Nissan Details All-New Patrol’s Roomier Cabin and 3,700kg Towing Capacity

Nissan Details All-New Patrol's Roomier Cabin and 3,700kg Towing Capacity

Nissan Australia has given the all-new Y63 Patrol more cargo space, more second-row legroom and a 3,700kg braked towing capacity on every grade, with first deliveries due in early 2027. Nissan Australia has explained how the all-new Patrol does the job big families and caravan owners buy it for. The Y63 model has more room […]

ANCAP Welcomes Road Safety Review as Van, Truck and Motorcycle Deaths Rise

ANCAP Welcomes Road Safety Review as Van, Truck and Motorcycle Deaths Rise

ANCAP has welcomed the Australian Government’s mid-term review of the National Road Safety Strategy, which credits safer cars for progress but shows sharp rises in deaths involving light commercial vehicles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles. Passenger cars are getting safer, but other vehicles on Australian roads aren’t keeping up. That’s the main finding ANCAP has taken […]

Steve McQueen’s Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider Heads to Auction in New York

Steve McQueen's Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider Heads to Auction in New York

Gooding Christie’s will offer the 1967 Ferrari NART Spider first owned by Steve McQueen at its first New York sale in November, with an estimate of US$15–20 million. Plenty of cars have a famous former owner. Far fewer have also never been sold at public auction. The 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider first owned […]

Bentley Introduces New Global Showroom Concept at London’s Jack Barclay

Bentley Introduces New Global Showroom Concept at London's Jack Barclay

Bentley has launched a hospitality-inspired retail concept at Jack Barclay in London, and the design will eventually shape its network of more than 220 retailers in over 60 markets. What should a Bentley showroom feel like? Bentley’s new answer is less car dealership and more hotel lounge. The brand has unveiled a new global retail […]

Bugatti Brings Branded Residences to Miami’s Brickell Waterfront

Bugatti Brings Branded Residences to Miami's Brickell Waterfront

Bugatti has announced Bugatti Residences Miami, its first branded residential project in the United States, with sales due to open in 2027. Bugatti is building homes again, and this time they’re in Miami. The French marque has announced Bugatti Residences Miami, a branded residential development on the Brickell waterfront. It is Bugatti’s first project of […]

GWM’s Epic Safety Lab Just Hit a 4,000 Crash Test Milestone

GWM's Epic Safety Lab Just Hit a 4,000 Crash Test Milestone

When destroying cars is actually a good thing. We’ve all heard the phrase “crash test,” but most of us never really think about what goes into keeping us safe on the road. Enter GWM, a company that’s apparently decided the best way to prove their vehicles are tough is to smash 4,000 of them to […]

GWM Gives Haval H7 and Cannon PHEV Their Australian Public Debut in Sydney

GWM Gives Haval H7 and Cannon PHEV Their Australian Public Debut in Sydney

GWM showed the new Haval H7 SUV and the Cannon Hi4-T PHEV ute to the Australian public for the first time at Everything Electric 2026, although it has not yet released local pricing or specifications. GWM brought two new plug-in hybrids to Everything Electric in Sydney. The all-new Haval H7 SUV and the Cannon Hi4-T […]

AA Warns Petrol Prices Could Stay High Until Christmas

AA Warns Petrol Prices Could Stay High Until Christmas

The Automobile Association (AA) expects high fuel prices to last at least another six weeks, with global oil supply problems and the US midterm elections shaping what comes next. If filling up has felt more painful lately, the numbers back that up. The average price of 91 unleaded reached $3.25 a litre on Friday, according […]

Nissan PIXO – The Electric City Car That Actually Gets City Living

Nissan PIXO - The Electric City Car That Actually Gets City Living

Finally, a car designed by people who’ve actually navigated European cities without losing their minds. Remember when electric vehicles meant you’d have to choose between style, practicality, and not selling a kidney to afford one? Nissan’s just thrown that rulebook out the window with the all-new PIXO, a compact electric city car that proves great […]

Volkswagen Reveals the Electric ID.3 GTI, Its Most Powerful Series GTI Yet

Volkswagen Reveals the Electric ID.3 GTI, Its Most Powerful Series GTI Yet

Volkswagen has shown the near-production ID.3 GTI, a 240kW rear-drive electric hatch due for pre-sales in early 2027, in the 50th year of the GTI badge. The GTI badge has turned 50, and Volkswagen has marked the occasion by putting it on a battery-electric car. The ID.3 GTI has made its world premiere as a […]

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