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FORD WARRANTY NOW FIVE YEARS

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Ford Australia is now offering customers a five-year unlimited distance Ford Express New Vehicle Warranty, as standard on all new vehicles, including the commercial vehicle range. The warranty applies to all new vehicles delivered from May 1, 2018 and replaces Ford’s three year 100,000 kilometre warranty. The new warranty complements Ford’s after-sales care offering, at participating dealers, which includes: Loan Car – To help keep customers on the road when getting a scheduled service, Ford offers a Loan Car program. Service Price Promise – Standard service prices can be found… Read more

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FORD RANGER UPGRADES

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Ford Australia has announced details of the MY19 Ford Ranger pickup truck. There’s a particular emphasis on the top end of the range as more and more buyers are opting for small trucks instead of cars. Biggest news is the introduction of a high-tech 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine. This new BiTurbo unit produces a huge 500Nm from 1750rpm. A fixed-geometry turbocharger is used for fast throttle response and minimum lag. Then a secondary turbocharger features advanced variable geometry to deliver performance gains and smoothness at higher speeds, taking over from the… Read more

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HYUNDAI RELEASES UPMARKET iMAX

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Hyundai has added an upmarket model to its iMax people mover range. The iMax Elite sits on a new design of 17-inch alloy wheels. Even the spare is a full sized alloy, rather than a space-saving steel spare. Inside, the Elite has luxury features such as A beige leather trimmed interior, two-tone colour dashboard as well as heated front seats. Even better, the driver’s seat is ventilated. The rearview mirror is self dimming and dual sunroofs offer plenty of light. Commercial vehicles don’t get facelifts as frequently as pure passenger… Read more

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ALL KIA STINGERS NOW RATED FIVE-STAR BY ANCAP

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All models of Kia Stinger built from March 2018 onwards now have a five-star ANCAP safety rating. That’s due to the inclusion of autonomous emergency braking and lane-keeping assist on the Stinger 200S and 330S models. Previously these cars were only three-star rated because these safety features were missing. As well as adding these safety items the lower-cost Stingers were also fitted with adaptive cruise control, driver inattention alert and automatic wipers. This has led to a $1000 price rise in these models, Stinger 200S is now $46,990 rrp, the… Read more

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NEW MERCEDES VARIANT GLC IS BARGAIN PRICED

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Mercedes-Benz has added a lower cost model to the GLC SUV range. It has a 2.0-litre, turbo-petrol engine (135kW/300Nm), full-time rear-wheel-drive, rides on 19-inch alloy wheels and uses LED headlights. The Mercedes GLC 200 SUV has a recommended retail price of $61,990. This new Mercedes GLC 200 SUV replaces the previous GLC 220 d models, which were significantly more expensive at $67,500 for the GLC SUV and $78,500 for the Coupe. Standard on the new model are Parking Pilot with a 360-degree camera, Audio 20 entertainment system which includes seven-inch… Read more

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BMW 2 TOURER REVISED

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BMW 2 Series Active Tourer has been given a freshen-up front and rear together with new-design alloy wheels. An interior upgrade includes Dakota leather trim. LED head and foglights are standard and sit beside a bolder grille shape than we have seen before. Chromed highlights further life the appearance. As does the use of twin exhaust tailpipes A range of five interior trims are available, with Fine-wood trim ‘Fineline’ Stream standard on Luxury Line. M Sport-optioned vehicles feature Aluminium Hexagon trim for additional sports feel. The Dakota leather trim is… Read more

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KIA CARNIVAL PRODUCT ENHANCEMENT

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Kia’s Carnival eight-seat people mover has been enhanced with a facelift and range of safety and comfort upgrades in a mid-life freshen up. Kia’s stylists have revised the look of the ‘tiger nose’ grille and there are sleeker headlight clusters that sweep into the grille. Integrated foglights are part of the revision. At the rear the lower tailgate panel and rear three-quarter panels have been mildly reshaped. As befits a vehicle aimed at carting kids safety is paramount and every model now comes as standard with autonomous emergency braking and… Read more

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MAZDA CX-5 NOT RESTING ON ITS LAURELS

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Never a company to follow mainstream thinking, Mazda has just introduced a series of fascinating engineering changes to Australia’s most popular SUV, the Mazda CX-5. Australia is highly regarded by Mazda so the program manager for the CX-5, Hideki Matsuoka, flew to Australia to introduce the upgraded model to us. He explained that performance and efficiency have been significantly across all engine grades. We have carried out an extensive drive program out of Canberra to examine two of these significantly uprated engines, the 2.2 diesel and 2.5 petrol. SKYACTIV-D 2.2-LITRE… Read more

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PORSCHE CAYENNE E-HYBRID

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Porsche is expanding its range of hybrids sold in Australia the new Cayenne E-Hybrid. Following the old adage that racing ‘improves the breed’ the German sportscar maker has dominated the famed LeMans 24-hour race with hybrid cars for several years. Cayenne E-Hybrid has a 3.0-litre V6 engine (250 kW) combined with an electric engine (100 kW) to generate system power of up to 340 kW. The apparent mathematical discrepancy here is due to the fact that the two powerplants provide their best at different times. The maximum torque of 700… Read more

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RENAULT KOLEOS UPGRADES

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All Renault Koleos models are now compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via the R-Link 2 navigation system. This enables smartphone replication on the infotainment display. Thankfully Renault Australia has also announced that the Koleos range now comes as standard with Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) to look after the driver who is more interested in communication than paying attention to the road. The automatic braking works in two phases. The first phase alerts the driver to an imminent collision risk and prompting them to slow down or avoid… Read more