It’s a little more than a month before the 2026 Toyota HiLux is set to be unveiled, and key details of the new ute continue to be unearthed. An image of the ninth-generation HiLux’s dashboard has been posted on Instagram by cars_secrets, and it appears to match an earlier leak of patent images. The dash…

Lovers of the discontinued Volkswagen Golf R Wagon might finally have an alternative, with Spanish VW Group brand Cupra set to launch a high-performance Leon Sportstourer next year. Cupra Australia head of product, Jeff Shafer, confirmed the Leon Sportstourer VZx will arrive here in mid-2026, complete with the most powerful powertrain ever featured in the…

GWM Australia is targeting a regular spot in the list of top-five auto brands locally – and a doubling of its annual market share Down Under – within the next two years, and to get there it will launch at least seven new models here in 2026, on top of the seven it has released…

The BMW i4 has been updated for the 2026 model year, bringing minor exterior tweaks, a longer driving range and the M Sport package as standard. However, the mid-size electric liftback sedan – BMW’s answer to the popular Tesla Model 3 – is now now available in Australia in only a single model grade that’s…

JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) has finally recommenced production after a cyber attack took down the British automaker’s IT systems on September 1. More than a month later on Wednesday (October 8), the company restarted its engine factory and battery plants in the West Midlands, and its stamping operations at the Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Halewood…

Lamborghini has issued a product safety recall for a small number of 2025 Urus SE vehicles. “Due to a supplier manufacturing defect, the high-pressure fuel pump may not have been fastened to the cylinder head with sufficient torque. As a result, fuel may leak and, in the presence of an external ignition source, lead to…

Volkswagen Group Australia has issued a product safety recall for 646 vehicles from its 2025 Volkswagen Amarok dual-cab ute model line. It follows a recall last month for the same issue with a batch of Ford Ranger vehicles, with which the Amarok shares its core chassis and powertrain components. “Due to a software issue, the electromechanical…

The all-new 2026 Mitsubishi ASX has launched in Australia, where the small SUV range has been slimmed down to three grades and a single, more efficient turbocharged petrol engine. But despite the new ASX being based on the Renault Captur, Mitsubishi Australia has chosen not to offer the model with a hybrid powertrain at this…

Australians only have a limited time to get their hands on a new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross or Pajero Sport. At the launch of the new ASX, Mitsubishi Australia told media the company was expecting current stock of the small SUV and large off-road SUV to be exhausted within months. “Eclipse Cross should run out, and…

The 2026 Mitsubishi ASX is arriving into Australian showrooms in late 2025, with a slimmed-down range for the all-new Spanish-made small SUV. The price of entry into the ASX has jumped by more than $13,000 – however, the new entry-level ASX is the LS variant, whereas previously there were three more affordable grades below the…