The 2025 Volkswagen Amarok TSI452 Aventura – the only petrol-powered variant in the German brand’s dual-cab 4×4 ute lineup – will become cheaper as part of a range-wide MY25 upgrade coming soon. Currently priced in line with the TDI600 Aventura flagship at $82,990 before on-road costs, the MY25 TSI452 Aventura will be repositioned $3000 lower…

The 2026 Ford Ranger Super Dutywill start from $82,990 before on-road costs – before a tray is fitted – when it goes on sale in local showrooms in early 2026. The Ranger Super Duty – using the Super Duty name applied to the most capable Ford trucks sold in North America – comes with the…

An 18-year-old who chose to drive through a fatal crash scene, forcing police officers to dash out of the way, has been arrested. Instead of doing a U-turn, the driver allegedly drove through the scene of a fatal crash at Fernvale Road in Brassall west of Brisbane at around 1:40am on Sunday (June 15). The…

The Kia Tasman is launching imminently, and Australian firm ARB has previewed a raft of accessories buyers will be able to kit their utes out with. ARB has released a series of design renders depicting accessories it may offer for the Tasman, Kia’s first ute, though it has stopped short of publishing a list of…

Queensland has killed off the previous Labor state government’s mandate to replace all eligible government passenger cars with zero-emissions vehicles by December 2026. In its place, the state’s Liberal National Party (LNP) government has released a new strategy that sets a smaller 10 per cent emissions reduction target across the entire public service fleet by…

The Ford Everest has been recalled again as its windows may not stop winding up even if there’s an obstruction. The Blue Oval says Everests included in an October 2024 recall of over 38,000 vehicles may have had an incorrect software update installed. This latest recall covers 955 Everests in total. Hundreds of new…

The eighth-generation, or C8, Chevrolet Corvette has broken a lot of new ground — think mid-engine layout, twin-turbo engine, and electric propulsion — and now it’s about to merge all those ideas into one model. In a short video on Instagram, Chevrolet says: “The hype is real. A new Corvette is coming.” The new Corvette variant…

The 2026 Audi Q3 has been revealed globally ahead of its September release in Europe, and its expected Australian introduction by mid-2026 – perhaps including a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant for the first time. First images of Audi’s third-generation small SUV show it will wear the German brand’s latest design language as it looks…

Skoda’s RS models have been providing surprising delight for 50 years now. Few, if any, of the motor racing fraternity saw the oh-so-cute rear-engined 110, 130 and 200 RS models coming back in the mid-1970s, but with class wins in the European Touring Car Championship and the 1977 Monte Carlo rally, the little Iron…

The next-generation Toyota Highlander – which is sold in Australia as the Kluger – will be offered with a range-extender EV (EREV) drivetrain option, at least in China. At GAC Toyota’s technology day event last week, Toyota said it would tailor core, globally-developed products for the Chinese market in concert with its local development team,…