Another nail in the coffin for manual gearboxes: Toyota Corolla manual deleted

EXCLUSIVE The manual transmission option is about to be discreetly dropped from Australia's favourite passenger car – a model in which many motorists learned to drive. Hammering another nail in the coffin for the stick shift, the Toyota Corolla – Australia's best-selling passenger car for the past eight years and an icon among first-time drivers – will lose the option of manual transmission from next month.

2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrak X bi-turbo review

Ford has somewhat of a problem on its hands. It’s currently readying up a successor to the wildly popular Ranger ute, which is promising, but with sales of its current-generation Ranger still ticking along at industry-leading rates, Ford can’t afford to stuff up its successor.

2022 Audi S3: Australian details revealed early, local launch due late 2021

The 2022 Audi S3 is due to go on sale in Australia in late 2021 with one highly-specified variant, a handful of options and a fully-featured 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, CarAdvice can reveal – though questions still remain over how much it will cost.

Australia’s largest-ever Tesla shipment arrives in Port Kembla, NSW

The largest-ever Australian shipment of Tesla electric cars arrived late last week in Port Kembla, NSW, according to well-informed boat tracking service VedaPrime. It’s estimated the delivery comprised roughly 1500 examples of the Chinese-built Model 3 sedan, which remains the only variant from Tesla currently on offer Down Under.

2023 BMW M2 to offer 320kW from twin-turbo inline-six, manual gearbox – report

The 2023 BMW M2 will offer two model variants, a manual transmission and up to 320kW from a twin-turbocharged inline-six, new reports indicate. British publication Autocar reports the next-generation M2 – due to enter production towards the end of 2022 – will switch to BMW's new 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged 'S58' inline-six featured in the latest M3 and M4 mid-size cars, replacing the 'N55' and 'S55' turbo sixes used in various iterations of the outgoing M2.

New Cars: 2021 New Car Calendar, the June update

The year 2020 was one that many would like to forget, and the automotive industry is no exception. Lockdowns and economic slowdowns brought on by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic translated exactly as you'd expect for Australia's new-car sales, with a staggering 48.5 per cent sales decline in April, contributing to an overall market down 13.7 per cent by the end of the year.

2018-2019 Renault Master van recalled with fire risk

Renault Australia has recalled 266 examples of its Master van, citing a potential fault with a potential fire risk. The affected vehicles were sold between 2 January 2018 and 31 December 2019 (Model Year 2018 and 2019). The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says: “The fuel hose may come into contact with the engine. This may lead to fuel hose wear and a fuel leak.”