One of Nissan Australia’s most popular models is now available in a diesel option, with the new Nissan X-TRAIL turbo-diesel now on sale in Australia alongside the 2.0 and 2.5 petrol variants launched earlier this year.
Lexus Australia has announced a recall of around 10,800 previous generation Lexus LS, GS, IS, IS C and IS F vehicles built between September 2005 and August 2010. The recall forms part of a worldwide recall of more than 1.75 million vehicles.
Toyota has sold its seven-millionth hybrid vehicle worldwide with Australia selling over 67,000 hybrids. The company has confirmed that it has sold over 6000 hybrids in the first nine months of 2014 and plans to keep working to enhance performance, reduce costs and expand its product line-up.
Holden has issued its thirteenth safety recall notice this year for the Holden Barina and Holden Trax, making the latest recall for Holden more than any other brand in Australian automotive history.
Five Dubbo dealerships - Golden West Holden, Sainsbury Automotive, Clancy Automotive, Dubbo City Toyota and Lindsay Mumford Suzuki - are putting a car up for grabs in the local 'Bullseye golf Championship’ on October 26.
China's September auto sales increased 2.5% from a year earlier, its slowest pace in 19 months, dragged down by sluggish sales of commercial vehicles such as trucks. Vehicles sales totalled 1.98 million units last month, says the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
The Honda Accord, Honda City, Nissan X-Trail, Peugeot 308 and Toyota Prius C have all achieved the maximum 5-star ANCAP safety rating.
After more than five years of negotiations, the merger of Fiat S.p.A. with and into Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA), has now been completed. The company will be legally registered in the Netherlands with a London headquarters.
A limited number of BMW i8’s have touched down in Australia prior to customer deliveries in February 2015, and are now - for the first time - available for test drives through six specialist BMW i network dealerships across the country.
The world’s first dual electric motor production car has been unveiled by Tesla, titled the P85 D, which Tesla notes is the fastest car on the road today, with 0 to 100km/hour in 3.2 seconds and achieves speeds of up to 250km/hour.