Schaeffler Audi RS3 concept gets Formula E tech

Schaeffler, engineering firm and Audi’s partner in Formula E, has unveiled the electric 4ePerformance concept, complete with 880kW from four electric motors. They’re not just any electric motors, either, they’re identical to those used on the 2016-17 ABT Schaeffler Formula E racer. That puts total power at 880kW, and system torque at 1280Nm from all four […]

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk review

So, the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk has lobbed into Australia, and what a brief if surprisingly telling insight the local launch event was: a morning messing about at Victoria’s high-speed Phillip Island Circuit, no on-road appraisal on the program. But this was less some sandbagging stage in a slow striptease of discovering the complete […]

2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i v Volvo XC60 T6 R Design

It’s medium-sized SUVs rather than mid-sized passenger cars that are the frontline of the luxury-brand wars these days. Premium-medium sports-utility vehicles were comfortably the largest luxury segment in 2017 with 30,820 sales. You can take the BMW 3 Series v X3 trend as a microcosm of the dramatic shift in buyer preferences. A decade ago, the […]

2019 Audi SQ2 spied inside and out

A prototype believed to be the upcoming Audi SQ2 has been spied again in Europe, this time inside and out. While this vehicle looks like a standard version of the Q2, there are some clues indicating underneath the understated skin is a powerful little beast. Key changes include the quad-tipped exhaust out the back – a […]

2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S review

It’s entirely appropriate the local launch for Mercedes-AMG’s latest muscle machine, the GLC 63 S, is held in the rural Victorian town of Yea. Because, one short stint behind the wheel of the high-ridin’ skunkworked SUV leaves you with just one expression; ‘Yeah!’ It’s a bit silly, really, to take what is fundamentally a sedate […]

Ford Fiesta RS “not necessary” – report

Ford has shut down recent rumours it’s working on a more powerful Fiesta RS, with the company’s European design boss ruling out such a model in a new report out of Europe. Speaking with Dutch publication AutoRAI, Amko Leenarts, design director for Ford of Europe, said: “The performance of the new Fiesta ST is already such a high […]

Chrysler brand to be phased out, announcement coming soon – report

Fiat Chrysler’s ever-growing focus on crossovers, pickup trucks and luxury cars, as well as a dearth of new product makes it likely the Chrysler brand could be phased out in the near future. A source has told Automotive News Chrysler’s fate could be announced this Friday, European time, when Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler, […]