Five cars belonging to a Gold Coast family have been recovered after being stolen in one night by armed thieves. On the night of November 22, 2025 and into the early hours of the next morning, five vehicles were allegedly stolen from a Helensvale home: a 2017 Porsche Cayenne, 2019 Mercedes-Benz E220, 2023 Mercedes-AMG G63,…

The second-generation Kia Seltos has been unveiled, shifting to a new platform and featuring larger proportions, an overhauled interior, and a multitude of different powertrains. Revealed to media via an online livestream, the new Seltos – replacing the current model, launched in 2019 – has exterior styling and an interior layout heavily inspired by Kia’s…

Smart made its name with diminutive city cars, most measuring between 2.7m and 3.5m in length, but since Mercedes-Benz sold half of the brand to Geely, the marque’s range has grown in both size and quantity. The latest model in Smart’s product offensive is the #6, its first ever sedan. With its blacked-out alloy wheels…

Kia Australia has wound back its annual sales target, conceding it won’t hit its previous forecast of 90,000 units in 2025. Speaking with CarExpert at the launch of the new K4 Hatch and updated Stonic light SUV, Kia Australia chief operating officer Dennis Piccoli said changing market conditions and supply issues have hindered the Korean…

BYD is launching its luxury Denza brand here, and it expects to poach buyers from established premium marques. The Chinese brand it isn’t hoping to sell vehicles in quite the same volumes as luxury market leaders BMW and Mercedes-Benz, but it has its sights set on cracking the top five for premium brands. “If you’re…

GWM has locked in another plug-in hybrid off-roader for Australia. The GWM Tank 300 Hi4-T will arrive here during the first quarter (January to March) of 2026, with pricing and specifications to be announced early next year. A plug-in hybrid (PHEV) system will mark the fourth powertrain available across the local Tank 300 lineup, joining…

New research commissioned by dashcam brand Nextbase suggests Australian roads become markedly more hostile in the lead-up to Christmas, with almost four in five drivers saying they have witnessed or experienced road rage. The nationally representative survey of 1005 adults, conducted in November 2025, asked Australians about their experiences with road rage and festive-season driving.…

A senior executive at Toyota Australia says the company has begun working with authorities to address the ever-increasing number of vehicles from the Japanese brand being stolen by youths, gangs, and organised crime in recent years. Toyota Australia’s head of sales, marketing and franchise operations Sean Hanley told CarExpert the automaker was aware of the…

The new turbo-diesel 2026 Toyota HiLux will be joined by an electric variant in 2026, but the company has further confirmed a hybrid variant is under consideration for the future. “It’s definitely something we’re looking into,” Rodney Lyons, senior product planning specialist for Toyota Australia, told CarExpert when asked about the possibility of a hybrid…

Toyota hasn’t ruled out bringing the Tacoma to Australia in the future, with the North American pickup potentially slotting between the HiLux and Tundra in the brand’s lineup. Speaking to CarExpert at the launch of the new HiLux, Toyota Australia’s vice president of sales and marketing, Sean Hanley, said the brand is constantly looking at…