Australia’s new-car market is barely growing, but what we are buying is changing. Petrol and diesel are losing share, while hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles now account for almost 30 per cent of new light-vehicle sales. Between January and November 2025, Australians bought 1,097,992 new passenger cars, SUVs and light commercial vehicles. That is…

The Hyundai i30 Hatch N had been expected to ride off into the sunset. Not so, according to a “well-placed source” who spoke to British publication Autocar. Instead, Hyundai has reportedly started work on a “new version” of the i30 N, which will feature combustion power and not an electric powertrain. It’s expected to be…

BYD’s premium Denza brand has opened orders for its B5 and B8, a pair of large plug-in hybrid off-road SUVs. The B5, slightly smaller than a Toyota Prado and offering only five seats, is priced from $74,990 before on-road costs – $2490 more than a base Prado GX. In top-spec Leopard trim, it costs $79,990…

The Denza B5, along with its B8 big brother, is aiming to shake up a rather staid large off-road SUV market. While they feature body-on-frame construction like top-sellers such as the Toyota Prado, they come exclusively with plug-in hybrid power. Denza is the premium export brand of Chinese giant BYD, which sells a mixture of…

The Denza B8 is the latest large off-road SUV to enter the Australian market, but this is quite a bit different from a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series or Nissan Patrol. Available to order from today ahead of customer deliveries commencing early in 2026, the B8 features body-on-frame construction like those two. However, it eschews a…

The MG QS is yet more proof the Chinese have well and truly infiltrated the Australian car market. Four Chinese marques have become regular fixtures in the list of top 10 best-selling brands, and you can find Chinese models across a raft of segments from light cars all the way up to utes and large…

The US administration of President Donald Trump has proposed significantly loosening fuel economy targets for automakers. In 2024, under President Joe Biden, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) successfully changed the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard so that it would rise by between eight and 10 per cent per year before hitting the…

Toyota is using artificial intelligence (AI) in its pursuit of zero traffic accidents for its first software-defined vehicles (SDVs), but says it can’t reach the goal on its own – nor without autonomous vehicles. Speaking to media including CarExpert at the recent Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo, the president of Toyota’s software development centre, Akihiro…

It’s one of the curiosities of our industry that, despite new manufacturers entering the market every other month, the number of affordable cars has reduced significantly. That’s not so much the case with GAC, which has launched in Australia with an initial lineup of three models. And one of them is priced at the lower…

The second-generation 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLB has made its world debut and the all-new mid-size luxury SUV brings greater interior space, reimagined styling, a funky Superscreen user interface, and impressive consumption and range stats for petrol and electric variants respectively. The German automaker also promises improvements in driving dynamics and refinement as the new-gen GLB is…