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SUZUKI LOOSENS GRIP ON S-CROSS COSTS

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It’s been a long and lonely road for the Suzuki SX4 since it landed Down Under in the mid-noughties. For a start, the compact SUV created about the same enthusiasm as pair of sensible shoes, and after a decade, had a name change. It’s now the S-Cross.   With all-wheel drive models first up, Suzuki has come to the party with a couple of S-Cross front-wheel drives at up to $5000 less than their AWD siblings. All are powered by the same 1.4 litre turbocharged petrol engine, mated with a six-speed automatic… Read more

TAYCAN TURBO GT FASTEST PORSCHE EVER!

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Porsche’s fastest production car ever, the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package — has posted another lap record. Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package has earned the title of fastest electric series-production car at the Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, in California. With a time of 1:27.87 mins, Porsche development driver Lars Kern put in a faster lap than any other driver has before with a road-approved electric car. Not long before that, a pre-production version of this same car set […] Read more

RENAULT 5 BACK WITH A BATTERY

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It’s almost 40 years but the funky Renault 5 is back, reinvented to bring some sparkle to the world of compact electric vehicles. Due to go on sale in Europe later this year, Renault Australia is hoping to get its hands on the car for our market — but there’s no date yet. The original Renault 5 achieved more than 5.5 million sales across five continents, from 1972 to 1985. The Renault 5 E-Tech electric remains faithful to the 2021 […] Read more

RED LETTER DAY FOR ALFA’S 33 STRADALE

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Alfa Romeo has declared March 3 as 33 Stradale Day and 2023 as the year of the 33 Stradale. The 33 Stradale is a car that embodies all the values of one of the most iconic sports brands in the history of world motoring. In case you haven’t worked it out, the third day of the third month represents the 33 in the name of the car, launched in its original form way back in October, 1967 at the Paris […] Read more

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JIMNY DOORS OPEN FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY

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Who’d have thought that, with a name sounding like a sleeveless under garment, or fitness centre for tiny tots, the Jimny would have cornered the market in its segment as an all-round, on-road / off-road compact. A matter of three doors has not held the small SUV back. In fact it has become something of a cult car. Now a five-door version has shown up Down Under. In GLX premium spec, the newbie is not just a stretch version, sitting on a 340 mm longer wheelbase. The ladder frame chassis… Read more