Toyota has apologised to customers after it, the world’s largest auto manufacturer, has had no choice but to slow down production for the month of June as supply chain constraints and component shortages continue to plague delivery forecasts. Toyota says that 16 production lines across 10 of its factories will […]
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Australian vehicle sales for April 2022 (VFACTS)
Australian new vehicle registrations figures have been released for April 2022, in the form of the VFACTS report, revealing a slow market partly due to global production backlog issues facing many industries. According to the charts, 81,065 new vehicles were registered in April in Australia (we’ll call them sales). That’s […]
Toyota cuts May production forecasts, invests US$383m in 4CYL hybrids
Toyota has revised its global production forecasts by 100,000 units for the month of May after confirming a number of production line suspensions. Toyota says that component shortages from Covid-19-related supply chain constraints has caused “considerable inconvenience” to its customers, suppliers and previous production forecasts, and is temporarily suspending production […]
Hyundai IONIQ 5 dominates 2022 World Car of the Year awards
The final 2022 World Car of the Year awards have been revealed, with the all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 absolutely dominating the field after taking the top spot in three out of six categories, including the overall World Car of the Year award. The winners were announced at the New York […]
Australian vehicle sales for February 2022 (VFACTS)
New vehicle sales figures have been released for February 2022 in Australia, in the form of VFACTS new vehicle registration figures. And on first glance, sales are up for the month compared with the same time last year. Australian consumers purchased 85,340 new vehicles during February this year, according to […]
Polestar 2 scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating (video)
In preparation for its Australian arrival, ANCAP has just analysed crash test data for the Polestar 2 from the Euro NCAP division and is pleased enough to award a full five-star safety rating for the electric coupe-crossover. Although the vehicle was crash tested in Europe, ANCAP has gone over the […]
Subaru tops 2022 Consumer Reports manufacturer rankings
Subaru has taken out the top spot in the latest Consumer Reports manufacturer rankings, edging-out last year’s winner, Mazda, to become the king for 2022. The rankings come from independent customer advocate group, Consumer Reports, who compares everything from cars to smartphones and fridges. In the context of cars, the […]
Kia, Genesis dominate JD Power 2022 Vehicle Dependability Study
Kia, Hyundai and Genesis have cemented themselves firmly atop the leaderboard in the 2022 JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study, with Kia taking the top spot for the first time. All up, Hyundai Motor Group received three segment awards, for the Santa Fe, Sonata and the Kia Sorrento. Kia ranked highest […]