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2026 Kia EV4 Air.
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2026 Kia EV4 Review: Value-focussed electric sedan joins Australia’s growing EV market to take on Tesla Model 3, BYD Seal

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January 31, 2026January 31, 2026
Toby Hagon 2518 Views EV4, Kia, Kia EV4 Review

Traditional sedans have been a dying breed, but those powered by electricity have proven surprisingly popular in a fast changing

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BYD Sealion 7
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2026 BYD Sealion 7 Premium Review: We slept on this super-solid electric SUV. We were wrong

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Andrew Chesterton 5432 Views BYD Sealion 7

For some reason, the BYD Sealion 7 kind of slipped past me last year. I drove the Performance (albeit briefly)

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2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium RWD
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2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Review: Will the latest price slash finally bring some sales?

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 Iain Curry 3617 Views ford mach-e review, mach-e review, mustang mach-e, mustang mach-e review

The Mustang Mach-E remains Ford’s only electric car on sale in Australia (vans don’t count), and numbers have not been

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2026 Toyota bZ4X 2WD Review: A $10,000 price cut and a huge boost in range transform the bZ4X from pretender to contender

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026 Bruce Newton 10804 Views BZ4X, Toyota, toyota bz4x review

Such is Toyota’s reputation as an all-conquering sales force in Australia the failure of the original bZ4X to gain an

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Deepal E07 AWD Performance.
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2026 Deepal E07 AWD Performance Seven-Day Review: From country hay hauler to Bunnings, the Multitruck ute/SUV gets the ultimate Aussie test

January 17, 2026January 16, 2026 Toby Hagon 2615 Views Deepal, E07, Multitruck

An SUV that transforms into a ute is quite the sales pitch for Aussies. Almost three-quarters of the vehicles we

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Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive.
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2026 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive Review: Tesla’s longest range EV yet, but should you sign up for the journey?

January 10, 2026January 11, 2026 Toby Hagon 10076 Views model 3, Tesla, Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear Wheel Drive

Less power and two fewer wheels doing the driving. It’s not exactly a scorching sales pitch, although to be fair

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2026 Chery Tiggo 8 CSH.
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2026 Chery Tiggo 8 CSH Urban Review: Sharp pricing and heaps of equipment aren’t the only positives offered by this plug-in seven-seat family SUV

January 3, 2026January 2, 2026 Bruce Newton 6445 Views Chery, Chery Tiggo 8 CSH Urban review, Tiggo 8 CSH

If 2025 was the year plug-in hybrids became really relevant to Australian mainstream car shoppers then Chery was a big

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Jaecoo J5 BEV.
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2026 Jaecoo J5 EV Review: Cool looks, hot price … is this the sub-$40K electric SUV to beat?

December 22, 2025December 23, 2025 Toby Hagon 7250 Views J5, Jaecoo, Jaecoo J5 Review

Things are heating up in the sub-$40K small electric SUV segment and the Jaecoo J5 is the latest newcomer to

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2026 Denza B8 6S.
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2026 Denza B8 6S Review: The Toyota LandCruiser is about to be tested more seriously than ever by this full-size Chinese PHEV 4×4 wagon

December 21, 2025December 20, 2025 Bruce Newton 10055 Views B8, B8 6S, Denza, Denza B8 6S

Many have tried to take on the mighty Toyota LandCruiser 4×4 wagon and very few have succeeded. The latest challenger

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2026 MG IM5 Performance.
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2026 MG IM5 Performance Review: Porsche performance for a pittance from a Chinese electric sedan

December 20, 2025December 19, 2025 Stephen Corby 3863 Views IM IM6, IM Motors

Are my learned colleagues on drugs? This is the question I’m forced to ask after comparing their frothing frenzy over

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