ANCAP: Deputy PM announces $6.64 million funding plan

The Australian Federal Government will support ANCAP for five more years, announcing a $6.64 million funding plan for the independent crash-test authority. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Michael McCormack, said the decision is aimed at safeguarding the independent crash-test body’s crucial work. “The work of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program is […]

2019 Toyota Supra spied with production alloy wheels

Another day, another set of Toyota Supra spy photos. This time around, though, the company’s range-ropping sports car has been spied with almost completely undisguised versions of its production wheels. We can now see the two-tone design of the Supra’s rims, with the only part obscured being the Toyota badge in the middle. Elsewhere, though, […]

Tesla driver banned for sitting in passenger’s seat with Autopilot on

httpv://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Qc7dMmL5o Bhavesh Patel, 39, from Nottingham, UK, has been banned from driving for 18 months, by a British court, for dangerous driving after he abandoned the driver’s seat while the Autopilot feature of his Tesla Model S was switched on. At around 7.40pm on May 21, 2017, Patel switched on the Autopilot assisted driving feature […]

2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class L debuts in Beijing

Mercedes-Benz has revealed the updated C-Class L for the Chinese market at the Beijing motor show, bringing similar upgrades to the standard-wheelbase version sold globally. Key upgrades for the C-Class L include the new digital driver instrument cluster, EQ Boost mild-hybrid technology for select engine variants, a revised design for the LED headlights, and minor design […]

Volkswagen GTI drag race: Polo v Golf – video

httpv://http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Be3ybHBuoVQ How do you prove one car is faster than another? You drag race them – duh! The new Volkswagen Polo GTI isn’t far off its Golf GTI stablemate these days in terms of power, but how does that translate in straight-line speed? In this video, Car Mania aims to answer that question. The Polo GTI is smaller […]

2019 Toyota Corolla review

I can’t believe it’s a Corolla. Those were the six words that continued over and over again in my mind as we punted the 12th-generation Corolla through the city streets of San Diego earlier this month. Not only is the new Corolla good-looking – a miracle in its own right – it now has the […]

2018 Hyundai i30 N v Volkswagen Golf GTI Original 3-door comparison

Volkswagen’s reputation for producing exciting, attainable hot hatches is legendary, and with over 40 years’ experience to draw from, so it should be. There’s a new challenger in town, though, with Hyundai looking to spoil the Golf GTI’s party with something it’s never tried before: a hot hatch of its own called the i30 N. […]