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2025 JCW Mini E 3-door
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2025 Mini JCW Hatch and Aceman Track Review: Can an electric John Cooper Works Mini live up to that fabulous heritage?

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Iain Curry 793 Views 0 Comments electric jcw, john cooper works EV, mini aceman jcw

Blame my English heritage, but I was Sceptic-in Chief ahead of testing the new JCW versions of Mini’s electric line-up.

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive review: Can the cheapest Model Y hold off the even cheaper Chinese competition?

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 4259 Views 1 Comment Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive

If Tesla is going to climb its way back to the top of the sales charts in Australia (and the

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BYD Sealion 7
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2025 BYD Sealion 7 Performance Review: Plenty of surprises as Chinese attempt to bloody Tesla Model Y’s nose

May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 Stephen Corby 9822 Views 8 Comments BYD, Sealion 7

When you fire up a BYD Sealion 7, you are greeted by a Tesla-typical-sized screen that says: “Cool the Earth

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Deepal G318
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2025 Deepal G318 Review: Meet the Toyota Prado’s worst nightmare. This Chinese range extender can shake up the diesel-dominated Aussie 4WD market

April 21, 2025May 2, 2025 Toby Hagon 5163 Views 1 Comment Deepal, G318

Forget diesel engines and big fuel tanks, the new breed of frugal off-roaders rely on electricity and petrol – and

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MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite.
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2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite Review: Updates to this affordable SUV mean the battery now stays charged, but it still left us feeling a little flat

April 19, 2025April 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 5902 Views 0 Comments Excite, mg, ZS Hybrid+

In the old days (last year), the MG ZS compact SUV was cheap and cheerful rental fleet fodder, but now

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Charging a 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV
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Seven day test: 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV. I’ll check back when you’ve finished it.

April 18, 2025April 17, 2025 Iain Curry 4272 Views 2 Comments C10 Design, Leapmotor C10, Leapmotor C10 Review

Leapmotor is a box fresh Chinese brand on our shores, marketed by auto giant Stellantis (Jeep, Peugeot, RAM, etc.), and

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2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance Ultra.
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2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance Ultra Review: The fastest production Volvo ever comes with standard sincerity and a dash of devil

April 13, 2025April 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 4610 Views EX30, Twin Performance Ultra, volvo

The folks at Volvo have always seem so … sincere. They are sincere in how they don’t want people to

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Haval H6GT
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2025 GWM Haval H6GT PHEV Review: New plug-in hybrid packs in the value and EV range to make life tough for BYD Sealion 6, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

April 12, 2025April 11, 2025 Toby Hagon 11032 Views H6GT, haval, PHEV

The new GWM Haval G6GT has the option of a plug-in hybrid system that takes EV-only motoring to another level.

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2025 Kia EV3 Air Standard Range.
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2025 Kia EV3 Air Standard Range Review: Has Kia beaten back the Chinese tide with its most affordable EV yet

April 6, 2025April 5, 2025 Bruce Newton 5224 Views

Into a sea of Chinese compact electric SUVs a little Korean contender has jumped. It’s called the Kia EV3 and

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2025 Tesla Model Y Long Range
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2025 Tesla Model Y Long Range Review: Why Elon Musk’s antics shouldn’t distract you from how good the Juniper update is

April 3, 2025April 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 13046 Views Long Range, model y, Tesla

It’s the electric car that set the template in the mid-sized SUV space. Now the 2025 Tesla Model Y Juniper

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