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Used petrol, diesel, hybrid or electric? Here’s the drivetrain that actually suits your life Used petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric cars all suit different owners. Here’s how to choose the right drivetrain without buying a very expensive mistake....

Maybach GLS 680: A Quieter, More Dominant Luxury SUV Mercedes has taken the Maybach GLS, given it a deeper voice and an even more arrogant stare, and then made it behave....

Mercedes-Maybach GLS Gets Sharper, Softer, Smarter Mercedes-Maybach has taken its GLS and done what only the very wealthiest of engineers seem to do: make a giant luxury SUV even more opulent, more powerful and, somehow, more serene....

XPENG X9: Seven Seat Electric MPV Lands In Australia The XPENG X9 has arrived in Australia, and it is unapologetically large, clever and electric. Prices start from AUD $89,900 plus on-road costs for the front-wheel drive Standard Range, with the range-topping AWD Performance listed at AUD $109,900....

Mazda’s Large SUVs Get Bolder Kits And Smarter Prices Mazda has quietly given its Large Architecture SUVs a tidy tweak or two. No pyrotechnics, just smarter pricing, more kit and enough black trim to make anyone who likes subtlety sit up and squint....

Hyundai Snatches Third In A Dusty Estonian Scrap Today Hyundai Motorsport left Rally Estonia with a grinning bruise, claiming third overall after a teeth-gritting battle on fast gravel....

Jaecoo J5 Hybrid Arrives For The Hesitant EV Buyer Not ready to abandon petrol entirely but tired of watching fuel prices? Jaecoo has a compromise: the J5 Hybrid....

Chery Stockman: 350kW Diesel Super Hybrid Ute Arrives 2026 Australia is about to get a new kind of ute: rugged, brash and secretly clever. Chery has previewed the Stockman, a dual-cab pickup that marries a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel to a Super Hybrid system....

Genesis GV60 Magma Joins Nordschleife Track Taxi Fleet Genesis has thrown something noisy and very fast onto the Nordschleife: the GV60 Magma. It is electric, unapologetically orange, and built to give passengers a lesson in velocity while their breakfast clutches on for dear life....

SAIC Motor Tops Two Million Sales In First Half Of 2026 SAIC Motor has done something most carmakers only dream of: it shifted more than two million vehicles in the first half of 2026....

Geely EX2: Small EV With Big Space And Smart Value Forget everything you think you know about small electric cars. The Geely EX2 arrives with the confidence of a bestseller and the habit of making sensible choices look exciting....

Genesis Magma Racing Learns Hard Lessons At Interlagos Genesis Magma Racing left São Paulo with one small, very welcome victory and a bigger problem to fix....

Hyundai Eyes Speed And Points At Rally Estonia Push Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team rolls into Rally Estonia with a swagger earned on gravel. A win in Portugal and a front-running showing at the Acropolis mean the i20 N Rally1s are back where they belong: hammering down fast roads and hoping the puncture gremlins stay at home....

Hyundai Scores Red Dot Wins With Three Bold Concepts Hyundai walked off with three trophies at the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2026, including a Best of the Best plus a Luminary nomination for its MobED pair, and Winner titles for both Concept THREE and the CRATER Concept....

ONEX RTC Giant Alcantara Gaming Chair Review: Big Chair, Big Price, But Where’s the Alcantara? I bought the ONEX RTC Giant Alcantara Gaming Chair with our own money. This is not sponsored, not gifted, not arranged through a brand, and not one of those suspiciously cheerful reviews where everything is apparently wonderful because a courier dropped off a free box....

Mini Cooper Oxford Edition Celebrates British Character Oxford built Minis are back in our faces, this time wearing the Union Jack like a proud lapel pin....

Jaecoo Returns As Major Partner For AUSX Supercross Series Jaecoo is back on the Supercross grid for 2026, sticking with the Boost Mobile AUSX Championship after a debut season that saw it become the first official vehicle partner in the series....