Category: Australia

Kia Australia prices rise by up to $1500 for 2023

Prices across six Kia models have risen for the new year – with the Stinger sedan hit with the largest increase of all. View 9 images Prices across six of the 12 models in

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Hydrogen Cars or Electric Cars: What’s right for Australia?

It’s Betamax versus VHS all over again. Despite the recent growth in EV sales, one thing hasn’t changed: the question of which alt-fuel is ultimately the best for buyers, the market, and the

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Are electric vehicles Australia’s opportunity of a lifetime?

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size On June 8, 2000, Australia got a glimpse of a possible future for its automotive industry. It looked familiar enough – like a sleek remake

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Can Hyundai-owned Genesis beat luxury brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Volvo and more? – Car News

Genesis sold just 1039 cars in 2022 but was one of the biggest winners in a challenging year for the luxury car market in Australia. While Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Lexus and others suffered

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The ‘new Chery’ should be looked at how Hyundai is today, brand says

Incoming – or returning – Chinese car brand, Chery, says customers can feel free to look back at the brand’s heritage, but insists it is an entirely different entity today. For the unaware,

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This week in news: January 16-20 2023

We publish a ton of car news stories during the working week (70-odd as a rule), and it can be tough to keep up with everything – which is the rationale behind this

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Why EV prices are finally turning a corner

When Melbourne driver Adam Stewart bought a Tesla 18 months ago, he noticed a peculiarly Australian phenomenon. “It’s a funny thing, but people who own Teslas would know this – Tesla owners would

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Virtual gear shifting for electric cars comes to showrooms

The latest electric vehicle from Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis allows drivers to shift between virtual ‘gears’, accompanied by computer-generated sound and a digital tachometer. View 6 images The latest Genesis GV60 Performance electric car

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Automotive News hires dealers, retail technology reporter

Mark Hollmer has joined Automotive News as a reporter covering dealers and retail technology. Hollmer, 53, most recently wrote about insurance and mortgage industry technology for Insurance Business America and Mortgage Professional America,

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How does a Polestar fare across the Nullarbor?

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It was only when I pulled a U-turn on McIvor Street in Norseman that I realised we had been followed for the last hundred kilometres.

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