Citroën here to stay, despite selling fewer vehicles than Ferrari

Peugeot Citroën Australia, local distributor of Citroën products, has committed to the brand in our market. The commitment comes as its diminutive sales figure continues to slide in 2020. As of September, only 139 Citroëns have been reportedly been sold. That figure is down 184 cars from the same time last year, which represents a decrease of -57 per cent year-to-date. As a comparison, sports car manufacturer Ferrari has reportedly sold 158 examples in the same timeframe.

Lada celebrates 50th anniversary with 30 million production vehicles milestone

Russian carmaker AutoVAZ, more commonly known as Lada, is celebrating two impressive milestones this year. A massive 30 million vehicles have been produced at the AutoVAZ JSC plant in Togliatti, Russia on this, the 50th Anniversary year of the automotive manufacturer.

2016 Renault Megane recalled with the most obscure fault of 2020

Renault Australia has issued a recall on 824 examples of the Megane, citing an “error in the wording of [the owner's manual].” The affected vehicles are all Model Year 2016, and were sold between 16 April and 11 October 2016. The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says “the owner's manual window operation section contains an error in the wording and may cause the user to wrongly operate the child safety features on the rear door”.

New Cars: 2020 New Car Calendar, the November update

Australia's new car market, it is fair to say, did not have a stellar year in 2019. Month after month, sales were down, with consumer confidence low and dealers struggling with significant changes to finance regulations.

2020 Land Rover Defender 110 P400 S off-road review

Cue the condemnation. Perhaps because I have followed the development and release of the all-new 2020 Land Rover Defender more closely than other vehicles, I have seen plenty of the strong, vitriolic response from the grassroots enthusiast base. “Blacktop cruiser with too much tech just waiting to fail.” – Michael on Facebook. “That... that isn't a Defender.. it is a funny looking body kit on a Discovery.” – Paul, also on Facebook.

Ferrari 812 Superfast written off on London bridge

Turning off traction control in the centre of London isn’t a great idea at the best of times, but when you’re driving a 588kW Ferrari 812 Superfast it's just asking for trouble. Footage posted to YouTube this week shows a young driver crashing the powerful Italian supercar after lighting up the rears on Lambeth Bridge. The impact was so significant all four airbags appear to have been deployed.

REVISIT: BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain KM3 Tyre review

As we move toward the end of the year, and a hope that travel restrictions will ease across the country, many readers have been asking about getting a vehicle prepared for a big trip away – so we felt it was a good time to review the build-up we did to a 70-Series Landcruiser dual cab. We're re-re-running the updates each Sunday during October, but we'll end with a brand-new instalment – next week.