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2024 Kia Sorento review: Australian first drive
A worthy suite of updates for the class leader

F1: Drive to Survive season 6 confirmed for February
The latest instalment in the wildly popular Netflix series Drive to Survive will hit screens on February 23

LEAKED! This is the all-electric 2024 Porsche Macan
Porsche’s hot-selling small SUV boasts a fresh look and bigger dimensions

New Chery models coming: Tiggo 8 Pro, electric Omoda 5, and more
Chery’s product portfolio is vast in China, but what will it choose for its Australian expansion? Here’s what’s coming – and what could be coming – down the pipeline

Volkswagen T-Cross: ‘Rubber Ducky’ floated on UK options list
This one might not fit in your bathroom, though

2024 Skoda Octavia SportLine adds free upgrades: Pricing and features
The Octavia SportLine trim has finally arrived in Australia, following the wider range’s debut in 2021

2024.5 Ford Transit Custom pricing and features: Prices up; double cab variant due in Q3
Ford’s second-generation Transit Custom offers new tech, more safety, a lowered ride height, and an uprated 2.5-tonne braked towing capacity

Best Large SUV Under $80K
Mazda’s new CX-90 faces off against the also-fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Hyundai Palisade, and our Megatest-winning Kia Sorento in a battle of sub-$80,000 seven-seater SUVs.

Volkswagen shows tough Amarok-based SUV
Official render shows VW was considering its own version of the Ford Everest after all!

2025 Volkswagen Golf Mark 8.5 facelift revealed, Australian timing confirmed
The updated Volkswagen Golf small car, due in Australia in early 2025, features a revised look, new infotainment, physical steering wheel controls, and more power for the GTI hot hatch

2024 Toyota Yaris and Yaris Cross updates revealed, in line for Australia
The Toyota Yaris hatch and Yaris Cross light SUV have received a minor update in Japan with light design changes, new infotainment, and improved safety tech

Mazda 6 to continue in Australia, axed in Japan
The Mazda 6 will be discontinued in Japan in April, but production is set to continue for export markets including Australia

POLL: Ford shows new 48-inch display – should huge screens be allowed?
Ford has pushed its entire hand to the centre of the table, declaring itself all-in on dash-wide infotainment – 48 inches of it! We ask: should these increasingly huge and powerful systems be allowed in cars?

Australia Day Double Demerits in force from 25-28 January in ACT and NSW
Highway Patrol will be out in force over the Australia Day long weekend with double demerits for those breaking the rules

Let’s leave the pick-up truck obsession for the US
Size matters, but not always in a good way.

National Holden Motor Museum closing its doors as search for new owner fails
This year marks its 40th anniversary, but it won’t be a happy one.

Stahly’s 1997 Bathurst winner discovered in a junkyard
Melbourne scrap pile held a nostalgia-inducing secret

Genesis X concept trilogy complete, convertible now an award winner
Genesis has rolled out the third model in its X concept family – but will any of them go into production?

Ford wants to keep building V8s forever
Global CEO Jim Farley says Ford will keep making V8s, even if it’s the “only one on the planet” to do so

Politics and safety policy: The deadliest piece of the road toll
The problem with putting politicians in charge of road safety is that we end up with politics, not policy

Modern Classic: Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 Super Veloce
The Lamborghiniest?

Driven to extinction: Ford Escape
Anonymous SUV performs a vanishing act

Wheels Inbox: Monster trucks, unloved Honda, and the kids are alright
Paul laments a new era of massive American trucks in Australia, young Ashton worries all of his fave cars of 2023 will be junk by the time he can own one, and Mark catches us out on our Mazda infotainment homework

Mazda will look to Toyota for its EV electronics
The two Japanese makers seek to share development of their on-board systems.