Toyota has hit a monster milestone, achieving over 15 million hybrid vehicle sales around the world. That’s more than any other vehicle brand. Australia has contributed over 130,000 to the impressive tally. The Japanese brand started producing and selling hybrid vehicles back in 1997, with the original Toyota Prius. Fast […]
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Toyota Australia secures boost in RAV4 hybrid supply
Those in the market for a mid-size SUV will be interested to hear Toyota Australia has secured a big boost in production supply of the hugely-popular RAV4 hybrid, following many bottlenecks since the new model launched last year. Toyota Australia says it has secured an additional 8000 RAV4 hybrid units […]
Australian vehicle sales for February 2020 (VFACTS)
Straight through the second month of the year already. We see, thanks to today’s release of the Australian VFACTS figures for new vehicle registrations for February 2020, the local market is continuing its downward trend. In the first two months of the year overall industry sales are down 10.3 per […]
PerformanceDrive’s Top 10 Cars of 2019
Just as 2020 swings into full stride, we thought we’d take a look back over some of the highlight vehicles of 2019. Think of it as like our ‘car of the year’ awards, with no advertising dollars influencing the list. This is specifically for vehicles that we’ve driven and reviewed […]
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in Australia in 2019
It goes so fast, doesn’t it? 2019 is done and dusted, and now we’re already into 2020. And as we found out with the December VFACTS report, utes and SUVs dominated the sales charts in Australia in 2019. In descending order, let’s take a closer look at the top 10 […]
2019 Toyota RAV4 Cruiser Hybrid AWD review (video)
Toyota is off to a cracking start with the new-generation RAV4, accumulating a tonne of sales in its first year on the market. In fact, it’s been such a success that it’s about to overtake the Mazda CX-5 to become the best-selling SUV on the Australian new car market this […]
Australian vehicle sales for November 2019 (VFACTS)
With only one month to go before the end of the year, we now have some fairly solid clues as to what will be the best-selling cars of 2019. Let’s take a look over the November 2019 VFACTS, handed out today, for a closer inspection. It seems local buyers are […]
Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid, most powerful RAV4 ever
As if buyers needed any more coaxing to sign up for a new Toyota RAV4, the Japanese company has just introduced an even more attractive version; the RAV4 Prime, plug-in hybrid. What’s the point of a plug-in hybrid when the RAV4 is already available with a hybrid option, you say? […]