Autocar

APRIL 14, 2025

Its in the process of reversing out of the volume market with cars like the A-Class (about which my reports often centred on whether it was better than the Volkswagen Golf ) and returning to being what CEO Ola Kllenius calls a premium luxury car maker. Even with the roof down, its a quiet cabin.

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Drive.com

JUNE 2, 2024

Skip ahead: Introduction Running costs Price and specification Energy use Interior space and comfort On-road assessment Connectivity and infotainment Summary Safety Next steps 2024 Ford E-Transit Custom Electric delivery vans are not yet big business in Australia, but the market is growing – and there are more choices than ever.

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Drive.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

RELATED: The Ford AU Falcon was a $700 million flop However, the old guard at Broadmeadows could not move the badge forward from the 1960s, either in engineering, market perception or on-road behaviour. The Falcon, in the metal and as a brand, became an antique. Roadholding is fine and the suspension maintains discipline on rough surfaces.

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Turbo Marketing Solutions

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Can you imagine a better marketing angle than to offer a certified trade-in value and a better way to create urgency than a certificate valid for a period of 30 days to get your customers to take action? Is it a Marketing or Retention Program? That said, in my humble opinion, the real power of the program is on the marketing side.

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Drive.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Skip ahead: Introduction Running costs Price and specification Energy use Interior space and comfort On-road assessment Connectivity and infotainment Summary Safety Next steps 2025 Chery Omoda E 5 Chery has joined the growing electric-car market in Australia. The only major components carried over from the petrol Omoda 5 are the seats.

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Drive.com

APRIL 29, 2024

While Australia’s ute-centric buying behaviour may have helped shift the showroom spread away from passenger cars (in 2014 the Golf made up almost 36 per cent of Volkswagen sales compared to less than 7 per cent today), despite its strong performance within the brand the Amarok is not as popular with buyers as it should be.

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CarExpert

APRIL 18, 2024

Looking around the cabin the MU-X LS-M has a large spread of harder plastics, but this to be expected given it is an entry-level model. The suspension tune is supple and compliant, able to soak up road imperfections and speed bumps easily. It costs an additional $433.27. litre’s outputs. tonnes unladen.

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Drive.com

JANUARY 11, 2024

Skip ahead: Introduction Running costs Price and specification Energy use Interior space and comfort On-road assessment Connectivity and infotainment Summary Safety Next steps 2024 BYD Dolphin Premium Competition in Australia’s new car market is a funny thing. The crossover SUV is a great example.

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Zero to 60 Times

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing would tell us that each startup automaker is going to launch an excellent vehicle from the first try. While basically it’s a cargo area spreading the width of the truck, set behind the rear seats and in front of the truck bed, it’s fitting for numerous purposes. Rivian R1T is not part of that history.

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Drive.com

MAY 20, 2024

Skip ahead: Introduction Running costs Price and specification Energy use Interior space and comfort On-road assessment Connectivity and infotainment Summary Safety Next steps 2024 MG 4 Long Range 77 The last 12 months have seen massive changes in Australia’s electric vehicle market.

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CarExpert

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

It’s also worth mentioning the old model’s six-cylinder and plug-in hybrid engine options are no more, despite overseas markets still getting several versions of the latter. It’s firmer than I’d like for something marketed as ‘premium’, and probably deserves adaptive damping. Model Mazda CX-60 G40e Engine 3.3L

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Drive.com

APRIL 15, 2025

The amount of money spent on the various components required to remanufacture a vehicle for our right-hand-drive market is eye-watering when you look at the real cost. Hey presto, we’ve got a legitimate ‘segment’ in the new car market, whether the naysayers like it or not.

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Drive.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In order to give it the widest appeal possible, the CX-30 comes in a broad spread of 10 different variants, with a choice of two engines, plus front- or all-wheel drive. It’s not exactly stiff, and deals with bumps and potholes quite well, but it’s also quick to settle and not as wallowy as some might like.

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CarExpert

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With a wide spread of variants and almost limitless choices for optional extras and genuine accessories, owners will be able to customise their vehicle to suit their exact needs. I kept bumping my toes on it as I wanted to stretch out more. The suspension can also wallow bit over high-speed bumps, and there’s plenty of body roll.

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Drive.com

JUNE 11, 2024

Ford is back in the people mover market after a 34-year absence with the van-based Tourneo. There are still a number of competitors looking to chip away at the Carnival’s dominance, and the latest to join the market will be Ford. Is it a Kia Carnival beater?

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CarExpert

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Skoda Kamiq has been a sales success since hitting the Australian market back in 2020, outselling every other model in the Czech brand’s stable. They’re comfortable and supportive, with plenty of room to spread out given the ample space available to rear passengers. In fact, I found the 1.0-litre

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Drive.com

MARCH 23, 2025

The cabin design is largely shared with the Tank 500 SUV, and in top-spec Ultra guise, it feels much more upmarket than just about any other mainstream ute on the market. While it appears to be tuned to be softer, it still feels fidgety on most road surfaces, and the rear end will skip and buck if you encounter a mid-corner bump.

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Drive.com

AUGUST 2, 2024

Skip ahead: Introduction Running costs Price and specification Energy use Interior space and comfort On-road assessment Connectivity and infotainment Summary Safety Next steps 2024 Suzuki Vitara Turbo We will see up to 10 new brands entering the Australian new-car market this year alone. How much is a Suzuki Vitara?

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CarExpert

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

There’s a really cool animation that spreads across the entire digital instrument cluster to let you know this is something serious. An electric park brake is available in other markets which also brings auto hold. There’s a surround-view camera offered in other markets.

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Drive.com

JUNE 17, 2024

Service intervals are spread every 12 months or 30,000km, and cost $499 each for the first four years – for a total of $1996. With about 500kg in the load area – roughly half the Transit Custom’s payload – the suspension soaks up most bumps without much fuss, only upsetting the van’s composure on the biggest of potholes.

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Drive.com

MARCH 20, 2025

Its range includes a lot of similar, but just slightly different SUVs aimed at the premium end of the market. The ride becomes much more forgiving, though some bumps do still catch it out, and steady cruising or push-on overtaking sees the transmission behave exactly as it should. How do I buy a Mazda CX-80? The next steps.

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CarExpert

MAY 10, 2024

Beginning with a program in 2022 to improve battery performance, the collaboration between the two saw the development of a highly specialised dielectric heat transfer fluid in which the entire battery is immersed, helping to control heat build-up caused by high-speed charging, while helping to prevent the spread of thermal runaway.

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Drive.com

JANUARY 25, 2024

Often found mid-corner, the road surface is a maze of bumps and undulations – each of which he knows intimately – that makes for an effective test bed against suspension development. Another benefit of the electronic tuning, in this case, is the relative ease of adjustment, according to the tastes of various markets.

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Drive.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s a natural effect of changing market forces. For MG, which started out as a builder of modified Morris vehicles, and morphed into a more approachable mass-market brand over a century, the focus is now back on performance. Similarly, mid-corner bumps, when feeding in more power, can cause the car to lurch alarmingly.

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Drive.com

DECEMBER 3, 2024

I love to see that Porsche has retained the cool curved instrument display in front of the driver – it first made its debut on the Taycan and has since spread throughout the brand’s line-up. There’s also a head-up display that Porsche claims is the largest on the market. The infotainment itself is dead easy to use.

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CarExpert

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Chinese brand Chery is starting to make a dent in the Aussie market and it’s doing so with just two models on offer; the Omoda 5 and recently launched Tiggo 7 Pro. Talk to Lucas Harris, managing director at Chery Australia, and he’ll tell you in no uncertain terms it’s the most premium of those Chinese brands currently in market here.

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CarExpert

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Other important functions (climate control, drive modes and audio controls) are spread across physical buttons and dials on the centre stack another example of the Q5’s user-friendly nature. Particularly nasty bumps and potholes occasionally make themselves known in the cabin, but ride comfort is never a point of concern.

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Autocar

MARCH 8, 2024

These are our favourites The recent history of the European pick-up truck market is an uncharacteristically epic tale of boom and bust, of unexpected twists and turns, new arrivals and sudden exits. It’s also the only vehicle that’s really challenged the Ford Ranger’s European-market sales dominance in recent years.

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CarExpert

APRIL 12, 2025

If I had one complaint about the second row seating arrangement, it’s a lack of toe room that makes it tricky to properly spread out. If this were a cheaper, mass market MPV, I’d place less emphasis on this point. For those reasons, I don’t expect the V300 to take the people mover market by storm.

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Drive.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Electric vehicle sales may have lifted off the accelerator pedal in the past nine months, but the number of new models reaching the market has hit overdrive. Other categories at Drive Car of the Year look for the most family-friendly, most luxurious or most affordable EVs on the market, but this one aims to find the best all-rounders.

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