Australia’s favourite car has grown by more than 80 centimetres in just over a decade, and experts say our obsession with “super-sized” utes and SUVs is here to stay despite growing calls to tax and regulate them off the roads. A striking image comparing the size of the Mazda 3,Continue Reading
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
Australian motorists may be forced to pay as much as $13,000 extra for some of the country’s most popular cars under the Albanese government’s proposed new emissions standards. The Ford Ranger, the top-selling car in 2023, would incur a penalty of $6150 under the proposed 2025 CO2 target, according toContinue 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
Jim Chalmers has quashed claims tradies could soon face price hikes on utes under a plan to overhaul the nation’s fuel efficiency standards. The changes would incentivise the car industry to boost the sales of low and zero emissions vehicles or face fines for selling too many fuel-hungry cars. MotoringContinue 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
A promise by the Albanese government to unveil mandatory pollution caps for new vehicles sold in Australia by the end of 2023 has been broken, sparking fears its landmark EV policy will be put on ice. In April, Labor committed to introducing a new fuel efficiency standard, with a favouredContinue Reading
Australia is set to overhaul its automotive landscape, potentially bidding farewell to the era of top-selling cars such as the Toyota HiLux ute, beloved SUVs, and colossal American pick-up trucks. The catalyst for this transformation comes from new laws announced by the Federal Government, which mandate stringent emission standards forContinue Reading