For fans of powerful dual-cab pickup utes, this year’s Geneva Motor Show will see the debut of the 2018 Mercedes-Benz X 350 d 4MATIC. It’s the most powerful vehicle in the diesel class. After debuting mid last year, with initial Australian pricing announced just months ago for the four-cylinder X […]
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2018 Nissan Navara Series III now on sale in Australia
Nissan Australia is introducing the Series III Navara range, which promises to be more capable on and off the road, easier to live with and more enjoyable overall. The updates were initiated by Nissan Australia and tested extensively in Australia, the company says. A majority of the updates are applied […]
BMW X3 gets Alpina attention for first time; the Alpina XD3
The third-generation X3 has not been in Australia long but already won many friends and plaudits with its design and technology. Renowned BMW tuners Alpina have created the XD3, a brutal quad-turbo monster based on BMW’s latest medium SUV. The XD3 is powered by a quad-turbo 3.0-litre inline-six diesel, with […]
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe unveiled, gets new 8-spd auto
The redesigned 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe has been fully revealed, with its technical specifications detailed and new technologies which are firsts for the brand. Featuring bold and fresh styling, the 2019 Santa Fe takes the ‘Cascading Grille’ theme to another level, with two sets of headlights like the Kona small […]
2019 Volvo V60 revealed; new safety features, plug-in hybrid variant
The wraps are off the third-generation 2019 Volvo V60 station wagon, which is the fifth vehicle off the company’s Scalable Platform Architecture (SPA) after the XC90, S90, V90 and XC60. As such, it shares many notable styling elements with those vehicles, including the chiseled surface treament, ‘Thor’s hammer’ LED headlamps, […]
Euro-spec 2018 Ford Edge debuts new bi-turbo EcoBlue diesel
Ford in Europe has unveiled the 2018 Ford Edge large SUV, sporting some more advanced technologies, an updated design, and a fresh twin-turbo diesel engine option. Following its global reveal in January, the Euro version introduces a new 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine called the EcoBlue, which produces an impressive 175kW. […]
2018 BMW X4 revealed, M40d performance diesel confirmed
BMW has revealed the new, 2018 X4 SUV, giving it a facelifted design, added technology, and introducing a new M40d badge with a powerful diesel engine for the first time. Starting with that latter engine, the M40d comes in as BMW’s first M Performance diesel for the X4 and could […]
HSV SportsCat on sale in Australia priced from $60,790
HSV’s all new model based on the Holden Colorado, called the HSV SportsCat, has officially gone into production with prices and finer specs confirmed. As revealed earlier this year, the SportsCat comes packed with the Colorado’s standard 2.8-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine producing 147kW and 500Nm. It’s fitted with a six-speed […]