Range Rover’s swoopy new Velar, due to reach Australia by summer, brings sleek concept car looks to the SUV market, with dramatic front and rear LEDs, retractable door handles, sporty roofline with blacked-out pillars, huge wheels and a selection of Ingenium engines. We bought you full details last month, including […]
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Haval HB-03 concept joins the crossover coupe clique
Haval has wowed showgoers at the 2017 Shanghai auto show with an “expressive” new HB-03 SUV concept. Like many other companies in attendance, Haval exhibited a new crossover coupe, with electrification. The HB-03 is similar to the HB-02 shown at last year’s Beijing motor show, but with a coupe silhouette, […]
Jeep Yuntu concept potentially previews new 3-row-seat SUV
Jeep has revealed a new three-row-seat SUV concept at the Shanghai auto show, called the Yuntu. This becomes the largest Jeep we’ve seen in a long while, potentially hinting at a production model of the not-too-distant future. It should be said the concept probably shouldn’t be confused with the heavily […]
Hyundai takes Santa Fe across Antarctica
A Hyundai Santa Fe has completed a 30-day trip across Antarctica, with minimal modifications and a standard diesel engine. Driving the vehicle was the great grandson of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who was one of the first explorers of the frozen continent very early in the 20th century. His descendant, Patrick […]
Chery Tiggo Sport Coupe Concept says ni hao at Shanghai show
Last time Chinese brand Chery was in Australia, it left a sour taste in the mouths of many Australians with its cheap and nasty rotten fruit. This new Tiggo Sport Coupe Concept could be a good sign of things to come. The carmarker has truly come of age in its […]
2018 Lexus NX facelift brings adaptive suspension, ‘200t’ now ‘300’
The Lexus NX has come in for a mild facelift for MY2018, after initially being introduced in 2014. The finished product made its debut at the 2017 Auto Shanghai motor show. They might be hard to spot but there are some styling revisions for model year 2018, including new triple-projector […]
Citroen C5 Aircross revealed as most powerful Citroen ever
Sure to shake up the SUV market segment, Citroen has burst into the Shanghai motor show with its new C5 Aircross which will go on sale next year. The C5 Aircross is, as you might expect, an SUV variant of the C5 family, riding atop the EMP2 platform. It offers […]
Vauxhall Grandland X revealed as GM’s new mid-size SUV
GM’s European brands Opel and Vauxhall are planning to unveil the new Grandland X at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and to build some excitement a handful of images have been released showing its design. The Grandland X will be the third model in the company’s line of […]