WORK IN PROGRESS

WHEN YOUR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT, DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES

PREMIUM BLEND

HERE'S HOW TO ENJOY CHAMPAGNE ON A VAGUELY BEERY BUDGET

MIDDLE CLASS

THE AUSSIE FAMILY DREAM USED TO BE A QUARTER ACRE AND A PICKET FENCE. NOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE MODEST

SHORTY AWARDS

VALUE FOR MONEY CAN BE A RARE COMMODITY AMONG SMALL SUVS. HERE ARE THREE THAT ANSWER THE CALL

TOYOTA HAS A SECOND CRACK AT THE GR YARIS, NOW WITH AN AUTO

TOYOTA WAS SO concerned that it might not be able to sell all of the required 25,000 GR Yarises that it needed for World Rally Championship homologation that it created a cheaper, ordinary version of the three-door car for Japan, called the RS. It comes with the standard Yaris's humdrum 1.5-litre hybrid powertrain and none of the fancy running gear or hardware. They designed it to make up the numbers if the GR Yaris wasn't successful.

TUNDRA GETS RE-ENGINEERED FOR AUSTRALIA. WE ASSESS ITS PROGRESS

''Volume won't be a problem with this car based on our sales planning,\" says Sean Hanley, Toyota's Australian boss as he looks across to the right-hand-drive Tundra pick-up, the culmination of a five-year project.

FIRST Drives

THE NEW METAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

The new Aussie champ

MORE CARS THAN EVER WERE SOLD IN 2023 AND A DECEMBER UPSET SAW THE FORD RANGER BEAT THE TOYOTA HILUX TO BECOME THE NATION'S TOP-SELLING VEHICLE

Petrol prices explained

IT'S A MYSTERY TO MOST OF US BUT JUST HOW IS THE PRICE OF FUEL DETERMINED IN AUSTRALIA?

HIGH-BRED HYBRIDS

DO YOU REALLY NEED A LARGE SUV? HONDA'S NEW CR-V IN HYBRID FORM MAKES A COMPELLING ARGUMENT, EVEN WHEN PITCHED AGAINST SOME HEAVY-DUTY COMPETITION

I'M A SURVIVOR!

SHANA'S RELIEVED THAT GENESIS IS STILL KICKING GOALS WITH ITS AUSSIE MODEL LINE-UP

NEVER MIND THE WIDTH...

...FEEL THE QUALITY. HAS THE NEW GLC REVERTED TO TRADITIONAL MERC VALUES?

FORD EVEREST

A VERITABLE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF THE LARGE SUV WORLD, THE FORD EVEREST IS EQUALLY SKILLED AT SCHOOL DROP OFFS, LONG-DISTANCE CRUISING AND OUTBACK EXPLORING

Youth or experience?

DOES THE BIGGER AND BOX-FRESH HONDA CR-V HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO TOPPLE THREE VETERANS OF THE LARGE SUV SEGMENT? LET'S FIND OUT

FIFTY SENT

GOT $50K TO BURN ON A FAMILY SUV? YOU COULD DO WORSE THAN ANY OF THESE THREE-EVEN IF ONE'S A BIT BETTER THAN THE OTHERS

FORD MUSTANG MACH-E

SACRILEGE, SAVIOUR OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY?

HONDA CIVIC Type R

IS IT ABOUT TIME THE FN2 TYPE R SHARED THE LOVE?

Yukon's new frontier

GMC PLANNING AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH FOR ITS UPDATED LUXURY SUV. HERE’S WHY THE GENERAL RECKONS THERE’S SPACE HERE FOR ANOTHER BIG TRUCK

Lock & load

BMW'S M3 TOURING IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE GUN WAGON OF THE MOMENT. BUT IS IT SHARP ENOUGH TO DRAW A BEAD ON THE MIGHTY AUDI RS6 AVANT FROM THE SEGMENT ABOVE?

WORTH THE WEIGHT?

THE COMPANY BEST KNOWN FOR LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTS CARS DELIVERS A HUGELY FAST AND ACCOMPLISHED LARGE ELECTRIC SUV THAT'S SUDDENLY A TRUE HEAVYWEIGHT OF THE SEGMENT

DARK HORSE

THE MOST HARDCORE VERSION OF FORD'S SEVENTHGENERATION PONY CAR IS A SPORTS COUPE WITH DEPTH AND ATTITUDE THAT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND ITS V8 ENGINE

MUNICH'S ELECTRIC SUV FOR THOSE WHO DON'T NEED TO MAKE A SONG AND DANCE

AWARD FOR biggest improver of 2022? That probably goes to BMW's X1 which, in third-generation guise, really seemed to find its feet.

BIGGER, QUIETER, MORE RICHLY EQUIPPED AND BETTER TO DRIVE

WHAT'S THE  most important new model for Mercedes-Benz to get absolutely right? A new SL? The flagship S-Class? One of its many cutting-edge EVs? Nope, it's a mid-size SUV. This mid-size SUV, in fact.

Best Premium

THESE THREE ARE IN A STATE OF LUX, SO WHICH ONE DESERVES YOUR HARD-EARNED?

FUTURE ICONS

THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD IS CHANGING FAST. THIS COLLECTIVE IS PART OF THE NEXT GENERATION THAT STAND TO BE GAME CHANGERS

MAHINDRA XUV700

INDIA BOWLS UP A SURPRISINGLY COMPETENT AND MODERN SEVEN-SEAT SUV

NISSAN ARIYA

NISSAN'S BOLD NEW EV REALLY IS LIKE TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF

10 FUTURE TRENDS

STRAP IN, BECAUSE THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO BE A WILD RIDE. WE CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF DRIVING, FROM SMALL PRINT TO BLUE SKY

POST SCRIPT

AFTER OUR SPELL WITH THE EVEREST V6 SPORT WE FINISH WITH A MONTH IN THE FLAGSHIP PLATINUM MODEL

URBAN LEGEND

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