Despite the reputation for being completely uninteresting, little more than a collection of gormless public servants and stupefying government buildings, Canberra is a beautiful city set thousands of hectares of rolling countryside
Nissan has had 20 years of X-Trail and celebrates by giving the base model ST a bit of extra bling, and it is the blinged up ST+ we took to our secret Hunter Valley location.
The LNP Lied, Tesla Road trip, The final 743km. It Can Be Done. Driving an electric car can’t be done long distance, they said. Despite the idiot government claims otherwise during the last election, it can be done, easily.
Brisbane to Sydney in a Tesla Model 3. Easy or Horrid? Scott and Corey decided a trip to Sydney would be better done by road than air. Their Tesla Model 3 Long Range would be tested, but would if be fab, or a dreadful fail?
Kia Stonic went on sale a little while ago, and its numbers, though already impressive, are set to explode once supply is sorted out. Last month, Kia moved 745 Stonics, a great total by any measure. That is still a fair way off Seltos’ 1097 and Cerato’s 2711. Numbers are good, but more Stonics would feature on driveways if only Kia could sort out the supply. Covid has strip-mined the auto industry with delivery promises left in tatters.
Kia Sorento S is the cheapest of the big SUV models. For cheap, do not read nasty. Everything about is class and elegance personified, except perhaps the seat coverings. Outside only a keen punter will spot the 17” wheels. Dressed in white, the base is defined by wheels that look just a touch too small, but smart none the less.
Audi E Tron May Be My New Favourite Car I took the boys for a mini-roadtrip Hunter for an E tron excursion. Audi makes a decent SUV, and E Tron looks positively svelte compared to the bloated BMW and bland Benz. Both have a decidedly generic designs that are about as exciting as a bat in the face. As [...]
GV80 3.0 Diesel AWD: A Weekend SUV with Class For years we’ve been telling people to buy the vehicle they need, not the one they want, so is Genesis on a winner with the new GV80? In the second of our three GV reviews, we once again headed for our secret bunker deep underground. It is cold and grey, [...]
Genesis was originally sold as a Hyundai’s posh model, before being scythed off as a separate brand. With the original model, private buyers were not terribly interested. Hire car drivers bought them because there was little choice around a hundred grand. In other words, they settled for it.
Toyota Prado Kakadu Road Trip to the Murray The Murray River winds lazily through some of the prettiest country on the driest continent on Earth, Australia. Echuca is a beautiful inland port, once famed for timber and wool, but now a tourist mecca, especially for steam lovers. The road South from Sydney once did the same thing. Now, the Hume Highway by-passes all towns, and anything worth seeing. You can go from my front door in Sydney, to the outskirts of Melbs, while only passing through 2 sets of traffic lights. While that might thrill some of you, the consequence of a 4-lane road is endless stretches of mind-numbing boredom.
