Toyota RAV4 2023 News

By Tung Nguyen · 02 May 2023

The race to be crowned Australia’s best-selling mid-size SUV in 2023 is heating up with multiple contenders in the mix after Mazda’s decade-long streak was broken by the hot-selling Toyota RAV4 in 2020.

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What was the top-selling car last month?

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Apr 2023

The top 10 best-selling vehicles in Australia last month were exclusively utes and SUVs, with not one passenger car - like a hatchback or sedan - making the list. And the top of the table was dominated by a trio of pick-ups, with the Toyota HiLux making up ground as the best-selling model after being beaten by its arch rival, the Ford Ranger, for the last couple of months.

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By Byron Mathioudakis · 13 Mar 2023

Australians love a medium SUV. Last year, it was the biggest-selling sub-segment of all new vehicles, accounting for one-fifth of all registrations in this country. But which version of each is best to buy from a resale point of view? Which specific grade will yield the best – as well as worst – return after three years?

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It's not you, cars really are getting bigger

By Stephen Ottley · 12 Mar 2023

Twenty or 30 years ago cars we would have considered large have become even larger, and what was once a small model is seemingly huge. Take for example, the original Holden Commodore VB and the current Toyota Corolla sedan - which is bigger?

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Want a Toyota SUV? Buy earlier in lifecycle!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 04 Mar 2023

Buying a new SUV and then finding out it’s just about to be refreshed, redesigned or even completely replaced can be disappointing at best, and a bad financial move at worst.

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Ford Ranger rumbles the HiLux again

By Andrew Chesterton · 03 Mar 2023

The Toyota HiLux's record as Australia's best-selling vehicle is now officially under threat, with the Ford Ranger the country's most popular vehicle in February, making it consecutive months that the all-new model has finished on top.

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Hate SUVs? Here's who to blame

By Laura Berry · 16 Feb 2023

The world is obsessed with SUVs with almost every carmaker now from Porsche to Peugeot not just making them but relying on them to make money.

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2024 Lexus GX hybrid SUV looms for Australia

By Byron Mathioudakis · 11 Feb 2023

Lexus is set to finally release its own spin-off of the hugely-awaited next-generation Toyota Prado in Australia at last, returning to the seven-seater SUV segment it recently abandoned with the now-defunct old-shape RX L.

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Want a Euro SUV now? Cupra has stock!

By Tim Nicholson · 10 Feb 2023

If you’re after a European semi-premium SUV, but don’t want to wait months, you might be in luck - unless you’re after a plug-in hybrid.

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Can Mitsubishi stay ahead of Hyundai and MG?

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Feb 2023

At the start of 2022 you could have argued things looked tough for Mitsubishi. The brand was facing a serious threat from MG, which was stealing sales from the popular Mitsubishi ASX and Eclipse Cross, plus there was no new Triton model to help combat the incoming Ford Ranger or any special version to fight the Nissan Navara Warrior.

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