Zak Adkins

Mountune, the UK company known for offering aftermarket tunes and modification items for hot hatchbacks, is bringing its brand to Australia and New Originating in the United Kingdom, performance parts supplier Mountune will help keep the aftermarket performance car scene alive in Australia

Tesla has put a stop to pre-orders for two of its models originally destined for Australia – the Model S Plaid sedan and the Model X Plaid SUV. You can no longer put a deposit down on the company’s website for the Model S sedan or Model X large SUV in Australia

Land Rover has announced its 2024 Defender lineup, offering buyers more options with a grand total of 21 variants to choose from. Pricing starts The Defender range in Australia is more expansive than ever, with new variants and powertrains for the 2024 model year

Mercedes-Benz has officially debuted its next generation of E-Class luxury sedan, the W214 series. Though the sedan’s lineage dates back to the The new E-Class debuts new technology, more hybrid powertrains and greater convenience for 2024

Mercedes-Benz has announced it will bring its second-generation GLC-Class SUV to Australian dealerships in June 2023. Launching initially with a The second-generation of GLC will launch by mid year in a single GLC 300 4Matic trim level

The next generation of the Mahindra PikUp utility vehicle could ride on the newer body-on-frame platform underpinning the newly launched third-gen Mahindra says that “the option is on the table” to base its future generation of PikUp ute on the third-gen Scorpio platform

Nissan has announced it will bring a mid-range ST-L E-Power variant of its Nissan X-Trail to Australia, joining the existing top-spec Ti and Ti-L hybrid A new, entry-level hybrid variant of the X-Trail has been confirmed with a high level of specification and sub $50k price point

Mahindra will not initially bring the Scorpio to Australia with any active safety features such as autonomous emergency braking, but adding such features Active safety tech, including AEB, is not likely to be added to the Scorpio until around 2025 when it will become mandatory in Australia

The state government of Queensland has today announced it will make the sale of EVs in the state cheaper than before by doubling the value of the current The Queensland Government will be one of the first to offer a $6000 rebate when an electric vehicle is purchased

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has officially announced that it will build three new, “reimagined” modern luxury Jaguars, the first of which will be a four door Jaguar Land Rover will now be called JLR and plans to sell several new in-house produced electric vehicles

Indian carmaker Mahindra has confirmed it will build multiple EVs in the near future and has stated it will collaborate with Volkswagen on core components Mahindra is anticipating its home market share will be made up of 25 percent electric vehicles in the next three to four years

Chinese automotive giants BYD and Chery are planning to introduce sodium-ion batteries into their cars during 2023, and it could greatly shake up the Replacing lithium with sodium could make batteries cheaper, more efficient and capable of working at lower temperatures for longer

The federal government has today announced it will work towards implementing an EV strategy nationally, with a major review of said strategy to take place The Australian Federal Government has today announced its roadmap for EVs in Australia

Mahindra has announced details of its all-new Scorpio SUV for Australia and it’ll be available for order in late April 2023. Starting at an The Scorpio joins the Pikup dual-cab ute in Australia, priced from $41,990 driveaway

Volkswagen is just weeks away from the local launch of the all-new Amarok, with pre-orders now open for the ute in Australia. First deliveries are Over 12,000 expressions of interest have already been accepted by Volkswagen for the new Amarok

BMW has turned things up a notch with its electric 7-Series – the i7 – revealing that it will produce a high performance variant called the M70 Though we might not ever see a BMW M7, the new M70 electric variant could be the closest we get to a performance 7 Series