SmartBar has released a range of ANCAP tested bull bar alternatives that actually improve the ANCAP score on Toyota HiLux, Holden Colorado and Ford Ranger.

Mazda’s design boss has said there will be no new Mazda RX model without a rotary engine, putting an end to rumours of a revival of the motoring icon.

The all-new 2015 Honda Civic Type R has been spied testing near the Nurburgring in Germany, only days after Honda revealed its Paris-bound concept.

Toyota Australia has announced a recall on both 2WD and 4WD Kluger models built between May and June 2014 for a potential fuel delivery pipe defect.

Kia has today announced it will offer customers a seven year warranty, capped-price servicing and roadside assistance program.

Ford has announced details and specifications for the oft-delayed 2015 Ford Mondeo and opened its order books in the UK, but Australia won’t see it until early 2015.

New Honda Civic Type R concept boasts more power than an NSX and with 206kW is the most powerful Type R car ever. It’ll be here mid-2015.

Kia says the diesel-electric T-Hybrid powertrain in its Kia Optima T-Hybrid concept, to be shown at the Paris Motor Show, could power future Kia models.

It’s one of the best-looking BMWs and when a twin-turbo diesel beats under the bonnet, Tony Bosworth reckons the 520d is also one of the most efficient luxury cars you can buy.

Week 5: Tony Bosworth wonders why our long-term Hyundai SR’s delivered him to an industrial estate when he was trying to get home.

Paul Murrell reckons there’s no practical reason why you’d spend the extra dollars to buy the V8 when the Maserati Quattroporte S V6 is such a capable and enticing engine. But what’s $80,000 between friends?

Despite being the cheapest Mercedes-Benz sedan (it comes in a full $10,000 under the already-good-value C-Class), the CLA 200 will sell on its appearance, as much as the three-pointed star in the grille.

The compact-SUV segment is becoming very crowded, and it just got even squashier with the arrival of the new Peugeot 2008. Paul Murrell takes it for a drive to work out if beauty is only skin deep.

The BMW Z4 is a two-seater sports car so it can’t be judged by the standards of ‘sensible’ cars, but you’ll need to decide just how many compromises you are willing to live with.

Australian car buyers are among the most conservative when it comes to choosing a colour. Sampling more than 9000 new car purchases in 2013, an online car buying service found that 21% of new cars sold were white.

The authorities persist in road rule enforcement and penalty application that patently isn’t doing much to reduce the road toll or make our roads safer. That’s why people get so angry about being pinged for relatively minor offences while the really dangerous drivers carry on regardless.

A Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland has joined the Practical Motoring garage and it’s already notched up more than 1200km. Priced from $71,000 and loaded with creature comforts Isaac Bober wants to know how well it fits the average family. Well, his family, at least.

Mazda has finally succumbed to the push for capped priced servicing and reconsiders its mandatory six-month service demands. The company hasn’t made it clear how this impacts existing owners.