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Mitsubishi Pajero pricing runs $68,490 to $84,990 before on-road costs, and that headline 10-year warranty drops to 5 unless a dealer does every service.

August car sales gave battery-electric 24.9% of the market, and anything with a battery took 51.8%. Five Chinese brands made the top 10 as Toyota fell.

Polestar launches the new Polestar 4 SUV featuring a physical rear window, Google Gemini AI upgrades, expanded cargo capacity, and a starting price of $73,900.

Lexus NX loses petrol in Australia from 2027, hybrid and plug-in hybrid only, as Lexus sales fall 15.3% and a $39,990 Geely plug-in badly undercuts it.

Subaru Uncharted drives well and dodges the Android mess, but the 522km WLTP claim showed 430km on the dial, and China now takes 32.2% of the market.

BMW iX3 holds its own door shut when a cyclist is coming, part of a standard safety pack BMW credits with 243,977 interventions in a single month.

Every JAC Hunter PHEV keeps the full Australian handling tune from car one, not a facelift, after more than 50,000km of testing. New Zealand is next.

Mazda 6e makes 190kW/290Nm and, at 2015kg, is 0.2 seconds faster than the old 1627kg Mazda 6 turbo. Charging is 194kW on a 400V system.

The 2027 Nissan Y63 Patrol opens at $98,990, swaps its 5.6-litre V8 for a 317kW twin-turbo V6, and still rides on the old Y62 F-Alpha ladder chassis.