Luxury Reviews

The Audi e-tron is a hugely important car, not just for the future of the company in our market, but arguably for the world as a whole. While it's been a huge success elsewhere on the globe, where it's been on sale for more than a year, breaking the EV-reticent Australian market will be a bigger challenge. Audi Australia is throwing everything at it, including a free home charger for every buyer.

Nissan's Patrol is probably the only thing stopping Toyota's LandCruiser getting a good night's sleep, but could you live with one if most of the time it's going to be on the bitumen?

Some enthusiasts will get all up in arms, but the Coupe SUV's popularity speaks for itself. Can all the technology residing under this new GLE Coupe win them over, though? We find out...

The Discovery Sport has had this particular market niche to itself for a few years. Will it be unseated by the all-new Mercedes-Benz GLB challenger?

One of BMW's fastest four-doors is actually a coupe. You may not agree with the nomenclature, but its had to argue with the idea of spending three months with an M850i Gran Coupe in the garage.

Big sedans are definitely on the outer, but Audi still thinks there's a market for its A8 limo. Not only that, there's a market for a luxurious, tech-filled masterpiece with a twin-turbo V8, active suspension and a surprisingly agile chassis.

The first Mercedes-Benz GLA might have been described as merely an A Class on stilettos, but it was a huge success, shifting more than a million units worldwide, and that means it's replacement is something the company has put considerably more thought, and engineering, into. The result is a mighty fine looking urban SUV, with an ultra-modern and very spacious cabin. But is it as good as it looks?

Until the AMG version arrives, the GLA 250 4MATIC is very much the GLA you're looking for, because it gets the alluring interior and attractive exterior that will draw buyers to this new GLA, but also wins an engine with a bit of get up and go, all-wheel drive and even an Off Road mode for those times when you're on a dirt road or driving to the snow.There's more than enough power and torque here, in fact, for most people and only the kind of people who need their urban SUV to really explode off the lights will feel the need for more than 250 variant offers. The only real letdown here is the boot, which is quite shockingly small. 

The entry-level to the truly lovely looking new entry-point to Mercedes-Benz SUV range is the GLA 200. While it is deeply attractive inside and hugely pleasant to look at outside, from any and every angle, truly improving on what was already a pretty good looker in its first generation, the 200 does sound like it might be tiny bit underpowered.The GLA 200 is powered by a 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol four-cylinder engine - as opposed to the 2.0-litre in the next step up, the GLA 250 - and is front-drive only. Which is a bit embarrassing when you're trying to tell your neighbour you've just bought a Mercedes "SUV".That engine makes just 120kW and 250Nm and uses a 7G-DCT seven-speed automatic, which is also one cog less than you get in the 250.The very tempting-sounding base price of $55,100 also gets you Comfort Seats in  ARTICO upholstery, Keyless Go, a powered tailgate, the very modern MBUX multimedia system with sat nav, reversing camera, Apple CarPlay  and Google Android plus wireless device charging, 64-colour ambient lighting, rain-sensing wipers, DAB+ digital radio, Active Parking Assist with Blind Spot Assist and Active Lane Keeping Assist, Traffic Sign Assist, Adaptive High Beam Assist, LED fixed headlights and 19-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels.

The Lexus LC 500h pairs the power of a performance coupe with the efficiency of a hybrid powertrain. But is it a match made in heaven? We put it to the test to find out.