After 24 years and three generations, Porsche’s original SUV, the Cayenne, has followed the smaller Macan’s lead and gone to electric power for its fourth outing. Fret not, though; the petrol and hybrid powered versions of the current Mk3 Cayenne will continue on sale until “well into the next decade” to provide Porsche’s SUV customers…
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Land Rover and Chery are set to reveal the first model from their new Freelander brand in the next week, but the design has been largely revealed thanks to surreptitiously-taken photos taken after official crash testing. These images were published on the Carspyshots.net Facebook page, and seem to be taken after C-NCAP crash testing. While…
Standalone Toyota GR dealerships appear to be on the cards for Australia – and perhaps other countries – potentially creating a ‘candy store’ for fans of hot hatch and sports cars, as distinct from volume-selling models such as the Toyota RAV4. At the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne, where the Toyota GR Supra…
Looking at fuel prices at the moment, we have one word: Yikes! Well, we could think of some other one-syllable exclamations, but suffice it to say that fuel prices are high… if your local servo even has any fuel! Now, this could just be a blip. Middle Eastern conflicts typically don’t wrap up quickly, mind…
The new Ford Transit City is the fifth member of the Blue Oval’s growing range of Transit-branded commercial vans, which include (in descending size order) the Transit, Transit Custom, Transit Connect, and Transit Courier. While all previous Transit models exist in different size classes, the Transit City is roughly the same size as the Transit…
SPONSORED Before a wheel turned at Albert Park, Melbourne was already humming ahead of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Cafés were packed, hotel forecourts were filled with exotic metal, and the usual Grand Prix week build-up was well underway. But on Thursday morning outside The Botanical hotel on Domain Road, the soundtrack took on…
The Zeekr Xsmall electric SUV has become the first car crash-tested as European and Australian safety bodies develop their 2029 safety standards, building on the new 2026 protocols introduced this year. With three-year intervals between protocol updates, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) and Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) are already working…
Ford Australia is recalling certain Mustang and Ranger vehicles produced between 2024 and 2025 as they could lose power unexpectedly. The recall affects EcoBoost variants of the Mustang and plug-in hybrid versions of the Ranger, both of which use a turbocharged 2.3-litre four-cylinder petrol engine. “The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve may fail. If this…
The track-focused 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport has been revealed with a new 6.7-litre LS6 V8 – the largest-displacement engine to be used in the current C8 generation – alongside the Grand Sport X hybrid, which replaces the E-Ray. As reported in December, when the larger engine was spotted in a General Motors parts catalogue,…
The Subaru Uncharted SUV has been confirmed for a launch in Australia, where it’s expected to be the most affordable electric vehicle (EV) yet from the brand. It’s due here mid-year, with pricing and specifications yet to be announced. Revealed last July, the Uncharted is a twin to the electric Toyota C-HR+ compact electric…

