Category: Opinion / Lifestyle
Opinion and Lifestyle pieces

Volkswagen Caravelle Returns as Multivan & Workers Get the Chop
Volkswagen Caravelle replaces Multivan in the UK while Germany keeps the old badge, on a van that did 38,700 deliveries and never needed a rename.

FCAI Locks Up VFACTS to Hide Members Collapse
The FCAI cut public VFACTS detail to 3 pages in the same months petrol and diesel lost 124,130 sales. Its members are the companies losing them.

BMW Roundel Propeller Myth Began With a 1929 Advert
The BMW roundel was registered in 1917. The spinning propeller story came from a 1929 advertisement, more than a decade after the badge already existed.

Is the Honda Prelude the Most Misunderstood Car Ever Built
Mocked as a hairdresser's car for 40 years, the Honda Prelude is back as a 147 kW hybrid coupe with no direct rival. Was it ever really that car?

The Slow Death of Stellantis Down Under with Fiat 500e Gone
The Fiat 500e and Abarth 500e are gone from Australia, and it is the predictable end of a Stellantis strategy built on heritage and overpricing.

How NVES Forced the Auto Lobby to Love the Leash
The FCAI fought NVES for years, then claimed the credit once EVs and hybrids hit 46% of new car sales. The great auto lobby backflip, now laid bare.

Toyota BYD Tesla Fight For Australia’s Sales Crown
June 2026 shows Toyota holding the top brand spot over BYD by 243 deliveries. Tesla Model Y top car. Toyota is in trouble

Are Subscription Services Ruining Modern Cars?
Car subscription services are turning paid-for hardware into recurring fees, and buyers are pushing back against software-locked ownership models.

Australia Right To Repair Laws Move From Cars To Farm Machinery
Australia's right to repair reforms are moving from cars to farm machinery, with software access now the fight behind servicing choice and fair repair.

How Bureaucratic Brussels Made Our Cars Disposable
European emissions laws have pushed fragile CVTs, dry DCTs, stop-start systems, and tiny turbos into cars built for lab scores, not durable life.

New ORA 5 is Cheap, Value, and Calls Old Guard Makers Liars
ORA 5 lands in Australia from $33,990 driveaway, exposing how badly old-guard brands misread value, EV pricing, cheap batteries, and impatient buyers.

Australia’s Car Market 46% Electrified in May
Australia’s May car market fell 4.8%, but EV, hybrid, and PHEV sales surged as electrified vehicles hit 46% of sales.