BMW has added yet another electric vehicle priced below Australia’s Luxury Car Tax (LCT) threshold, with the introduction of two battery-electric variants of the iX2 compact SUV, the cheapest of which his priced at $82,900. Just a few weeks ago, we reported that BMW had plans to launch three […]
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MY24 Lexus UX 300e Arrives with Significantly Larger Battery, Priced from $79,990
Lexus has launched an updated version of the UX 300e compact SUV, with added driving range from a significantly larger battery pack, atop some equipment additions over the outgoing UX 300e. Over the previous UX 300e, the latest batch of MY24 UX 300e’s pick up a 72.8kWh battery pack, a […]
Cupra Secures 450 Formentor VZe & Leon VZe Plug-in Hybrids for Australia
Cupra has announced a total of 450 examples of the Formentor VZe and Leon VZe plug-in hybrid will be making their way to Australia. Cupra’s initial batch of Formentor & Leon PHEVs was fairly modest late last year, with the company saying the added supply, primarily of the Formentor plug-in […]
Nissan Qashqai e-Power Hybrid Arriving Q1, 2024, Priced at $51,590
Nissan has confirmed that the range-topping Qashqai e-Power hybrid will be arriving in the first quarter of 2024, with prices standing at $51,590 before on-road costs. While the latest-gen Qashqai has been on sale here since mid-2022, Nissan held back on introducing the e-Power hybrid range-topper too early, amping up […]
Mazda Adds CX-5 and CX-8 to Large Fleet Program
Mazda says that Australian fleet operators can now add the latest CX-5 and CX-8 SUV to their shortlists, with the company expanding its Mazda Fleet Program to 25 vehicles in total. Mazda kicked off its Large Fleet Program back in 2020, which consisted solely of the BT-50 ute.Now, though, large […]
Volkswagen Group’s EV Sales Jump 45 Per Cent Year-on-Year
Volkswagen says that sales of its battery-electric vehicles – including those of subsidiaries Cupra, Audi, Skoda and Porsche – have increased by 45 per cent in the third-quarter of 2023 over the same point last year. All up, the Volkswagen Group delivered 531,500 battery-electric vehicles between January and September, 2023, […]
Toyota Confirms Pricing & Specs for Hybrid-Only C-HR, Arrives Q1 2024
Toyota has confirmed pricing and specification details, as well as a delivery timeline for the updated C-HR compact SUV range which is set to arrive in the first quarter of 2024 with price tags starting at $42,990 before on-roads. Earlier this year, Toyota gave us our first look at its […]
Hyundai Updates MY24 Palisade Lineup with New Variants, Range Starts from $66,800
Hyundai has taken the wraps off its MY24 Palisade SUV lineup, with a pair of new variants and a more generous equipment list headlining the list of updates for the range that now starts from $66,800 before on-roads. The new variants come in the form of the Calligraphy and Calligraphy […]