Chery has taken the wraps off the 2026 iCaur V27 SUV, a flagship Toyota LandCruiser-sized SUV due on sale in China by the end of 2025 but not yet confirmed for Australia. The large SUV is more than five metres long and uses an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) powertrain for a claimed 200km of electric…

Mercedes-Benz is having another crack at the mid-size luxury electric SUV segment, with the GLC with EQ Technology teased ahead of its reveal next month. The battery-electric version of the German premium brand’s best-seller will debut at the Munich motor show (aka IAA Mobility) on September 7, 2025. Mercedes-Benz has released a teaser image showing…

Honda Australia‘s new boss is using his ties in his former United States post as the company considers vehicles from all corners of the globe – including China – for its future lineup. Newly installed Honda Australia CEO Jay Joseph told CarExpert his nearly three decades of working for the brand in North America mean…

Ferrari may have pushed back the launch of its second electric vehicle (EV) due to “zero” demand, but that should give the famed Italian brand plenty of time to benchmark it against the world’s latest and greatest EVs. At the top of that list is the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, the Chinese-made battery-electric super sedan which…

Four-wheel drive utes and electric vehicles (EVs) were among the big winners in July 2025, despite a reduction in sales for Toyota and Tesla. According to VFACTS figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) today, a total of 104,244 new vehicles were delivered in July 2025, up 2.0 per cent on July…

Suzuki Australia general manager Michael Pachota says he wants to fill the Swift Sport-shaped hole in the brand’s local lineup, as well as bolster the wider range with different body styles and powertrains. The Swift Sport, based on the previous-generation hatch, has been out of production for Australia since revised safety regulations regarding autonomous emergency…

Honda won’t bring in its premium Acura brand offered overseas to target a growing number of premium-pitched Chinese arrivals such as BYD’s Denza and MG’s IM Motors in Australia. Acura was established in 1986, three years before Toyota introduced Lexus and Nissan introduced Infiniti. It also preceded Mazda’s Eunos, Efini, and aborted Amati brands. While…

Honda Australia says it doesn’t need to join the flurry of brands adding dual-cab utes to their Australian lineups – not right now, anyway. The Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux utes have been the best-selling vehicles in Australia for the past decade – the HiLux from 2015 through 2022, the Ranger since. In 2025 alone,…

Hyundai won’t be drawn into an electric vehicle (EV) price war in Australia. The Korean manufacturer currently offers six electric models in Australia – the Inster, Ioniq 9, Kona Electric, Ioniq 6, Ioniq 5, and Ioniq 5 N – the cheapest of which (Inster) starts at $39,000 before on-road costs. At the other end of the spectrum, the new…

The heavily updated Toyota HiLux will supposedly launch by the end of the year, and these patent diagrams give us our first glimpse of the interior. We found these images on the cars_secrets Instagram account, which claims they are from a patent filing. These patent sketches match with recent spy photos showing that the ‘new’…