Category: Car News

Freelander 8 goes on sale here in 2027, a Land Rover name built by Chery. Could it be JLR's answer to a forecast 60% Chinese-brand share of sales?

BYD Sealion 5's ANCAP rating is 3 stars, the first BYD ever rated below 5. Its M9 people mover stablemate got the full 5 stars in the same round.

China's 2026 EV congress gave BMW Gen6 battery technology an innovation award, and BMW was the only maker from outside China to win one of its tech awards.

Ferdinand Piëch's secret W10 BMW M5 leads the Broad Arrow Zoute auction in Belgium on 9 October, with 473hp and a spare W10 engine sold in the same lot.

Tesla's Cybercab, a two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, is on static display in Sydney before touring six more Australian cities.

Hyundai Staria Load Electric is on sale from $70,990, $21,000 more than the diesel, with 450km of WLTP range and a 2,000kg tow rating the Hybrid lacks.

Chinese car brands took 26.4% of the market in August. Kia's outgoing boss says that becomes 60% before 2030, and Ford's local chief reckons he's right.

Skoda Enyaq RS is listed at $75,490 plus on-roads with 250kW/545Nm, and the 668km WLTP headline is the city cycle, not the 523km combined figure.

Ford Bronco Basecamp comes to Australia and New Zealand in the second half of 2027, with a 49kWh battery and a petrol engine that only charges it.

GAC S7 claims up to 150km electric and 1,020km combined, yet right-hand-drive production starts in 2027 and nobody will confirm a local launch date.

GWM Cannon Hi4-T pricing opens at $47,990 driveaway, yet tow the full 3,500kg and GWM's own GCM sums put you over the limit before anyone climbs in.

BMW X5 pricing opens at $143,900, then air suspension is $7,000 and automatic doors cost $2,500 and delete the soft-close doors you already bought.