Machines with Souls
DECEMBER 15, 2024
BMW i8 values are dropping, and one just hit an incredibly low price. But is it a car you'd want at any cost? The post How cheap does a BMW i8 need to be? appeared first on Machines With Souls.
Auto Express
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The RAC predicts millions will be on the move this festive season, with Christmas Eve set to be the busiest day
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Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The renderings imagine a Cadillac pickup truck built on the GMC Sierra EV platform. Cadillac once offered the Escalade EXT, a pickup version of its flagship SUV. This concept could merge luxury and utility, delivering both comfort and capability. Let’s face it, GM already has most of the pickup market covered. Chevy for the everyman, GMC for those who like to remind their neighbors they’re a little better off, and the Hummer EV for people who enjoy vaporizing their wallets, and maybe
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Lexus Australia is recalling over 1000 examples of its NX crossover due to a fault with its automatic high-beam system. “Due to a programming issue, the Adaptive High Beam System (AHS) LED units (high beam) and AHS ECUs (Electronic Control Unit) may incorrectly detect the signals for switching from low beam to high beam,” the company says in its recall notice. “If this occurs, a warning message will display and render the high beam inoperative. “A non-operational high bea
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
There are many models that are wildly popular today despite their flaws. Sure, there’s no such thing as a perfect car, but some of them are overrated. So tell us, which are the ones you absolutely dislike – and why? Every year, automakers churn out an assembly line of fresh sheet metal, but very few end up making waves. Of that group, even fewer garner widespread appeal or popularity.
AutoSuccessOnline
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Does SEO Even Work for Dealers? Its Q4, and sales are not where you want them, yet your website vendor or marketing agency keeps showing you rosy reporting that your organic search traffic is growing. Sound familiar? I teach workshops, seminars and 20 group presentations about how SEO actually works in automotive, and I find time and time again that most of the dealer community has been misled in this area of marketing.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Ferrari’s Purosangue is listed for over $300,000 more than its already steep MSRP. By comparison, it’s possible to find a low-mileage Lamborghini Urus for around $200,000. These Purosangues have asking prices exceeding even used Ferrari SF90 Stradales. Ferrari’s answer to the SUV craze is the Purosangue, a vehicle that seemingly exists just to give purists migraines and hedge fund managers something to fight over.
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Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Mitsubishi’s Czech division has created a hotter version of the Colt supermini. This special edition features a rally-inspired livery, subtle aero tweaks, and new wheels. It’s powered by a modified 1.0-liter turbo engine, delivering 127 horsepower. At a time when automakers seem hell-bent on sucking the joy out of driving, Mitsubishi’s Czech arm has come up with a wild idea: slap a rally livery on a rebadged Renault Clio, throw in some bigger wheels, and top it off with a 27% p
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
GWM is ramping up the deals on its dual-cab Cannon Ute , ahead of an updated model arriving in Australian showrooms early next year. Until December 31, 2024 or while stocks last, GWM Australia is offering the entire Ute (aka Cannon Ute or Ute Cannon) range with a $2000 bonus for private buyers, or $1500 for ABN holders. With the range now starting from $34,490 drive-away for private buyers of the base Premium, the price of entry to the range is $4500 cheaper than prior to August, with the base d
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
A Tesla Cybertruck whose owner says it was damaged by a pothole in the road needed $34,000 of repairs. Fortunately his insurance company payed out for the extensive fix, which sidelined the EV for almost four months. Despite the huge bill, the owner claims he is “astounded at how tough and capable this truck is.” Tesla’s long-hyped, Mad Max-meets-LEGO Cybertruck has been on the streets for a year now, and, predictably, the drama has already arrived with it.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Lexus Australia has recalled 2963 examples of the RX SUV, due to a fault with its headlights which could make the vehicle non-compliant with Australian road rules. Due to a manufacturing defect in the Adaptive High Beam System (AHS) cracks may develop over time resulting in the LED reflector detaching from the reflector motor inside the headlamp assembly, the carmaker said in its recall notice.
Auto Express
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The Skoda Superb serves up more space than a stately home, yet our Deal of the Day for 15 December wont force you to sell the family silver
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Cupra wants to lure more Australians into its tribe. The sporty Spanish spinoff brand from the Volkswagen Group sold more than 3700 cars in Australia in 2023, but it’s struggled to hit the same heights so far in 2024. To date, it’s down 30 per cent on the same point last year. Rather than resting on its laurels, Cupra has responded with a range of deals.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
A new survey by BloombergNEF reports that battery packs have fallen the most since 2017. Cheaper battery packs means that EVs should become more affordable, and on par with ICE vehicles. Predictions will still hinge on EV adoption, as well as global policy towards electric cars. Everyone loves a good “breakthrough” headline about electric vehicles, especially the kind that promises they’ll finally stop costing as much as a mid-sized house in Ohio.
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The Mazda2 is up to #6 in Mexico in November. The Mexican new light vehicle market is up a fantastic 14.3% year-on-year in November to147,971 units. This is the 2nd highest November volume in history and the largest in 8 years: since November 2016 (154,627). The year-to-date tally is up 10.7% to 1,350,353 sales, the highest level since 2017 (1,371,713).
Autocar
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Could you guess which one of these cars has done 129,000 miles, at a glance? Modern cars are more dependable than ever, and if you shop carefully, there are leggy bargains to be found Which Golf in the main image here hasdone the higher mileage? Both were registered in 2019, but one has done 49,000 miles, the other 129,000. In fact, the higher-mileage car is on the right.
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Ford Kuga sales are up three-fold year-on-year in November. It’s a fantastic month for Hungarian new passenger car sales in November at +28% year-on-year to 10,647 units, meaning the year-to-date tally stands just below 110,000, a 10% year-on-year improvement. When adding light commercials, the market reaches 12,991 units for November (+26.1%) and 132,423 units year-to-date, up 11.4% over the same period in 2023.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
BYD is busily expanding its local lineup, with the electric Sealion 7 SUV the next cab off the rank. The mid-sized electric SUV will arrive here in February 2025, and battle not only the Tesla Model Y but also a growing contingent of Chinese rivals including the Xpeng G6 , Deepal S07 and Leapmotor C10. Government approval documents show two different powertrains have been approved for sale in Australia.
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Nissan Juke sales are up 72.7% year-on-year in November Data by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT shows a Cyprus market off -13.8% year-on-year in November to 1,072 sales. The year-to-date tally remains in positive territory however at +2.8% to 14,378 and bar a catastrophic month of December should end the year with an uptick. This month Nissan (+71.1%) surges into the brands top spot, its second win of the year after last February.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
A 1963 Ferrari California body sits atop a 2010 California chassis in this unique project. The restomod includes the modern Ferrari drivetrain and detailed plans for completion. This no-reserve auction could yield one of the coolest or most daunting Ferrari restomods ever. There’s an old adage that goes like this: “Never buy another man’s project.” For those who think such sayings are just stupid, there’s this Ferrari.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The second-generation Hyundai Palisade will reportedly stick with a V6 engine but gain turbo-petrol and hybrid options. That’s according to details published by owners__club_ on Instagram and reshared by The Korean Car Blog , which show a 3.5-litre V6 will replace the current 3.8-litre V6. A 2.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine will reportedly join the range alongside Hyundai’s new 2.5-litre turbocharged hybrid four-cylinder powertrain.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Hagerty Insurance has published its 2025 Bull List guide to the hottest classic cars to buy. The list names 11 cars Hagerty expects to increase in value over the next 12 months. Affordable options include the Mini Cooper S, Honda Prelude and Ford Bronco II for less than $20k. It’s not only billionaires that get to make a few bucks while driving a great classic car.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Motorists who hold an overseas licence are the target of a new joint effort between the New South Wales Government and the Australian Border Force to stamp out a dubious practice of demerit point offloading. Currently, there exists a loophole in which foreign drivers in Australia can nominate another overseas motorist if theyre charged with a driving offence.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 15, 2024
PROS ›› Reasonable base price, good handling and comfort, spacious cabin, many physical controls, great towing capacity CONS ›› Abysmal fuel consumption, lots of hard plastics, pricey packages, shows its age against the competition The 2025 Dodge Durango R/T isn’t just another SUV, it’s a time capsule (in more ways than one) that bellows V8 thunder in a market increasingly obsessed with whisper-quiet EVs and soulless hybrids.
Autocar
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Cupra has built SUVs such as the Terramar "because that's where the market is" New models, such as an off-road buggy, are being considered to help build the Spanish brand Cupra will launch cars that break segments and have very provocative bodystyles as part of its next wave of models, the first of which could be seen in 2025. In the six years since it was launched as a stand-alone brand sired from Seat , Cupra has made a series of crossover and hatchback models a mixture of cars evolved from S
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The BYD Atto 2 could become one of the Chinese giants most affordable electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe when it launches there next month, but its not yet locked in for an Australian arrival. Sold in China as the BYD Yuan Up, the Atto 2 was confirmed by Green NCAP a European vehicle testing organisation which is a sibling of Euro NCAP for a launch in January, less than a year after it debuted in its home market.
Autocar
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The Seat Ibiza is good looking and spacious supermini is it time to buy a used example? The Seat Ibiza of2008-2017 was farmore than a Volkswagen Polo in a fancy outfit: it balanced refinement, spaciousness, performance and style to make it a front-runner in the dog-eat-dog supermini class.The fourth-generation Ibiza ushered in an entirely new design language for Seat, being the first model sketched under the direction of Luc Donckerwolke, the man behind the Lamborghini Murcilago and Gallardo.It
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
The Toyota Urban Cruiser has been revealed as the Japanese giant’s latest electric vehicle (EV), but we’ve seen it before. That’s because it’s a lightly restyled version of the recently revealed Suzuki e Vitara , with a new ‘hammerhead’ front-end design to align it with recently launched Toyota models like the Prius and the Chinese-market bZ3X.
Autocar
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Supercar-slaying interceptors are the coolest in the emergency vehicle fleet Some (not me) will be able to cast their minds back to the late 1970s, when TV screens were awash with hit detective shows. You had the great Gordon Jackson starring alongside Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins in The Professionals (which to this day still has one of the best theme tunes), Dennis Waterman was tearing up west London in Minder, and when he wasnt doing that, he was buddying up with John Thaw for The Sweeney.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
GWM Australia has made a raft of minor specification changes to the Haval H6 GT SUV as it prepares to launch a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant early next year. The Haval H6 GT PHEV will join the H6 GT Ultra in the 2025 lineup. The base Lux was axed earlier this year. Both the petrol and plug-in hybrid versions have been subjected to a minor update, picking up cosmetic and tech upgrades including a revised tail-light design, matte black GWM rear badging, and intelligent voice command for hands-
Car Examer
DECEMBER 15, 2024
In this guide, well break down what TPMS is, how it works, and why its a must-have for safer, more efficient driving. Your cars tyres do more than just keep you movingthey play a huge role in your safety, fuel efficiency, and overall driving experience. Thats why keeping them at the right pressure is so important. Luckily, the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) makes it easy by keeping an eye on your tyre pressure and alerting you when somethings off.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
JAC Motors has recalled 29 examples of the T9 ute, due to a fault which can lead to it engaging limp-home mode and losing power while driving. Due to the failure of the turbo actuator module, the vehicle may inadvertently activate limp-home mode resulting in a gradual reduction of motive power whilst driving, the carmaker said in its recall notice. A gradual reduction in motive power whilst driving could increase the risk of an accident, causing injury or death to the vehicle occupants and/or ot
Car Examer
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Heres a straightforward guide to help you bleed car brakes. Your cars brakes are one of its most important safety features. Over time, air can sneak into the brake lines, making your brakes feel spongy or less responsive. When this happens, its time to bleed the brakesa process that removes trapped air and restores your braking power. If the idea sounds intimidating, dont worry!
CarExpert
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Services on Adelaides unique O-Bahn busway were temporarily interrupted on December 15 after an elderly motorist drove onto the dedicated bus-only tracks, despite numerous warning signs. According to South Australia Police, at 7pm on Sunday evening, an elderly Hyundai Getz driver accidentally drove onto the O-Bahn which consists of dedicated train-like tracks for buses near the Tea Tree Plaza interchange, approximately 17km from the Adelaide CBD.
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