Curt Dupriez

Thanks for joining us this Tuesday March 5th 2024. Notably in car news today: Facelifted 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance has been caught undisguised in Every important car news story breaking today, one convenient read.

Controversy. It’s loomed over the Mercedes-AMG C63 ever since it was confirmed in early 2021 - around April 1st, no less - that the then forthcoming W206 We throw the tech-laden, new-school plug-in hybrid C63 muscle sedan at some of Australia’s finest roads to see what is gained and lost in loss of turbo-V8 power

Disclosure time: I’d long recommended not to part with good money on a premium midsize SUV without sampling a Volvo XC60. And for many of the reasons in The mid-ranger of the highly regarded XC60 lineup ought to be a goldilox proposition. But does the B5 Bright fall too short where it counts?

The MY24 Polo 85TSI Life is the buck-banging-est entry point into Volkswagen ownership. And at the time of this review, the most basic version of Both affordable and grown up, the entry point into Volkswagen land offers much to like while missing the mark in a number of crucial areas

The new GWM Tank 300 Hybrid 4x4 SUV has just been launched in Australia. And if you’re reading this thinking “hang about, didn’t it actually first launch The hybrid version of the Chinese midsize all-terrain SUV has arrived in Australia. But is it worth the steep premium over its petrol twin?

Sold out. Sorry to kick this review off with a downer but I should rip the Band-Aid off lest you, dear readers, feel strung along before the big, bad news The first-ever Wildtrak variant of Ford’s all-terrain Everest SUV brings a whole lot of goodies, if with one piece of bad news.

The five-door version brings newfound practicality to the Jimny nameplate. But in doing so, has it lost its core charms?

The Tiggo 7 Pro is the lynchpin in Chinese carmaker Chery’s efforts to reboot its fortunes in the Australian market and win over local buyers as its Chery’s all-important midsize SUV is a solid if unremarkable lineup aim at reestablishing the Chinese carmaker’s fortunes in Australia

Chery Australia has revealed that 2024 will mark the roll out of a number of electrified models, centred around the mid-year launch of a fully electric Stylish all-electric Chinese small SUV to spearhead electrified models for local release in mid-2024

A half-century ago, BMW was a busy joint. It had just built its famed BMW Tower HQ, lobbed its first turbo car in the (ahem) BMW Turbo, and created its Munich’s sport-luxury sedan returns to Oz in its 8th gen with petrol and new ‘i5’ electric guises. It’s truly impressive, if not for all tastes

The upcoming facelifted fourth-generation Carnival people mover, that Kia Australia has confirmed for local release early next year, will be offered with Much-anticipated turbo petrol hybrid power on the cards for popular people mover, if Kia can secure supply

Kia Australia is adamant that Chinese-built versions of the forthcoming EV5 midsize SUV confirmed for the local market will be of equal quality to South 400-volt platform key to Korean marque push for lower prices and greater volumes as its EV lineup expands

While Kia has confirmed that a yet-to-be-revealed four-metre EV2 small SUV is set for 2025 production, its Australian arm warns that it’s far from a sure Slovakian build could prevent electric city car from landing Down Under

Spoiler alert: the Australian version of the Kia EV9 is as good as we could’ve reasonably hoped. Kia’s large electric seven-seat SUV isn’t perfect, but it Much is riding on the shoulders of this landmark three-row electric SUV for Kia – and it’s so good that Euro marques should be worried

Audi has used E-tron branding on all manner of vehicles and power units: 2012’s diesel-hybrid R18 Le Mans racecar, 2013’s all-electric R8 rear-drive Audi’s electric SUV gets a facelift, but expected improvements in range and efficiency have come up short in the newly named Q8 E-Tron

Fun facts: in August this year, Nissan sold more Y62 Patrols than any other time in the 4x4 wagon’s decade-long stint on sale in Oz. And it’s the The petrol-V8-powered Y62 cops a thoughtful, Aussie-developed off-road makeover. But is it truly capable and is this aging, six-figure 4WD worth the coin?