SUV news

BMW M diesels: new for 2012 with 284kW and three turbos!

Look out world - the first BMW M diesels are on the way. Badged M550d, X5 M50d and X6 M50d, they're packing THREE turbochargers, 284kW and 740Nm of torque, and debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

Car prices going down

Smart shoppers know that the best deals on new cars emerge before and after January 1. In less than a month’s time, anything built in 2011 will be immediately deemed, like, so last year. Literally.

Nissan creates GT-R SUV

Nissan has taken the GT-R’s 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6, six-speed transaxle and all-wheel-drive chassis, and stuffed the complete powertrain into its Euro-only Juke compact SUV.

Subaru XV a stand-alone model

Subaru will introduce the jacked-up XV version of its forthcoming new Impreza as a stand-alone model to rival the Nissan Dualis and Volkswagen Tiguan.

Chrysler SRT here in 2012

Chrysler’s in-house performance division will make a comeback to Australia in 2012 with the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 arriving in the first quarter, and the Chrysler 300C SRT8 here mid-year.

Bentley to build an SUV

New Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed one of marque’s worst kept secrets.

Renault's new nose for Koleos

Penned by the French, engineered in Japan, and built in Korea, the Renault Koleos has been an unusual compact SUV candidate since its launch in 2008

Mazda breaks New Territory

Mazda has put the squeeze on Territory, Kluger and Captiva, with new front-drive CX-9 variants starting from just $44,425

Audi Q3 production begins

Audi has kicked off production this week of its new Q3 compact SUV, ahead of its Australian launch in the first quarter of 2012

Australian Evoque pricing announced

Land Rover has announced pricing and specification for its Evoque premium compact SUV range, ahead of its Australian debut in November

Women's World Car of the Year

BMW and Citroen have both won the 2011 Women’s Car of the Year award for the 5 Series and DS3 respectively

Audi's baby Q

Ingolstadt’s premium compact SUV hunts down the BMW X1…

Subaru XV Crossover concept

Subaru has announced that it will reveal its new XV Crossover Concept at the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show

Buying a 4x4

The value question is sometimes the most hotly debated criterion, as it’s often a perceived issue rather than technical fact.

Range Rover Lineage

We’ve come a long way since the hose-out interior but, along the way, lost nothing of the Range Rover’s original intention.

X6 proves the doubters (and motoring journos) wrong

The melding of a sports coupe and SUV has been a niche hit for BMW. Next - the X6 M rocket.

Sube kicks on with big March

What downturn? Rex and Forester cut fine figures in latest sales results.

Cayenne GTS gets a $46K designer makeover

Limited run Cayenne GTS Porsche Design Edition 3 is coming to Oz.

Meltdown in Motown

It was once the engine room of America and the car-building capital of the world. Now Detroit is in danger of stalling ... permanently. How did it come to this and what will become of the Big Three?

Audi's bum steer

EXCLUSIVE: Audi Q5 steering failures point the rings in the wrong direction... Wheels News Editor Sean Poppitt reports.

February vehicle sales down 21.9 percent

This month's VFACTS sales figures show more short-term doom and gloom for the local market, but spirits (and sales) should rise by June.