Articles by Craig Duff

Craig Duff road tests and reviews the Volvo S90 with specs, fuel consumption and verdict at its Australian launch.

Craig Duff road tests and reviews the Ferrari 488 Spider with specs, fuel consumption and verdict.

The top end of town has snubbed next week's Paris motor show but the biggest auto event on the European calendar will have plenty of new sheet metal.

Craig Duff road tests and reviews the Mercedes-Benz SL400 with specs, fuel consumption and verdict

It's a two-horse race for the mid-size performance wagon category, with handling weighed against packaging. Craig Duff adjudicates.

Look for the latitude in new car prices right now as competition ramps up the deals.

Visionary technology turns your windscreen into a billboard.

Craig Duff track tests and reviews the Toyota 86 with specs, fuel consumption and verdict at the Fuji Speedway race track in Japan.

Toyota is trying to address a rare weak spot in its range by adding features and shaving prices on its updated Tarago people-mover.

New tyres and tech should give the 2017 Hyundai Sonata more traction in the highly competitive mid-size sedan segment.The Sonata, as with all Australian Hyundais, is fitted with suspension specifically tuned for local roads. However, reviewers lamented the lack of adhesion — particularly in the wet — when the vehicle was launched last year.Now Hyundai has rolled out Continental rubber on versions with 17-inch rims and is fitting Michelins on variants with 18-inch wheels.Hyundai Australia spokesman Bill Thomas defends the launch tyres, noting the comparison testing — conducted with Hyundai's World Rally Championship driver Chris Atkinson — showed the Kumho and Nexen tyres had good grip in the dry."The grip started to fade as the tyres heated up and it's fair to say the European tyres outperformed them in comfort and quietness," Thomas says.Local product engineering head Hee Loong Wong says the company was happy with the Sonata's suspension set-up — including the tyres — when it launched."However, earlier this year Hyundai head office in South Korea gave us the option of testing the Continentals and Michelins and we jumped at the opportunity," he says. As well as the new rubber, 2017 Sonatas get paddle-shifters for the six-speed automatic.The mid-spec Elite has rain-sensing wipers, heated front seats and electric park brake.The top-spec Premium picks up blind-spot and lane-departure alerts, rear cross-traffic alert, lane change assist and adaptive cruise control.