The Great Wall ute, in more than a decade Downunder, has taken more twists and turns; ups and downs than its eponymous iconic 600-year-old piece of Chinese infrastructure. The Great Wall Motors dual cab 4×4 ute initially made a name for itself with a sub-30 grand drive-away price. The later More
Kia is getting very serious about the future of electrical power in all of its vehicles. It offers its small-medium Niro SUV in full electric, plug-in hybrid and basic hybrid format. Prices range from $65,990 for the full electric Sport all the way down to $39,990 for the basic Hybrid More
Peugeot 2008 is the smallest of the three SUV models from the French carmaker and the first to feature the new multi-faceted grille that now headlines its larger 3008 and 5008 siblings. Three variants are available, Allure, GT and GT Sport. STYLINGWe love the shared styling of the Peugeot SUVs More
From the get-go the Subaru XV, or as one wag said the ’15’, was destined for a future outside the norm of the compact sports utility vehicle. And has stayed true to form. For a start, it was powered by Subaru’s trademark horizontally-opposed four-cylinder engine mated with the marque’s ubiquitous More
Kia is very serious about looking after the future of our planet and has many electric or partially electric vehicles on sale in Australia. The latest is the Niro, a small-medium SUV that’s offered as an all-electric, a petrol/electric hybrid or a plug-in hybrid. Our test vehicle this week is More
The Toyota HiLux pickup is one of Australia’s most popular choices, in fact the most popular for the last five years in a row. Of course, that figure is boosted by mining, farming and fleet purchases but more than ever, families too are taking the dual-cab route. It makes sense, More
The GWM Haval H6 has just arrived in Australia and is significantly better than the superseded model that we weren’t keen on prior to this. There’s no doubt the Chinese are very quick learners and are keen to be major players in the automotive world. This has resulted in greatly More
The Peugeot 5008 is the largest of the French company’s three SUV models ahead of the compact 2008 and the mid-sized 3008. It’s a seven-seater that’s mainly aimed at the top end Japanese and Korean models although Peugeot is also keen to tackle the prestige Europeans; Audi, BMW, Jaguar and More
Kia Cerato has been around since 2003 and recently overtook Rio as the Korean company’s all-time biggest seller. More significantly, it is now snapping at the heels of Toyota Corolla and Hyundai i30 in the highly-competitive, albeit shrinking, small-medium car segment. This success is likely to receive a further boost More
Following the recent off-the-planet design detour by certain BMWs, the car maker is back to Earth with its 5 Series Life Cycle Impulse upgrade. Not that the facelifted seventh generation model is out of date or boring. It’s just that, well, it’s a BMW, swapping the out-there nose straight out More
