Off road

BYD claims record even Toyota can't match

By Andrew Chesterton · 17 Jul 2024

The BYD Fang Cheng Bao 5 – the Chinese brand's Toyota LandCruiser Prado rival – has broken a record even Toyota can't claim (at least, not yet) with the brand putting out a message that it holds a new off-road Guinness World Record.

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Walkinshaw’s tough D-Max Blade ute confirmed

By Chris Thompson · 17 Jul 2024

After the likes of the Amarok W580, the HSV Colorado SportsCat and various ongoing American ute conversions, Walkinshaw Automotive Group is now turning its attention to the Isuzu D-Max.

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Key Kia Tasman detail revealed

By Dom Tripolone · 16 Jul 2024

The Kia Tasman is the most hotly anticipated new vehicle arriving in the next 12 months.

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New 2024 'Holden' Colorado, Trax and more!

By Byron Mathioudakis · 16 Jul 2024

Holden may be gone, but – as Opel/Vauxhall’s recently-announced Frontera reminds us – it’s clear that a handful of the old names survive. They grace other, inevitably newer models from both within and beyond the broader GM family that once, of course, also included Holden. What do they look like today? Would fans of their Australian namesakes even recognise any sort of connection?

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Toyota HiLux 2024 review: Rogue V-Active - off-road test

By Marcus Craft · 15 Jul 2024

The 2024 Toyota HiLux represents a small step in an EV-lite direction. Some new variants have 'V-Active Technology', a combination of a motor generator, 48-volt battery and DC/DC converter aimed at improving performance and fuel efficiency, compared to the standard HiLux's 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine. It's not a hybrid HiLux, but it's the closest thing you'll get until that arrives in 2025.

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Mitsubishi Pajero to level-up the luxury

By Andrew Chesterton · 14 Jul 2024

Forget the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, the reborn Mitsubishi Pajero is reportedly set to dial up the luxury, making it more of a rival for the Lexus LX and LandRover Defender, according to new reports.

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Toyota's LandCruiser 70 Series V8 mystery

By Andrew Chesterton · 13 Jul 2024

What might be the most predictable bombshell in Australian automotive history was finally dropped last week, when Toyota in Australia finally conceded that the LandCruiser 70 Series' V8 engine option was being axed, and would never return to Aussie roads.

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Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series 2024 review: 76 Series Wagon GXL - off-road test

By Mark Oastler · 12 Jul 2024

At the introduction of Toyota's upgraded LandCruiser 70 Series late last year all eyes were on the new four-cylinder version with auto transmission. But the tough as nails 4.5-litre V8 diesel manual hasn't gone away with an order bank stretching from here to Christmas... at least. Time to revisit an all-time classic off-roader.

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Ineos embraces V8s and combustion power

By John Law · 12 Jul 2024

Ineos has revealed a selection of Grenadier and Quartermaster concept vehicles at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed and none are electric.

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Walkinshaw ramps up with new facility

By John Law · 11 Jul 2024

Walkinshaw has announced its plans to deliver a “state of the art” 100,000 square metre production, engineering and office facility in Dandenong by the end of 2025.

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