The Ford Ranger may have been Australia’s favourite car last year but at one point the company “almost pulled out” of the country altogether, the American carmaker’s boss has revealed. The comments by Ford chief executive Jim Farley at the 2024 Wolfe Conference in New York earlier this month haveContinue Reading
It would “not be in the public interest” to release modelling showing how much car prices would increase under proposed new carbon emissions standards, the Albanese government has told parliament. Carmakers, industry experts and the federal opposition have warned that motorists can expect to pay up to $13,000 more forContinue Reading
The boss of Mitsubishi Australia has warned carmakers may have no choice but to raise prices on some of the country’s most popular vehicles under the Albanese government’s proposed new emissions standards. Mitsubishi Australia chief executive Shaun Westcott said the Japanese manufacturer — which had two of the top 20Continue Reading
Australia’s war on gas guzzling utes in the name of reducing emissions may be putting another species on the endangered list — the grey nomad. The great Australian tradition of caravanning, whether taking in the Great Australian Bight along the Nullarbor Plain or through the red centre to Uluru, willContinue Reading
Families and tradies could soon face price hikes and fewer choices for popular SUVs and utes, the automotive industry has warned, after new vehicle pollution caps were unveiled. On Sunday, the Albanese government released three potential options for a proposed fuel efficiency standard, slated to take effect next year, whichContinue Reading
The nation’s first electric ute has arrived – but the $93,000 vehicles come with a string of major flaws that experts say will well and truly turn normally ute-mad Aussies off. Chinese automaker LDV’s eT60 electric ute – a dual-cab two-wheel drive with a 330km range and one-tonne towing capacityContinue Reading
They’re as Aussie as meat pies and backyard cricket – but there’s a sad reason why the iconic ute is becoming a less common sight on our roads these days. In recent years, sales of American “pick-up trucks” have been booming Down Under, with figures proving the US-style vehicles –Continue Reading