First Aston Martin DBX SUV rolls off the production line

The first SUV from British brand Aston Martin has rolled off the production line at the company's new facility in Wales. The 2020 Aston Martin DBX is arguably the most important model for the company – best known for supplying coupes to fictional spy character James Bond – as the luxury SUV will bring with it a new set of customers.

2021 Audi RS Q8 arrives in Australia, price and specs confirmed

Audi Australia has announced the RS Q8 five-seater sports SUV will join local showrooms for the first time, with the model slated for an arrival in October. The RS Q8 – a hotted-up version of the Q8 SUV – is priced from $208,500 plus on-road costs, representing a premium of $43,000 over the previously top-spec SQ8.

Victoria's coronavirus lockdown rules: Your driving questions, answered

A steep rise in Victoria's coronavirus cases has prompted Premier Daniel Andrews to re-implement stay-at-home restrictions, with residents of Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire facing another six weeks of stage-three lockdown. The heightened risk of community transmission and a growing number of daily cases also saw New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian close the border between the two states from midnight on July 7, 2020, until further notice.

2021 Isuzu D-Max teased as orders open ahead of launch

The 2021 Isuzu D-Max has been teased in a promotional video as orders open online ahead of the vehicle’s showroom arrival in the middle of next month. Customers can register their “expression of interest” on the Isuzu Ute Australia website and be notified when the vehicle will arrive in their nearest showroom. The first completely new Isuzu D-Max was unveiled in Thailand in October last year and is already on sale there; you can see our coverage of its global unveiling here.

Honda Civic Type R sets new lap record for front-drive cars

The Honda Civic Type R hot hatch has outpaced one of Ferrari's most iconic supercars on its way to another lap record. Already one of the fastest front-wheel-drive cars on the planet, the Honda Civic Type R has notched up a new victory at the Suzuka race circuit in Japan. The venue was originally built by Honda in 1962 to test its performance cars, but has been a fully fledged Formula One track since 1987.

Musk: Tesla will have fully-autonomous technology this year

Tesla could be the first company to develop fully-autonomous cars. Speaking remotely at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in China on Thursday, Tesla founder Elon Musk says the company is "very close to level five autonomy". Level Five autonomy is the industry's label for fully-autonomous driving – the point at which a car can take over all duties from a human.

SsangYong Tivoli on hiatus until 2021 as stock runs out

The 2020 SsangYong Tivoli and Tivoli XLV have been quietly put on hiatus after the company sold out of stock in Australia. Although the small Tivoli SUV and slightly larger Tivoli XLV sold in relatively modest numbers (67 and 24 cars respectively) in the first half of 2020, the company says this exhausted dealer stock and so SsangYong Australia has removed the models from its website. Year-to-date, the SsangYong Tivoli has outsold the Ford EcoSport and Renault Captur combined.