Car Reviews

The Fiat 500 has been revitalised for 2014 with a host of styling, comfort and technological enhancements. Launched in 2007, the retro-inspired Fiat 500 was awarded the coveted International Car of the Year crown a year later, the year it arrived in Australia. This timeless classic retains the pre-update model’s …

We drove the 2014 Honda Jazz recently and liked its comfortable ride and competent handling. Its clever packaging also impressed upon us. Now it’s the Jazz’s booted brother, the City’s, turn to show us if it has what it takes to take on the not only the more trendy hatches, …

What better time to go topless than spring. The sun stays up and plays longer. The air is warm and infused with scents of blooms bursting from the meadows and gardens. At our disposal is the latest addition to the growing A3 range – the 2014 A3 Cabriolet. Available in …

The Mitsubishi ASX has been revitalised for 2015, with claimed improvements to overall driver performance and NVH, along with new features and cosmetic updates. Designed to take on the likes of Nissan Qashqai, Volkswagen Tiguan and Holden Captiva, the ASX is an amalgamation of the larger Outlander and the Lancer, …

At around this time two years ago, Suzuki took the covers off its S-Cross concept at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Like most show cars, its styling was attention grabbing, especially coming from Suzuki. The Japanese brand, better known for its superbikes, said it was designed for the concrete jungle, …

The Lexus hybrid story begins in the 60s, long before the brand was born in 1989, and in an era where Green actually referred to a shade of colour. Parent company Toyota felt the need to find a more efficient, environmental sensitive way to power a car, which led to …

If the Honda Jazz was a person, she would have a degree in economics and a wardrobe full of practical clothing like pull-on ankle jeans that requires no ironing, a sizeable shoulder strap bag with lots of useful compartments, and sensible walking shoes that won’t kill the feet after two …

A Nissan what? That’s likely to be the first reaction you get when you introduce the new Nissan Qashqai (pronounced cash-cai) to your friends. The Cash Cow? Yup. That’s going to be every one’s reply. Fear not. Behind the new clumsy global name now adopted by the Dualis replacement model, …

As with most things these days, mainstream is out and unconventional is cool. The term “crossover”, when used on a car, means the answer isn’t obvious when you ask the question of “what is it?”. The Dodge Journey falls into this new category of crossover vehicles. It may look like …

After what seems like an excruciatingly long and wet winter, the sun’s ray has finally made a triumphant return to chase away the cold mornings and the dark nights. With it, the milder temperature brings an outburst of colour and the welcoming scent of blooms in the garden. Like ladybirds …

The Abarth 595 ’50th Anniversary’ celebrates the introduction of the first Abarth tuned Fiat 500 in 1963. Relaunched in 2007, Fiat’s performance arm Abarth had been making performance parts for the bambino since the early 50s before rolling out the original 595 at the Turin Motor Show a decade later. …

The BMW 4 Series is the successor to the 3 Series Coupé. The new ‘4’ nameplate was created to put the 4-Series more in line with the naming convention of BMW’s other coupe and convertible models – the 2 Series Coupé being the coupe version of the 1 Series, and likewise the …

Holden launched the mildly refreshed MY14 Captiva range earlier this year – the second nip-tuck since the car’s local debut in 2007. The update not only sees the Captiva 7 trim levels being renamed, with SX, CX and LX becoming LS, LT and LTZ respectively, the lion brand also took …

The new BMW 2 Series Coupé is the successor to the 1 Series Coupé, the entry point into the propeller badged sports coupe ownership. As the 3 Series coupe, now called the 4 Series, has grown so much in size over the years, BMW saw the opportunity to slot in …