11 June 2020 by James Cleary
You’re after a premium SUV with size for five, without exceeding the ideal metropolitan footprint. It should have adequate oomph for occasional forays into wider open spaces, but offer enough comfort and luxury to keep you cool and relaxed in the city. And you’d rather look at something outside the...Read more
1 June 2020 by Richard Berry
At one point in the past few weeks I was testing two cars at the same time: one was a big, hardcore seven-seat SUV and the other was a Mazda CX-3. Both were sitting out the front of my flat in Sydney’s Inner West but do you know which was my go-to car just about every day? Yep, the Mazda CX-3 . See...Read more
26 May 2020 by Tung Nguyen
Arguably no other model distils Jeep’s ‘go anywhere’ and ‘adventurous’ spirit more than its iconic and enduring Wrangler large SUV. Now in its fourth-generation form, the JL Wrangler introduced to local showrooms in early 2019 scores updated the tech and equipment, but keeps styling, off-road...Read more
25 May 2020 by Richard Berry
Does the Toyota Supra call your name in the night? It calls mine. It whispers things. Tries to convince me that despite living in an apartment with my family only seven kilometres from the city it'd be perfect for us. Of course, when it's daytime and I'm thinking straight I know a sports car in the...Read more
8 May 2020 by Tung Nguyen
There has been a noticeable hole in Volkswagen Australia’s product line-up in recent years since the Tiguan graduated from being a small SUV to a mid-sizer, but the German brand is now rectifying the situation with two new models. The T-Roc will play in the small SUV space , while the T-Cross is...Read more
5 May 2020 by Tom White
Hot hatches are for a relatively small club of enthusiasts, and new small cars are gradually being eliminated from the greater Australian market. Surely, it makes little to no business sense to bring an Australian audience a small, manual-only hot hatch all the way from Europe, to sell to a...Read more
6 April 2020 by Matt Campbell
One of my guilty pleasures is sitting down on a quiet evening mid-week and watching some of the dastardly driving deeds exposed on the Dash Cam Owners Australia channel on YouTube. Beyond entertainment, however, the purpose of dash cams is to capture a moment in time as proof of evidence in the...Read more
3 March 2020 by Matt Campbell
The Mazda2 range has recently seen some big changes, with the facelifted model aiming to offer customers a different sort of car to what it was before. It’s more expensive - prices are up by as much as 25 per cent! - but there’s a lot more standard equipment, some new trim levels, and all of them...Read more
9 January 2020 by Peter Anderson
The world is chock-a-block with enduring mysteries. The Loch Ness Monster, people who consider Taylor Swift's anodyne pop 'classic' material and the eternal descent of global politics. To that I will add (perhaps unkindly), the Mitsubishi ASX . It's old - very old - and competes in a market full of...Read more
9 December 2019 by Matt Campbell
The Audi A1 2020 range offers something for everyone, and in the case of this particular variant, it’s the one you buy if you want as much grunt and gear as you can get. It’s the top-of-the-range Audi A1 40 TFSI model , which gets the zestiest engine, the lengthiest equipment list, and offers...Read more
15 July 2019 by Malcolm Flynn
We all know that X means buried treasure in the world of children’s book pirates, but it’s looking like it could hold similar relevance for what lies under the bonnet of future Mazdas. We first officially heard about Mazda’s industry-leading Skyactiv-X technology at the brand’s Global Tech Forum in...Read more
16 May 2019 by Matt Campbell
The entry-level model in the 2019 Toyota RAV4 range is the GX model, which can be had with a choice of different power options. The opening drivetrain for the GX is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, which is only available in front-wheel drive layout , but can be had with either a six-speed...Read more
16 May 2019 by Matt Campbell
The second-tier model in the 2019 Toyota RAV4 range is the GXL, which could well be be the pick of the range based on its price and spec, as well as the fact it can be had with a choice of different power options. The entry-level drivetrain for the GXL is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine,...Read more
16 May 2019 by Matt Campbell
Third rung up the Toyota RAV4 2019 model range ladder is Cruiser variant, which adds a little bit of luxury to the mix. The entry-level drivetrain for the Cruiser is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, which is only available in front-wheel drive layout and comes with a CVT (continuously...Read more
16 May 2019 by Matt Campbell
An all-new Toyota RAV4 doesn't just happen. Over the life of the model, there have been four generations over 25 years, which suggests that Toyota invests a lot of time and effort in the development of its mid-sized SUVs. Now there's a fifth-gen version. The Toyota RAV4 2019 model is more advanced...Read more
15 May 2019 by Andrew Chesterton
Remember the bad old days, back when buying an eco-friendly car meant you'd be forced to wave goodbye to any hope of driving excitement - not to mention your social life - the moment you picked up the keys? From the Toyota Prius to the Honda Insight , our earliest adventures into the world of...Read more
15 April 2019 by Tom White
I think it’s just human nature to like explosions. There’s something fascinating and wonderous about how an internal combustion engine unites the chaos of exploding petrol with a few hundred moving parts to send a car hurtling forward. So, I should hate the Hyundai Kona Electric. I should hate it...Read more
22 March 2019 by Richard Berry
You are living in the future. Well, that’s obvious because I’m writing this on March 20, 2019 and the only way you could be reading it is if the current date is sometime after that – it could be days or years. Either way, I hope you’re well and everything turned out fine. But what I mean is the...Read more
22 March 2019 by Richard Berry
The Elite is the entry grade into Hyundai's Kona Electric line-up and has a list price of $59,990. Coming standard on the Elite is a leather interior, an 8.0-inch touch screen, sat nav, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto , Bluetooth connectivity, an Infinity stereo, digital radio, paddle shifters,...Read more
1 March 2019 by Malcolm Flynn
I’ve always had a tendency toward ambition. When my Mum would tell me to be back by dark, I’d cross the doorstep shortly after the street lights came on. If the Lego box was labeled 12+, 10-year-old Mal was stoked to build it, and when tackling a road race on a mountain bike, I was pretty proud not...Read more