Car News

Now we know what news stories and reviews you read the most in 2020, what did you sit back and watch? Video has become a huge part of the way that the automotive industry, from publishers to brands to social-media personalities, have been able to show more than tell about new cars and their features. Our YouTube channel tipped over 250,000 subscribers this year, and will continue to grow as we combine the CarAdvice / Drive channels during 2021.

I’m sure the conversation started innocently enough. What if buyers of the very successful medium-sized Geely Boyue SUV (known as Azkarra in international markets) also like utes? Where things went from there is anyone’s guess, but what eventuated is almost too comically awkward to be real, but here we are, and here is the Geely Farizon FX. Do not adjust your sets, as the car is already on sale.

A Newcastle man has been arrested following a wild joyride through the streets of the regional NSW city. The 49-year-old allegedly stole an Audi R8 from a home in Merewether before embarking on a wild ride through suburban Newcastle. The entire journey was captured on the Audi R8’s dashcam video recorder, installed by the vehicle's owner.

There was plenty of global news in 2020, which will go down in the history books for the year an invisible virus brought the world to a standstill. But while the automotive industry wasn't immune to the impacts of Covid-19, there was still plenty of news to cover. As many Australians endured through lockdowns, there were five news stories which dominated on CarAdvice. Here are the top five news articles for 2020.

2021 will be a year of electrification for Volvo, as the brand pledges to have only electric, hybrid and mild-hybrids by the second half of the year. Along with axing diesel engines completely from their lineup, Volvo is also introducing a more efficient 'B-Series' mild-hybrid range of petrol engines across the range.