Volkswagen may have to buy back as many as 115,000 of its defective vehicles, according to a German newspaper investigating the dieselgate scandal. Sueddeutsche Zeitung claims that Volkswagen is facing two choices; either refund 20 per cent of the just-under 600,000 affected diesel models, or offer consumers a massive saving […]
Day: 8 January 2016
Hennessey develops tuning kit for new Shelby Mustang GT350
American tuning house Hennessey has turned some attention to the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, and the results speak for themselves. Hennessey’s kit, called the HPE575, for the new GT350 is all yours for US$6950 installed, or $4995 if you’re skilled/brave enough to install it yourself. The HPE575 kit takes […]
Audi unveils interior tech of the future at 2016 CES
Audi is in Las Vegas for the CES event, and it brought a bunch exciting new technologies that we can expect to see in its future production cars. Some highlights on display include a 14.1-inch AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diodes) virtual gauge cluster, which was previewed at CES […]
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in Australia during 2015
It’s no secret SUVs are fast-becoming the item of choice in the car buying world. In Australia, sales of the popular all-terrainers jumped considerably in 2015 from 2014. During 2015, there were 408,471 new SUV registrations. This is up a strong 15.9 per cent compared with the 2014 year-to-date result. […]
Lexus plans world premiere at Detroit, new ‘LC’ coupe?
Lexus is about to unveil an all-new vehicle that, seemingly, is capable of doing burnouts. All clues point to a new ‘LC’ grand touring coupe inspired by the LF-LC concept. The luxury Toyota-owned company has set up a special website that will host the live unveiling of an “unprecedented world […]
Hyundai IONIQ complex architecture detailed, rear & interior revealed
Hyundai has revealed more details and images of the anticipated new IONIQ hybrid sedan, before its Detroit show debut next week. This is Hyundai’s first-ever dedicated hybrid model, so it’s a rather big deal. Think of it as like Hyundai’s answer to the ever-popular Toyota Prius. It will be available […]
2017 Lincoln Continental production version leaks online
A blurry image of the 2017 Lincoln Continental has surfaced online, giving us some clues as to what the new icon will look like. Lincoln, Ford’s luxury brand in the US, showed us the Continental concept car last year and confirmed it will be reintroducing the model after it was […]