Volkswagen has jumped straight out of the gate with its plans for the Detroit auto show, starting tomorrow, unveiling its new Tiguan GTE Active concept. Based on the all-new Tiguan revealed last year, the GTE Active goes for a more rugged, and rough and ready personality. It features big balloony […]
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Updated 2016 Hyundai Tucson gets 5-star ANCAP rating
Following an initial four-star ANCAP safety rating, the new Hyundai Tucson has just been updated for 2016 and has now passed the full five-star criteria. The new five-star rating applies to all Tucson variants, built after November 17, 2015, in South Korea, and after December 16 for those built in […]
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. […]
Faraday Future planning electric Tesla Model X SUV rival? (video)
A video accompanying the release of Faraday Future’s FZERO1 concept has set car websites abuzz, after an SUV wagon silhouette was noticed at the 1:11 mark. When the company talks about its flexible Variable Platform Architecture, it alludes to a variety of different body styles being able to sit atop […]
Kia KCD12 concept previewed, to inspire new large luxury SUV
Kia has dropped a teaser image of an all-new SUV concept, known as the KCD12, which will be unveiled at the North American Auto Show in Detroit next week. It looks like Kia might be about to jump on board the large SUV bandwagon, with this concept hinting at a […]
Top 10 best-selling vehicles in Australia during 2015
The Australian VFACTS vehicle sales figures for December 2015 have been released, but before we go into the detailed report we thought we’d go over the top 10 best-selling vehicles of the year. Sitting in number one place is the Toyota Corolla. It has been battling with the Mazda3 and […]
Nissan Kicks confirmed for production, new compact SUV
Remember the Nissan Kicks concept from 2014? Nissan has just confirmed it is putting the sporty SUV into production, ready to be sold in global markets. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn confirmed the news in Brazil today, where manufacturing will take place at Nissan’s Resende Industrial Complex in Rio de Janeiro […]
Audi Q2 compact SUV & new Q5 confirmed for 2016
Audi will jump into the ever-expanding compact SUV segment with the new Q2 in 2016, and will also launch the new Q5 mid-sizer, the company has confirmed. Speaking about its future plans in a statement, Audi said it is investing 3 billion euros for 2016, which will include further development […]