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Hilux BEV And Subaru EVs Nab Five Stars; BMWs Miss ANCAP has handed out some shiny stars and a couple of polite reprimands. The Toyota Hilux BEV and two new Subaru electric SUVs have earned five stars, while the BMW 1 Series and BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe limped away with four....

Australasia Collector Car Market Holds Steady In May Australasia's collector car market shrugged off any talk of wobble in May, with the leading online auction platform clearing more than 70 lots and raking in over AU$5 million in sales for the month....

BYD’s Giant RoRo Touches Down In Melbourne Harbour The BYD ZHENGZHOU has sauntered into Melbourne like a very large, well-behaved lorry with ambitions. The vessel completed its maiden voyage to Australia today, and for anyone who enjoys watching shiny electric cars file off a ship like regimented ducks, it was glorious....

Repco Datto Resto: From Scrappy TV Star To Prize Car The scrappy Datsun 1200 ute that mugged for Repco's big TV ad has been fixed, fettled and flogged into something you might actually want to be seen in....

GAC Australia Slashes Prices With EOFY EV Offers Now GAC Australia has rolled out a generous slab of End of Financial Year deals across its four model line up, and no, this is not a drill....

Hyundai Scores Solid Top Five In Rally Japan Tarmac Finale Hyundai Motorsport left Rally Japan with a respectable haul - a fifth, a sixth and a seventh - as the final tarmac round of the season closed....

GAC Joins Sydney FC As Official Automotive Partner

Sydney FC has just signed a three season deal with GAC Australia, which will see the global carmaker step in as a Premium Partner and the club’s Official Automotive Partner. In plain terms: expect GAC badges on the right sleeve of Men’s, Women’s and Academy kits, and a lot more of the brand around Allianz Stadium. The agreement is more than logo swapping. GAC will feature across playing and…

Hyundai Eyes Podium At Tight And Twisty Rally Japan

Hyundai Motorsport rolls into Rally Japan on May 28-31 riding the high of its first win of the season in Portugal. The WRC shifts back to tarmac and to the narrow, stop-start mountain roads around Toyota City, promising drama, precision and the sort of corners that make ambition wobble. The itinerary is mercilessly neat: 20 stages, 302.82 kilometres of competitive tarmac across Aichi and Gifu…

MG MGS6 EV: A Mid Size Family SUV With Swagger, Practicality

MG has shrugged off the bland and delivered the MGS6 EV, a mid-size family SUV that wants to look smart on the school run and still pull the caravan on the weekend. It launches in two trims: Essence RWD from $49,990 driveaway and Essence AWD from $56,990 driveaway, so you can choose modest pace or proper shove without selling a kidney. Smart Power Underneath is MG’s electric platform tuned for…

Geely Hits 10,000 Deliveries And Opens New Sydney Dealership

It is official: Geely has hit 10,000 vehicle deliveries in Australia and, while they were at it, opened a shiny new dealership in Sydney’s south. Not bad for a brand that only began its local charge 14 months ago. The numbers are the sort that make rivals glance at their spreadsheets and curse quietly. Geely passed 5,000 deliveries in its first nine months and then doubled that in under five…

BYD Zhengzhou Nears Australia With 5,000 EVs Onboard

The BYD Zhengzhou is barreling across the Pacific with almost 5,000 new energy cars packed like sardines and an arrival into Melbourne about a week away. It is a purpose built roll on roll off ship carrying orders bound for eager Australian owners. So far, so good – the voyage has been smooth and the ship is making steady time. The Ship And The Speed At 200 metres long and 38 metres wide, the…

NISMO Performance Centre Coming To Australia In 2026

Australia is about to get NISMO serious. Not a marketing pop‑up or a fancy sticker pack but full‑blown Performance Centres that bring Omori Factory know‑how closer to local customers. The first one is slated for Nissan Ferntree Gully in Victoria in the second half of 2026, with more locations to follow. The plan is refreshingly simple: give Australian owners authentic NISMO parts, access to…

Mahindra Ends Drought With Monaco Formula E Win At Last

Mahindra Racing finally broke the curse in Monaco, taking its first Formula E victory since 2021 and its first in the Gen3 era. The lead driver delivered a textbook, composed performance to take the win, while his team-mate’s strong recovery was undone by an untimely puncture late in the day. Qualifying The weekend began in mixed fashion. One car was grounded by a mechanical gremlin that could…

Mahindra Salvages Points In Chaotic Monaco E Prix Round

Monaco delivered sun, yachts, and the usual tight-quarters carnage, yet Mahindra Racing walked away with a respectable points haul. The team’s lead driver crossed the line in the top five on the road only to be nudged down to fifth after a time penalty, while the team-mate produced a gutsy recovery from 15th to a top-ten finish. Qualifying The two cars were both in Group A. One driver sliced…

AMG GT 4-Door Coupé: 1,169Hp, Electric V8 Spectacle

Think of a four-door saloon with the manners of a grand tourer and the temperament of a drag-strip lunatic. That is the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupé: three axial flux motors, peak output up to 860 kW (1,169 hp), and the kind of performance figures that make ordinary sports cars feel faintly embarrassed. Three Motors, Weird Geometry, Serious Bite AMG has gone full geek-chic and fitted one…

Kia’s EV4 Wins Red Dot Best Of The Best, PV5 Shines

Kia just ruffled a few design critics by walking off with one of Red Dot’s top honours. The EV4 snagged Best Of The Best, the PV5 picked up a Winner nod, and Hyundai Motor Group’s MobED robot also bagged a Winner. Translation: Kia’s styling gambit is working and robot couriers are now officially fashionable. Why The EV4 Took Top Honour The EV4 is not a boring sedan in a smart suit. It is a…

Hyundai Help For Kids Hits A $16 Million Milestone

Buy a new car and change a life. That is the accidental miracle Hyundai Help for Kids has been pulling off since 2014, and it has just nudged past the $16 million mark. The sale that did the honours was an i30 Sedan Hybrid Elite at Maughan Thiem Hyundai in Cheltenham, South Australia, which pushed the total to $16,126,986 as at the end of April 2026. That works out to roughly $1.3 million a year,…

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