The people have spoken (in one country at least), and said “Get this finicky engine out of our cars!” The future of cars involves neither exhaust headers nor aftermarket intake manifolds, and it is coming a lot faster to China than it is to the rest of the world. China leads the world in electrified … Read more
Electric cars, trucks, and SUVs have become a major part of the larger auto market in recent years. Even 10 years ago, we didn’t have a third as many options for electric models as we do now, and the inventory has continued to pile up ever since. What many people have realized is that with … Read more
Hybrid cars have outsold electric vehicles for the past nine months, while the popularity of new, purely petrol and diesel-powered cars – without hybrid assistance – declined by 8 per cent. Sales of new hybrid vehicles have exceeded electric cars for the past nine months, new data shows. According to the Australian Automobile Association’s (AAA) … Read more
Prices of Honda’s three SUVs have been lowered – while its hot hatch is more expensive – after posting a new annual sales low last year. Japanese car giant Honda has cut prices of its three top-selling SUVs – and increased the cost of its popular Civic Type R hot hatch – after recording its … Read more
Ford drops the fixed-price model in Europe, but says it is working on an ‘evolved’ dealer model it plans to roll out by 2030. Ford Europe has dropped plans for a fixed-price dealership model after evaluating a pilot programme in Holland. While the car maker has made no official statement regarding the move, UK publication … Read more
Record deliveries of Suzuki’s fan-favourite 4WD have followed the addition of a five-door variant – but wait times still stretch up to 10 months. The pint-sized Suzuki Jimny four-wheel drive has broken its monthly sales record as the Japanese car maker shortens its backlog of orders. Data published by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries … Read more
Polestar is independently reporting its monthly deliveries after exiting the car-maker lobby group which collates industry sales data. But it’s not clear yet whether Tesla – which will also stop providing data to the industry reports from July – will do the same. Polestar has begun publishing its sales data after exiting the new-car manufacturer … Read more
Kia expects to sell as many EV5 SUVs every month as it does EV6s in half a year, thanks to prices tipped to undercut a base Tesla Model Y. The 2024 Kia EV5 electric SUV is estimated to be priced from less than $70,000 drive-away – cheaper than a Tesla Model Y, Australia’s top-selling electric … Read more
New-car sales are on their longest streak of year-on-year growth since 2021, and set a new March record – despite fears of an imminent slowdown – after Toyota posted a 43 per cent increase in deliveries. Deliveries of new motor vehicles increased for the 11th consecutive month in March 2024 – and set another record … Read more
Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a … Read more
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