Aston Martin has managed to curb the worst of its half-year losses thanks to insane demand for its luxurious DBX SUV, helping the company buck last year’s figures and minimise its 2021 losses. Compared to last year’s figures, Aston Martin has managed to fight off the worst of the financial […]
Month: July 2021
Mitsubishi previews 2022 Outlander PHEV; more power, confirmed for Australia
Mitsubishi Motors has sent out a preview of its next-gen 2022 Outlander plug-in hybrid (PHEV), confirming its Australian arrival for the first half of next year. It comes complete with an overhauled and more powerful PHEV powertrain. Details at this point are few and far between, however, Mitsubishi has told […]
2022 Toyota GR 86 arrival announcement for Australia in Q4 (video)
The all-new 2022 Toyota GR 86 sports coupe will go on sale in Australia within the next 12 months, with a formal announcement on timing to be made during the fourth quarter of this year. Toyota Australia says in getting ready to introduce the new model, it is offering special […]
Bathurst 1000 postponed in 2021 as COVID-19 lockdowns extend
Organisers of the Supercars Championship have confirmed the world-famous 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 race weekend has been postponed until November, in response to extensions of Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Typically the Bathurst race weekend falls in early October, however, race organisers have pushed it back by a month to hopefully get […]
2022 Isuzu MU-X on sale in Australia from $47,900
Isuzu Ute Australia has just confirmed the full prices and variant lineup details for the all-new 2022 MU-X large 7-seat SUV. It brings in much of the technology and features, and new powertrain, that we saw with the D-Max. Firstly, the hardware. Yes, it gets the new 4JJ-TCX 3.0-litre turbo-diesel […]
Video: 1979 Holden Sunbird (UC Torana) 0-100km/h & engine sound
No, it’s not a Holden Torana. It’s a Holden Sunbird. But you’d be forgiven for making such an assumption as it is based on the UC series Torana, and adopts the same chassis and in fact the same body. The Sunbird was launched in Australia in 1978 as a replacement […]
Land Rover Defender ‘SVR’ to feature BMW twin-turbo V8 – report
Yep, once again, it looks like V8 BMW power could soon be coming to a Jaguar Land Rover product near you. Specifically, for a high-performance version of the latest Land Rover Defender, expected to be called the SVR or SVX. It’s long been rumoured and reported that Jaguar Land Rover […]
Hyundai’s XCIENT world-first hydrogen truck hitting roads in California
Hyundai has confirmed a partnership in California that will see the supply of 30 hydrogen fuel-cell electric trucks, called the XCIENT, for a series of projects designed to improve the state’s air quality. The publicly-funded project will see a fleet of 30 XCIENT fuel-cell trucks – currently the world’s first […]