Category: Australia

Market Insight: French brands not surrendering

IT HAS been a tough decade for Peugeot and Citroen in Australia, with sales respectively plummeting 59 per cent and 83 per cent during that time and salt rubbed into the wound by

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Ford. Volkswagen. BYD? Why China is pushing to create a global automotive juggernaut to challenge the established order | Opinion – Car News

Empires rise and fall, it has been that way since the dawn of time. Don’t believe me? Ask the Romans… The same is true of automotive empires, with Europe inventing the car, America

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WA leads with increase in August new car sales

Australia’s new car sales have bounced back, achieving an August record led by Western Australia, which had the highest increase of any State for the month compared with the same period in 2022

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World EV Day: Is Australia beyond the tipping point for electric-car adoption?

Electric car sales in Australia are rapidly picking up pace, so on World EV Day we look at who is winning the race and what the future has in store View 4 images Have

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2023 Mahindra XUV700 recalled in Australia due to electrical fire risk

Mahindra’s new XUV700 SUV has been recalled less than three months after going on sale in Australia, with a faulty wiring harness pinned as a potential fire hazard. View 1 images Mahindra has recalled 330 examples of

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2024 Tesla Model Y pricing and features

The 2024 Tesla Model Y continues to be a top-selling choice for Australians making the electric switch, with an efficient design, high-tech features, and a practical medium SUV body. Despite its August 2022

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Brands who are most behind the electric car curve, and what they’re doing about it – Car News

The electrification of the automotive industry is a monumental, once-in-a-generation shift, and like the environment, these kinds of changes are usually accompanied by an extinction event. Some manufacturers, like Hyundai and Kia, for

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Why used car prices have nosedived

A mammoth market change has triggered the price of a used car in Australia to fall by 12 per cent over the past year as motorists tighten their budgets. There are only a

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VFACTS: Tesla could nudge 50,000 deliveries in Australia this year

Tesla is on target to near the 50,000 annual deliveries mark by the end of this year, according to industry sales data so far in 2023. View 4 images US electric car-maker Tesla could

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Calm down – big American utes aren’t taking over Australia

Last month, a total of 792 large pickups were sold in Australia. That’s nearly 800 brand new, full-sized American trucks joining our road fleet, and adding to the year-to-date sales total of 7111

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