Honda Australia is ‘comfortable’ with its agency sales model, despite lower sales and legal action from former dealers. The Japanese brand introduced the sales model in Australia in 2021, and faced heavy criticism from dealers, customers and automotive bodies. It also posted its two worst annual sales results on record in Australia in 2022 and…

The first Omoda-branded model offered in Australia, the Omoda 9, is a mid-to-large five-seat ‘premium’ SUV whose headline acts are a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain that outputs a big 395kW of power and pricing to compete with more expensive rivals. Omoda says it’s pitched at the ‘EV curious’ and, while it’s new to Australia, the…

The Australian Government has said there’s “no secret” it is looking at introducing a federal road-user charge, following a report in The Australian today that said federal treasurer Jim Chalmers is “accelerating work” on such a charge. Federal Treasury officials, as well as those from the Productivity Commission and the New South Wales and Victorian…

The BYD Sealion 7 knocked off the Tesla Model Yas the best-selling electric car in Australia in July, marking the second month this year the Chinese electric SUV has managed this feat. In July, BYD delivered 1427 examples of the Sealion 7 – which only landed in showrooms six months ago – to find almost…

Honda Australiais set to launch its first electric vehicle (EV) in the second half of 2026, but the brand hasn’t confirmed what it will be – though one particular vehicle appears the most likely. It has announced its interest in the 0 Series EVs – due on sale in the US in early 2026 –…

A right-hand drive version of the BYD Seal 06 has been spied in Sydney, following comments from the Chinese brand the plug-in hybrid mid-size sedan could work in our market. The camouflaged right-hand drive Seal 06 DM-i was spotted by a member of the BYD Seal Australia Facebook group, who got a clear view of…

There have been beautiful Buicks in the past, but rarely has the General Motors brand produced anything that could be called “wild”. That has now changed with the Buick Electra Orbit – however, as GM notes, this is simply a concept. Conceived and developed by the GM China Advanced Design Center, the Electra Orbit is…

While Tesla continues to talk up the long-awaited second-generation Roadster it revealed in concept form almost eight years ago, China’s most powerful electric supercar is about to get even more powerful. That’s right, if you thought BYD’s Yangwang U9 was wild enough when it debuted in 2023 with a 960kW quad-motor powertrain, a claimed 0-100km/h…

Suzuki Australia has instructed its dealers to cancel existing customer orders and return deposits for the popular five-door Suzuki Jimny XL, following a stop-sale order issued for the same model last month. A Suzuki dealer bulletin issued late last week and obtained by CarExpert today extended the previous advice to pause sales of the Jimny…

Ford is delaying its F-150 Lightning successor, and large electric van again, as it prioritises smaller, more affordable EVs, including a Maverick-size electric ute. The automaker is teasing an event it is holding on August 11 US time in Kentucky, which CEO Jim Farley describes as a “Model T moment” for the firm. In…