Mercedes-Benz has introduced a “Digital Showroom” for shoppers to avoid visiting bricks and mortar car dealerships. While some buyers enjoy poking, prodding and testing their next car purchase, many are daunted by the idea of pushy – and sometimes patronising – salespeople. Benz’s new initiative invites prospective customers to linkContinue Reading

Australian new-car buyers’ tastes are shifting dramatically if the April sales results are anything to go by. Some of Australia’s best known and most loved brands are struggling while a hot of upstarts are selling like hot cakes. Here’s what’s hot and what’s not in the new-car market. HOT ElectricContinue Reading

Sales of electric cars are charging ahead. Australians bought more than 4800 electric cars in January, which is close to six per cent of all vehicles sold according to the Federal Chambers of Automotive Industries (FCAI). Once hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles are added the total of electrified vehicles soldContinue Reading

There is light at the end of the tunnel for Australian new-car buyers sick of long wait times. Supply continues to improve with the more than 95,000 new cars sold through November, almost 18 per cent higher than the same month in 2021. Despite the increase the market still hasContinue Reading