When a two-star ANCAP crash score was announced for the Ford Mustang earlier this year, many of us expected that there would be major consumer recoil. But there hasn’t been...
Holden has thrown a bunch of goodies at the SV6 sedan, but does the Black Edition still cut it in the sports sedan stakes?
It's the last iteration ever of the Falcon V8, and it may be the best yet...
James cuts loose with the ultimate Australian sports coupe: the HSV Maloo.
Power and excitement go hand-in-hand. Henry Kissinger summed up the connection perfectly when he said: "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac". Though Kissinger wasn't talking about kilowatts, when you take a look at the 10 most powerful production cars on sale in Australia, there's no arguing each has sex appeal...
Sales of Australian-made vehicles in December were the strongest for two years, on the back of spikes for the Toyota Camry and Holden Commodore. According to VFACTS data released this week, 11,643 Australian-made cars were ‘sold’, up 33.3 per cent. It’s the first time this monthly figure has hit five figures since December 2013...
James takes a ride on the Highway to Hell in the 2016 HSV GTS - and brings AC/DC along for the ride...
Power and practicality in one punchy package. The baddest wagon on the block arrives in the way of the 400kW HSV Clubsport R8 Tourer...
Has Holden saved the best until last? We drive the final Australian built Commodore - the VF Series II...
Luxury car brands Audi, Bentley, BMW, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Rolls-Royce all enjoyed a bumper year in 2014. The big three German makers - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz - enjoyed the most success, despite the overall market dipping slightly compared with 2013's record sales...
The number of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2014 contracted by 2.0 per cent compared with the record figures of 2013, though sales once again topped the magic million mark. According to VFACTS figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, 1,113,224 new cars, SUVs and commercials were registered last year, which is 23,000 fewer than in the previous year over the same number of selling days...
The Toyota HiLux has claimed the title of top-selling ute once again, but sales figures for 2014 show the shine appears to be wearing off the light commercial vehicle segment as the mining boom winds down. The Toyota HiLux rustled up 38,126 sales over the course of 2014, a drop of 1805 units or 4.5 per cent compared with the previous year...
The Toyota Corolla has taken out the title of best-selling vehicle in 2014, claiming top-spot honours for the second year straight by just pipping the Mazda 3. The Corolla notched up 43,735 sales over the calendar year - just a few hundred units more than its nearest rival, which also happens to be a Japanese small car, the Mazda 3 (43,313)...
The good and the bad of Australia's only locally built SUV, the Ford Territory.
Toyota has sweetened the deal with all Yaris and Corolla purchases, throwing in up to $2410 worth of extras. The Yaris receives the bulk of Toyota's latest price sweetener, with pricing reduced by up to 5.5 percent, with the biggest price drop seen on the YRS 3-door and 5-door hatches, lopping $950 from their recommended retail price...
CarAdvice can exclusively reveal that Australian company JOSS Developments Limited, developers of the soon-to-be JOSS supercar, are on the brink of signing a multi-million dollar deal with Mercedes-Benz that will secure the rights to use a revised version of the European manufacturer's petrol AMG engine in its supercar, according to an inside source...
All eyes were on the Aston Martin stand at Frankfurt this year with the unveiling of the much talked about and much praised, Rapide four-door sports sedan. Adding two extra doors to a DB9, which is often regarded as one of the most beautiful coupes in the world, is no easy design job...
