Subaru Australia has issued a recall concerning six different models in its line-up regarding a potential braking issue. The recall impacts selected Liberty, Outback, Levorg, WRX, Impreza, and XV variants from different years between 2015 and 2018.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia chief executive Shaun Westcott says that Australia doesn’t yet have the infrastructure in place to deal with increased adoption of electric vehicles.
Ford Australia has confirmed that it will cull its full hot hatch line-up, with time now ticking before the Fiesta ST, Focus ST, and Focus ST X disappear from dealerships by the end of the year.
Honda has announced price rises for 10 different models across its HR-V, CR-V, and Accord line-ups, with each increasing coming into effect this week.
Strong local sales haven’t quelled Toyota’s big picture, with the Japanese marque confirming significant losses in the first quarter of its current financial year. Reuters reports that the marque’s profit in Q1 was down 42% year-on-year, slumping from 997.40 billion yen to 578.66 billion yen.
To further cement its Reimagine strategy Jaguar Land Rover Australia has looked beyond automotive by appointing a new managing director who hails from luxury jewellery retailing.
Offering more support to fourth year apprentices has been identified as a key opportunity for policy makers and the automotive industry, as a skills shortage grips the country.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says the relatively flat result of new car sales for July 2022 compared to July 2021 shows the market has not normalised since the beginning of the pandemic.
Australia’s electric vehicle landscape is set to gain a competitor next year, in the form of the Chery Omoda 5 EV. The Chinese firm has announced that production of right-hand drive Omoda 5 plug-ins destined for Australia will commence next September.
Embracing constant change and diversity in recruitment were the central themes for Carmageddon 2022 hosted by the Motor Trade Association of Queensland (MTA-Q), where members of the automotive industry came together to discuss the future ahead of them.
