Prestige & Luxury Cars

Have electric cars ended the V8? Not so fast! Nissan Patrol, Ford Mustang and Ram 1500 prove there's still life in big, powerful petrol engines
By Tim Nicholson · 08 Oct 2022
For all the talk of electric vehicles lately, you'd be forgiven for thinking that petrol and diesel cars were a thing of the past.Given the slow uptake of EVs in Australia, and slow progress on incentives of any kind, internal combustion powered cars are
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Lexus UX 2023 review: 300e
By Matt Campbell · 07 Oct 2022
The Lexus UX 300e is a bit of secret. You mightn't even know it exists. But this electric car has a few interesting elements to it - can it live up to its high price? Matt Campbell spent three weeks with the UX 300e to find out.
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Think your MG's British? Who really makes your car?
By Laura Berry · 07 Oct 2022
Mini’s new fully electric Cooper SE has arrived looking every bit the modern retro take on the very British 1963 Cooper S. Not only does the new electric Mini look like an old one, it wants you to think it hasn’t lost its Britishness - it has tail-lights which glow in the shape of the Union Jack, and it’s even made in England!
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Volvo XC60 2023 review: Recharge
By Tom White · 05 Oct 2022
The mid-size luxury SUV segment is the most conjested when it comes to plug-in hybrids, so how does Volvo's XC60 set itself apart?
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Living in the past? Why car designers are finally getting electric cars right | Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 02 Oct 2022
Electric cars are the future, whether you like it or not. The problem I’ve had with them in recent years hasn’t been the switch from sweet sounding petrol engines to humming electric motors.
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2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC: 10 things that might make you decide to buy this luxury SUV instead of an Audi Q5, BMW X3, Lexus NX or Volvo XC60
By Byron Mathioudakis · 01 Oct 2022
Replacing its most popular model in the world kept Mercedes-Benz and an entire team of experienced engineers up late over the past half-decade. Since development commenced on the second-generation GLC in 2015 – the year the outgoing version was released in Australia – the Stuttgart-based team had their work cut out. It had to retain the look and feel consumers loved, but also address issues that
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Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV 2023 review
By Stephen Ottley · 30 Sep 2022
Luxury car buyers have evolved and that has forced Mercedes-Benz to reinvent its flagship for this new era of customers.
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Lexus NX 250 2023 review
By Byron Mathioudakis · 29 Sep 2022
After nearly one million sales of the 2014 original, there's a fresh Lexus NX, and the NX 250 tested here is the least expensive grade. Priced below most rivals, the Japanese-built luxury midsized SUV is usefully larger than before inside and out, thanks to the adoption of the impressive Toyota RAV4's advanced TNGA GA-K platform. The result is like night-and-day, with huge improvements throughout.
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There's still life in petrol-powered convertibles! 2023 BMW Z4 revealed, but will the M40i gain a manual gearbox, like its Toyota Supra twin?
By Tim Nicholson · 28 Sep 2022
There is life in internal combustion engine sports cars yet, with BMW lifting the lid on a refreshed version of its Z4 roadster.BMW Australia is yet to announce its arrival or pricing, but the updated version of the model that arrived in Australia in 201
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