Nissan X-Trail gets turbo-diesel engine
The Nissan X-Trail line-up in Australia is now complete with a turbo-diesel engine added to the petrol variants launched earlier this year.
2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 caught
A video has surfaced on YouTube showing a camouflaged 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 possibly packing 447kW/582Nm – it will be released in 2015.
Cars and Coffee – A perfect match
Cars breed rivalry, friendly rivalry, mostly, and there’s a raft of social clubs springing up devoted to car fans and coffee – enter cars and coffee.
FPR appeals to Ford to stay in V8 Supercars
Ford Performance Racing’s co-owner Rod Nash has appealed to Ford to re-sign with FPR for the 2015 V8 Supercars season and beyond.
Armor All Rain Repellant released
Armor All releases its new Rain Repellant product as huge storms lash parts of Australia. Timing is everything… mental note: it doesn’t replace windscreen wipers.
Mopar teases SEMA show car line-up
Mopar has teased a set of sketches hinting at its SEMA show car line-up in November, it’ll show modified Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, Dodge and Ram vehicles.
ANCAP awards Honda Accord five stars
ANCAP praises Honda Accord design changes in a raft of five star ratings, but is critical of Nissan for omitting Autonomous Emergency Braking from the Nissan X-Trail in Australia.
Porsche slams claimed Macan S Diesel moose test failure
Porsche has denied claims by Swedish magazine Teknikens Varld that its Macan S Diesel performed strangely during a moose test, saying it did exactly what it should have.
Drive to the conditions – it’s not hard
Winter is here and that means we can expect more rain, more fog and even ice on the roads in some places, so why can’t we all drive to the conditions?
Audi Q3 camping tent revealed
The Wörthersee GTI event is the event that keeps on giving. In addition to a swag of one-off concepts, the VW Group has shown off the Q3 camping tent.
Brite Lightning metal cleaner
Lightning has been producing cleaning products since 1930, and has just launched a new metal cleaning and polishing product, Brite Lightning.
VW GTI Roadster concept revealed
Volkswagen has turned the virtual into reality, presenting the GTI Roadster concept at the Woerthersee GTI meeting in Austria (18-31 May).
Lexus NX SUV to offer tech firsts…
The Lexus NX SUV will include a number of technical innovations for the Lexus brand when it launches here in October.
Bentley SUV teased in new video
Bentley has released a teaser video of the SUV it plans to introduce in 2016 – the video hints at a more curvaceous shape to the one the EXP-9 concept wore.
2014 Jeep Cherokee gets 5 stars
ANCAP has today awarded the Jeep Cherokee, Skoda Rapid, Honda Odyssey and Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid with five-star crash safety ratings. It’s Jeep’s first ever five-star ANCAP rating.
New Volkswagen Passat to be roomier
While we’ve only got sketches to go off, VW has revealed that the new Volkswagen Passat will be lighter, roomier and loaded down with new features.
2015 Subaru WRX CVT review
The Subaru WRX is better than ever … when you go for the CVT model. Forget the manual, as this CVT version will out-drive it and plenty of other more expensive performance cars. The king is back.
Skoda Yeti Xtreme revealed
Hot on the heels of its apprentice-built Skoda CitiJet, Skoda has revealed another concept to be shown at the GTI event at Wörthersee, the Skoda Yeti Xtreme – a concept rally car based on the comapct SUV.