issue, the right and/or left curtain airbag/s may be fitted with a faulty gas generator. As a result, the airbags may not deploy as intended,” the company says in its recall notice.…

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand Deepal is opening five dealerships in July, and says it plans to double its retail footprint in Australia by the end of September this year. Deepal opened four dealerships in Australia when it launched here in late 2024, expanding its network to nine locations shortly thereafter. In July, it’s opening…

Yes, ‘uncharted’ means something that’s never been mapped, but is Subaru capitalising on the popularity of a certain video game franchise with its latest electric SUV? The 2026 Subaru Uncharted has been teased by the Japanese brand’s North American arm as its “newest, all-electric compact crossover SUV”. Per US definitions, that makes it a mid-size…