Hatchback Reviews

Suzuki Swift Hybrid Plus 2024 review: snapshot

By Byron Mathioudakis · 19 Jun 2024

The sixth-generation Swift supermini since 1983, the latest version is the first to introduce mild-hybrid electrification across the range.

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Suzuki Swift Hybrid 2024 review: snapshot

By Byron Mathioudakis · 17 Jun 2024

The Suzuki Swift Hybrid is the company’s first electrified passenger vehicle sold in Australia, and coincides with the sixth-generation of the long-lived supermini series since 1983.

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Suzuki Swift 2024 review: Hybrid

By Byron Mathioudakis · 14 Jun 2024

The Suzuki Swift is, by far, Australia's longest-serving supermini nameplate, and widely regarded as amongst the best. For its sixth generation, a complete redesign inside and out brings a mild-hybrid powertrain, matched to the carryover architecture. The result is exceptional fuel economy and better safety, without compromising traditional virtues like great packaging and sporty performance.

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Fiat 500e 2024 review: long-term | Part 2

By Tom White · 13 Jun 2024

As the Fiat 500e falls into our daily routine, some pros and cons have made themselves apparent.I'd love to tell you that a tiny electric car like this is all you really need in life. Our roads, lungs, and the planet would be much better off if we all drove smaller and more efficient vehicles, but one of the things that has become evident in our time with the 500e so far is that a model this small in a city like Sydney does come with some compromises.

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MG 3 2024 review: Hybrid+ Excite

By John Law · 12 Jun 2024

Once Australia's cheapest new car, the MG3 is now decidedly more expensive but that's for good reason. With a new platform, upgraded cabin, the latest safety technology and an all-new hybrid powertrain MG's new city car isn't just a replacement for your clapped out Hyundai Getz, this promises to be a true rival fro the Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Polo.

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GWM Ora 2024 review: GT

By Chris Thompson · 01 Jun 2024

We get behind the wheel of the top-spec GWM Ora to see if it's worth a $12,000 jump over the base version.

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MG4 64kWh Excite vs BYD Dolphin Premium 2024 comparison review

By Tom White · 10 May 2024

These two hatchbacks make headlines for their relatively affordable price tags and long driving range but which is better?

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Fiat 500e 2024 review: long-term | Part 1

By Tom White · 02 May 2024

The Fiat 500 has always been a cute, compact, and charming little car but does it maintain what makes it so special in the electric era?

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Kia Picanto Sport 2024 review: snapshot

By Tom White · 25 Mar 2024

The base-model Kia Picanto Sport is available in either four-speed automatic or five-speed manual guise, and is one of Australia's most affordable brand new vehicles.

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Kia Picanto 2024 review: GT-Line manual

By Tom White · 23 Mar 2024

In a cost of living crisis it's natural to look to what your most affordable new car options are, and the Kia Picanto micro hatchback seems more relevant now than ever.

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