Cadillac Vistiq 2026: three-row electric SUV the next move from the American luxury brand

It might surprise you to discover that Cadillac – the 123-year-old American luxury marque that has been the pinnacle of the General Motors stable since The first Cadillac to officially go on sale in Australia in decades also happens to be the first-ever electric Cadillac. But has the striking Lyriq been worth the wait?

Ferrari has finally brought back the iconic gated manual gearbox. Except it hasn’t – not quite. The 12Cilindri Manuale is the first three-pedal Ferrari in The gated shifter and clutch pedal are back at Ferrari – but the conventional manual hasn’t made a full return. The distinction matters, but not as much as you’d think

Leapmotor has struggled to make its mark in a market swamped by affordable Chinese electric vehicles. At a time when rivals are experiencing explosive With lots of tech and a pricepoint to turn heads, is the new BO5 hatchback the car to firmly put China's Leapmotor on the map in a crowded EV market?

Swedish-branded, Chinese-built hyper GT is huge on style, manic in pace and reasonably priced. But can it seduce with enough charisma to find Aussie buyers?

Kia’s petrol-powered K4 hatch appears to be fighting a losing battle against the wave of sharply priced small Chinese EVs. But for the purists, there’s still plenty to like

Volvo puts itself in the key midsize electric luxury SUV buyers’ conversation with first electric equivalent of its best-seller

On the July morning that our newest long termer, the 2026 RAV4 GXL AWD, landed in the Chasing Cars garage, Toyota’s medium SUV was about to celebrate its Australia’s most popular SUV, in desirable yet affordable GXL trim, has rolled into the Chasing Cars garage for a proper long-term test. Can it live up to the hype?

Sharing its impressive all-new 800-volt architecture with the third-generation CLA, the new five-plus-two-seat GLB champions space efficiency, driving comfort, refinement and EV tech

Not quite the full-on, game-changing, low-cost EV we were promised, cut-back Model 3 RWD still delivers superb value

The Nissan X-Trail has never been a bundle of laughs … unless the original model’s dogged understeer and wobbly body shimmy over corrugations fuelled your With front-drive versions of hybrid medium SUVs making up more than half of sales, Nissan Australia has doubled its X-Trail e-Power line-up with three new FWD variants, lowering prices and fuel use.

In a twist for Mazda Australia, executives believe the brand’s new made-in-China CX-6e electric SUV could become its best-seller, displacing the Latest China-sourced Mazda shows potential, if falling short in execution — particularly the touchscreen

Polite indifference? Cautiously optimistic? We were somewhat kinder on Mercedes-AMG’s initial turbo-four-pot forays of the current-gen X254 GLC SUV (and Key mid-life update sees Affalterbach’s go-fast medium SUV backpedal to older-school turbo-six power: a rawer change, both good and bad

The phenomenon of a front-wheel-drive car switching to rear-wheel drive has been a rare occurrence over the past 60 years – starting with the FWD Triumph You wouldn’t know from looking at it but this Atto 3’s mildly updated appearance hides a dramatic uplift in electric architecture, chassis capability, performance, range and value

Despite its conservative styling and its image as yet another cookie-cutter Chinese EV, the BYD Atto 2 has so far impressed us in review with its painless BYD continues its quest to become the Chinese Toyota by launching Australia’s cheapest plug-in hybrid – the Atto 2 DM-i, offering 90km of electric-only range for under $30K.

Remember the diminutive, fuel-sipping Japanese ‘Kei’ cars that used to populate Aussie roads during decades past? They never sold in huge numbers but they Unlike everyone else, Honda’s new small EV happens to be a tiny Kei-car on steroids – an engineering-led marvel that prioritises urban agility, space utilisation and driving fun

Earlier this year, after sampling a Range Rover with fully electric propulsion for the first time, we found ourselves coming to a definite conclusion: Compared to the stately, soft-riding Range Rover Electric, the slipperier Sport EV variant gains some trick handling tech you can’t have on the full-fat model

Cadillac has officially unveiled its new Optiq electric SUV, confirming it will be the fourth vehicle to join its global EV range - however, there’s no The brand has confirmed the Optiq will be the fourth vehicle to join its growing global EV range.

Cadillac has introduced two electric SUVs to sit either side of the $95,000 drive-away Lyriq medium-large SUV, expanding the American brand’s local Vistiq and Optiq join midsized Lyriq as top and tail to Cadillac's growing premium SUV range

Mercedes-Benz Australia has revealed the pricing of its introductory C-Class Electric variant, the 360kW C400 4Matic sedan, priced from $105,700 before

After selling just 250 examples of its pioneering (but expensive) i-MiEV micro electric car back in 2010-13 – beating the Nissan Leaf EV to market –

The Mercedes-Benz performance arm AMG has revealed its first dedicated electric SUV, setting up a battle of the super-rapid super-SUVs with Porsche’s

Peugeot has unveiled a modern-day successor to the RCZ at the Paris Motor Show, which transforms the front-driven coupe into a 1000-volt monster with Solid-state battery technology, 10-minute charging times and holographic displays are among some of the reasons the RCZ Vision is turning heads in Paris

The Citroen 2CV is jumping on Europe's retro-futuristic bandwagon to offer super-affordable EV motoring from 2028. Citroen has unveiled a preview concept

Volkswagen has given its electric midsize SUV range a very comprehensive midlife makeover, while also consolidating the ID.4 and ID.5 lines down to a Massive visual reset for Volkswagen’s midsize electric SUV lineup brings sharper exterior styling and much more tactile interior, albeit with familiar underpinnings

After Mitsubishi announced in August that the ASX VR-e electric hatch was Australia-bound by year’s end, the Japanese automaker has published details -

The Tesla Model Y has been given an MY27 upgrade that introduces faster mid-range models, a cheaper Performance flagship, and vehicle-to-load technology

A week after a markdown made the BYD Atto 1 Australia’s cheapest EV at $19,990 driveaway, the Chinese electric car giant appears to have unveiled its

Ford is expanding its electric van line-up with the Transit City, a single-variant China-sourced model set to become one of the cheapest BEV commercials

Electric vehicle sales in Australia are estimated to have passed the 650,000 mark, after a bumper July where they made up 22 per cent of the total market. What are the best-selling EVs in Australia, and does Chasing Cars recommend them?

Mitsubishi will re-enter the Australian EV market later this year after a 14-year absence, with the ASX VR-e. Much like the existing ASX, which is a

A leading Chinese battery scientist has urged greater research into lithium alternatives for batteries, particularly sodium, to lower China’s dependence Leading battery scientist promotes alternatives to expensive and scarce lithium amid EV sales surge

The Swedish-designed, Chinese-made Polestar 4 electric SUV has just been updated for MY27, and the changes are good news for anyone who may have driven Polestar promises improved ride quality for its MY27 medium coupe-SUV, combined with simplified equipment packages and reduced pricing for variants at the top end