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Volkswagen’s T-Roc SUV can be pre-ordered online from Thursday morning ahead of its showroom arrival in Australia in April. Priced from $40,490 Volkswagen’s T-Roc 140 TSI Sport is joined in the online pre-order offer by the T-Roc X Special Edition priced at $42,990. The T-Roc 140TSI Sport will slot below the Tiguan in Volkswagen’s expanding SUV …

Subaru has been teasing us with the next-generation Levorg for awhile now, first at the last year’s Tokyo Motor Show and this week at the Tokyo Auto Salon. While it will take a fine eye to spot the differences between the two prototypes, the latest concept model does appear more …

Having updated the regular Civic line-up, it’s now the Honda Civic Type R’s turn. Bowing in at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon, the Japanese hot hatch gets the customary front and back makeover to freshen it up for another few years. At the front, there’s a subtly tweaked front bumper …

“I want to get back a Toyota sports car. I’ve always thought so. 86 is an important companion on both rallies and circuits. Supra was also revived as a car worthy of its name. But I still want a sports car that Toyota makes with my own hands. That thought …

Nissan is showcasing a new four-wheel drive technology for electric vehicles at the 2020 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Called e-4ORCE, the technology provides instant torque to all four wheels to deliver “balanced, predictable power and handling on par with many premium sports cars”. The “e” represents full electric motor drive …

Sony is toying with an electric car. So why not Hyundai play with planes? That’s exactly what the South Korean car maker is doing. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, Hyundai’s electric vertical take off and land or eVTOL aircraft concept is the result of a collaboration with …

Sony has just dropped a bombshell, unveiling an all-electric concept called the Vision-S at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Created to showcase the Japanese technology company’s ability in the area of mobility, the concept is equipped with no less than 33 sensors, including CMOS image sensors, solid …

Fisker has unveiled their first electric SUV known as the Ocean, a name it adopted as many of its components are recycled from items pulled from the ocean. To cater to the world’s insatiable appetite for SUVs, the Ocean is a mid-size crossover with seating for five. As you can …

This is the Genesis GV80 – the South Korean luxury brand’s first ever SUV. Tipped to arrive in Australia in the middle of this year, the GV80 is a full size SUV offering up to three rows of seating and underpinned by a rear biased all-wheel drive system for sporty …

The highly anticipated fourth-generation Ford Focus RS might be arriving sooner than we thought, with reports that the hot hatch is entering the last stages of development in preparation for a late 2020 debut. UK publication CAR magazine recently spilled the beans on the Blue Oval’s next-gen AMG A45 fighter, …

Lexus has confirmed it is working on a new twin-turbo V8 engine for its future performance models. The official confirmation comes within a statement on its 24 Hours of Nürburgring Endurance Race campaign next year, where Toyota Gazoo Racing will be running a Lexus LC SP Pro Class car with …

Subaru has confirmed its March 2020 launch into the hybrid arena, with its new Forester and XV Hybrid e-Boxer All-Wheel Drive (AWD) variants. Both the Forester and XV hybrid models feature identical petrol-electric engines that add a new dimension and choice to Subaru’s range. XV Hybrid offers over 14% improvement …

The current-generation Toyota LandCruiser (below) has been around since 2007. Even having undergone two facelifts since, the Series 200 LandCruiser is living on borrowed time. But the next-generation all-new model is expected in late 2020, and while Toyota has been keeping development tightly under wraps, here’s a sneak peak of …

Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off its all-new, second-generation GLA small premium SUV. Set to go on sale in the middle of 2020, the GLA is taller, wider but shorter than the outgoing model, measuring 4,410mm long, 1,834mm wide and 1,611mm in height. That means it’s 14mm shorter, 30mm wider …