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Peugeot’s all-new 3008 mid-size crossover will be an important arrival on the Australian market, says the French carmaker. The latest player in a rapidly growing segment arrives at a time when demand for SUVs with a difference is high and the 3008 is claimed to deliver through its revolutionary, latest-generation Peugeot i-Cockpit …

Kia will enter the compact SUV market with a new B-segment crossover called ‘Stonic’, a name it says is a combination of speedy and tonic “which refers to the first and last note on the musical scale”. The new city crossover will slot below the company’s strong selling Sportage mid-size SUV …

Mazda has boosted its CX-3 compact SUV with more standard safety features and improved refinement, as it faces steep competition from newcomer Toyota C-HR and the recently revised Holden Trax in one of the fastest growing passenger markets. The Mazda CX-3 is the first vehicle in the small SUV sales …

The updated 2017 Nissan X-Trail has arrived in Australia, boasting enhancements to its exterior and interior styling, as well as the addition of a new 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine and improved equipment levels across the range. Visually, the upgrade brings Nissan’s bold new V-Motion grille to the mid-size SUV, giving it a family …

Honda’s next generation CR-V crossover will boast an all-turbo engine line-up and a seven-seat option when it launches in Australia in July this year. The fifth-iteration of the CR-V will share the same engine as the current Honda Civic – a 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, upgraded to deliver 140kW …

Audi’s fast expanding RS performance line-up will soon include the Q2 compact crossover, as speculated by a new report. Set to launch in 2018, the RS Q2 will be the German brand’s smallest SUV to wear the RS badge. It will also be the second crossover to bear the performance moniker …

Mazda’s fast expanding SUV range now sees the addition of yet another model, the CX-8 seven-seat crossover. Larger than the CX-5 but smaller than the CX-9, the CX-8 may sound like a good option for those who need a third row seat but find the CX-9 a little too large. …

Do we need a 320kW / 900Nm seven-seat family SUV? Probably not. Do we want one? Yes, please. Like supercars, fast crossovers don’t need to make sense. They sell on performance figures, and nevermind if they are never explored by their owners, ever. And car makers make them because, well, they …

Hyundai has revised the specification for the Tucson compact SUV including the adoption of a 2.0-litre direct-injection petrol engine in two model grades and range-wide access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone compatibility. Released as 2018 models, the four-tier Tucson line-up gets the 2.0-litre GDi (gasoline direction-injection) four-cylinder engine in …

The world’s fastest SUV is not a Porsche or a Range Rover or a BMW. It’s a Tesla Model X. Like its sedan sibling, the Model S, which leaves everything but 8 supercars in the world in the dust sprinting to 100km/h, the Model X takes performance SUV to a completely …

The updated 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has arrived with a revised design, new technology, increased refinement and additional fast charging flexibility. Adopting styling changes from the Model Year 2017 Outlander range, the PHEV variant sports revised front and rear fascia with Mitsubishi’s “Dynamic Shield” front grille, new front and rear …

It’s not often we see such a drastic shift in design from an old to a new model. And it’s all for the better in the case of the Renault Koleos. The French car maker’s mid-size SUV has gone from being one of automotive design’s least successful to one of …

Lexus will unveil the refreshed NX compact crossover at the upcoming Auto Shanghai next month. Accompanying the announcement is a single teaser image of the facelifted Lexus NX, partially revealing the SUV’s redesigned headlight cluster which appears to have adopted the LC coupe’s triple L-motif LED lights in a triangle arrangement. …

The next-generation BMW X3 is inching closer to production as a prototype was put through intensive winter testing in North Sweden. The three-month long winter testing program in the landscape around the small town of Arjeplog saw the X3 pre-production model put through its paces in cold, icy and snowy …