An international shipping company has banned electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) from its vessels after an onboard fire caused a rival company’s ship to sink in the North Pacific Ocean earlier this year. Matson, a 104-year-old transport and services company based in the US state of Hawaii, confirmed it will no…

Suzuki Queensland expects the Australian Government’s new emissions regulations will force it to increase prices. “I can’t see there’s anyway around it. I can’t see anybody really having a way around it,” Suzuki Queensland general manager Paul Dillon told CarExpert. “Tesla might be exempt, but the amount of demand for EVs versus a standard ICE…

The boss of Suzuki Queensland has argued the Australian Government’s new vehicle emissions regulations will boost Chinese brands, raise prices, punish makers of small cars, and end up forcing many buyers to shop for less efficient used cars. The New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) came into effect on January 1, 2025, with monetary penalties following…

The three-door Suzuki Jimny is coming back to Australia, armed with more safety technology than before. Technically, you’ll still find examples of the pint-size off-roader at local showrooms, but no examples of the Japanese-built three-door are currently being imported. “Production restarts later this year, so it should be here in the first quarter of 2026,”…

What the Fronx? Suzuki puts it right out there in its own advertising. It’s a silly name, Fronx, which apparently is short for ‘Frontier crossover’. But just what the Fronx is the Suzuki Fronx? It’s a new light SUV from Suzuki, just under 4m long. That makes it almost 300mm longer than the defunct Ignis,…

Around two and a half years after it was revealed, the Suzuki Fronx is now arriving in Australia. With the Ignis felled by Australian Design Rules (ADRs), the Fronx assumes the position of Suzuki’s entry-level SUV. It’s a replacement of sorts for the Baleno, which like the Fronx was also sourced from India. In fact,…

Suzuki Australia has issued a stop-delivery order for the Suzuki Jimny five-door with immediate effect, with dealers across the country instructed by the automaker to cease all deliveries of the iconic compact off-roader until further advice from the automaker’s head office in Japan. Attracting a cult-like following, the Jimny is Suzuki Australia’s best-selling model, more…

GWM has upgraded its Tank 500 yet again, with the launch of a facelifted version of the large SUV in China last week, but it won’t be available in Australia any time soon. The updated 2026 GWM Tank 500 brings minor styling enhancements plus a range of new luxury and safety equipment little more than…

Hyundai already has a small electric SUV with the Kona Electric, but it’s working on another that’s set to go on sale in 2026. According to UK publication Autocar, Hyundai has confirmed it will reveal an unnamed electric crossover in the next few months which will hit Europe showrooms in late 2026. The unnamed crossover…

General Motors was increasingly going down the path of having V8-powered full-size pickups and SUVs, but using electric power for almost everything else. Its Buick and Cadillac brands, for example, had goals of going electric-only by 2030, while myriad combustion-powered models were being phased out. However, GM Authority reports the American giant is now putting…