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Forget dinosaurs, the Toyota Hilux Mako is the Japanese brand’s shark-named answer to the Ford Ranger Raptor. Toyota has shown off a lifted and unique Hilux model in New Zealand named after one of the world’s most vicious sharks, the Mako. This is the Hilux many have been waiting for. The Mako is largely based […]

Our independent 2020 Ford Puma ST-Line and ST-Line V review in Australia, including price, specs, interior, ride and handling, safety and score. Hey, remember the Ford EcoSport? No, of course you didn’t unless you’re one of the very small handful of people who bought one. Ford’s first attempt at the light SUV slipped beneath the […]

Korea’s Volkswagen Golf GTI rival has been given a facelift and all-new dual-clutch transmission to level the playing field. We haven’t had much time to properly digest the swathe of running changes Hyundai has introduced over the past few years let alone what’s yet to come. It delivered a stonking good family SUV with the […]

The third swoopy SUV model from Ingolstadt will arrive next year. Audi has revealed the new Q5 Sportback, a coupe-style body SUV of the Q5. It is the third coupe-SUV to join Audi’s lineup since a proliferation of high-riding wagons from German became hot driveway property. This particular model is the natural Audi rival for […]

Ford has finally shown us the production Puma ST hot crossover but it will not come to Australia. UPDATE: Ford Australia has told us that the new Puma ST, while potentially appealing to Australians, won’t make it here because it is not offered with the choice for an automatic transmission: “The Puma ST will not […]

Peugeot introduces a new performance sub-brand and hot new 508 performance duo. French brand Peugeot has revealed an all-new performance drivetrain – it’s most powerful for a production car – and an all-new performance brand. Peugeot Sport Engineered, the equivalent to AMG, M and the like, will debut with the new 508 Sport Engineered, available […]