And now for something completely different. The bright and breezy all-new Citroen C3 not only comes in a range of colourful shades, but also has styling that’s well away from the mainstream. Regular readers will be well aware of my muttering about the 500 shades of grey dominating our roads More
Pickup trucks are all the rage on the new-car market at the moment and Holden, a long time player in this field has just pushed its Colorado LSX even further upmarket with a couple of special editions. Big black alloy wheels are very much the in-thing with buyers so Colorado More
Alfa Romeo is joining upmarket Europeans with a stylish SUV called the Stelvio, named after one of the world’s most famous driving roads, the Stelvio Pass in Italy, Based on the underpinnings of the Alfa Romeo Q4 all-wheel-drive the Stelvio is instantly recognisable as an Alfa with its huge shield More
Mazda Australia has added significant features to its Mazda3 and revised the names in some models to reflect these upgrades. Mazda3 Neo is now tagged the Neo Sport. Its information system has been upgraded to MZD Connect, that operates through a ‘command controller’, DAB+ digital radio has been added to More
After some fear it may not make it Downunder, Ford Australia has confirmed the Mustang Bullitt special edition is on its way. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic Steve McQueen film of that name, the Bullitt will be sold in strictly limited numbers through Ford dealers in Australia. There’s More
The Ferrari Portofino Grand Tourer replaces the California in the Ferrari lineup. It takes its name from the famous village of that name on the Italian Riviera. It’s powered by a 600 horsepower, turbocharged, high-revving, 3.9-litre V8 driving through a seven-speed automatic transmission. Portofino can reach 100 km/h from rest More
Lexus has introduced a stretched version of its popular RX that expands seating capacity to seven occupants. The tag of Lexus RX L indicates the important new model. The body is 110 mm longer and the roof a touch higher, raised by just 10 mm. The tailgate has a steeper More
The all-new BMW X2 Sports Activity Coupe (SAC) is based on the BMW X1’s platform. The SAC tag indicates that it’s not really an SUV with all that suggests in the way of off-road action. Indeed it would be good to see others follow the German marque’s use of SAC More
The fourth-generation Santa Fe will go on sale in Australia at a date yet to be announced, other than ‘around the middle of this year’. Significant details have already been released as Santa Fe will be tackling one of the hottest segments of our market. Longer, wider and with a More
Fiat 500X, the expanded version of the iconic Fiat 500, hasn’t done as well as expected in Australia. So the model range has been trimmed, prices reduced and a feature-packed Launch Edition has been introduced. Only 100 of the latter are coming Downunder. Price drops range from $1010 for the More
