Author: William Stopford

For model yr 2024, the Audi Q5 – the four-ring brand’s second best-selling model in Australia – is dearer than before. Prices were increased across the range – including the sportier SQ5 models – by between $1430 and $5900 from January 1, 2024. “Resulting from ongoing disruptions to global markets, increases in the prices of raw materials and logistics mean that Audi Australia has seen a rise in prices across the model range,” an Audi Australia spokesperson told CarExpert. 55 TFSI e Quattro s line The 40 TDI and 45 TFSI wagon variants are actually also available only in Sport…

Subaru Australia says it has “reasonable” supply of its vehicles, though a few of its vehicles are facing longer waits than others. The corporate says the Forester Hybrid and Crosstrek Hybrid are facing the longest waits, that are sitting at between 4 and 6 months in the meanwhile. For the Forester Hybrid, that’s a drop from nine or 10 months last 12 months, and Subaru says it’s working to get more supply. The Outback XT and BRZ are facing wait times of three or 4 months. It says other vehicles, depending on variant, are either in stock or will only…

The Skoda Enyaq electric SUV is arriving in Australia in July, and the Czech brand is weighing an expensive L&K variant for the range. L&K is the name the brand uses for its most luxurious trim level, and is called after Skoda’s predecessor company Laurin & Klement, which was in turn named after its founders. Government documents show the Enyaq has been approved to be sold here in single-motor rear-wheel drive L&K and Sportline trims, plus as a dual-motor all-wheel drive RS. Enyaq L&K “L&K is a really desirable trim level and we’re taking a look at the business case…

After taking a look at the hybrid SUVs we’d pick for under $50,000, we at CarExpert at the moment are opening our imaginary wallets a bit of further. Stepping as much as the wide $50-100,000 price bracket, there are multiple Lexus SUVs to pick from, while there are vastly more plug-in hybrids available. Inside this price range, there’s every little thing from the GWM Tank 300 hybrid off-roader to the sporty Cupra Formentor VZe plug-in hybrid crossover. The continued expansion within the variety of electrified options helps to fuel greater hybrid and plug-in hybrid sales. Last 12 months, 98,439 hybrids…

It’s been a protracted time since Suzuki last offered a three-row SUV, but one is reportedly within the pipeline – and with hybrid power. Autocar India reports Suzuki’s Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki is working on a brand new flagship SUV, codenamed Y17, that’s set to enter production in 2025. It should reportedly be based on the newest Grand Vitara, making it a Grand Grand Vitara of sorts. The Grand Vitara nameplate was recently revived and applied to a brand new vehicle, also sold because the Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder; Suzuki developed the duo and Toyota produces them. Grand Vitara Unlike…

Yesterday’s High Court of Australia verdict in Vanderstock & Anor v State of Victoria saw Victoria’s road-user charge struck down, and the state is now weighing its next steps – including issuing refunds. “We’re still working it out … I don’t think the federal government is especially phased with the undeniable fact that we may need to return a small amount of cash,” said Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas in remarks reported by The Guardian. “It’s about how we’d give you the option to discover the category of people who find themselves affected as a consequence, and might I say whether…

The outside of BYD’s upcoming ute has been revealed. In patent filing images shared by CarNewsChina, we will see the boxy styling of the ute that’s set to debut in China this yr. BYD will reportedly launch it first as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), before adding an electrical version. EVDirect, the corporate’s Australian distributor, has already confirmed it’s launching a ute in 2024. It’ll join the electrical Atto 3, Dolphin and Seal in local showrooms, with a mid-sized SUV due next yr. There’s an enormous BYD badge on the grille, flanked by headlights with what look like distinguished C-shaped LED…

Video has emerged of a crash between two supercars and a motorhome that led to 2 deaths on a two-lane road outside San Giovanni Suergiu in South Sardinia, Italy. Within the footage, taken from a vehicle travelling behind a motorhome, we will see two Ferraris and two Lamborghinis perform an overtaking manoeuvre. They in turn go to overtake the motorhome, but just because the second Lamborghini does so, a 3rd Ferrari emerges and strikes it. The 2 vehicles in turn collide with the motorhome, which flips on its side. Italian news agency Ansa reports the occupants of the Ferrari that…

Much more so than Australia, the European market has seen an influx of electrical cars from China – and the European Commission desires to do something about it. The President of the manager branch of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced the launch of an anti-subsidy investigation. “Global markets are actually flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars. And their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies,” said President von der Leyen in her annual speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday. “That is distorting our market. And as we don’t accept this from the within,…