Mazda is facing a class action in the US over a serious engine defect in some of its most popular models – and yet here in Australia, the company is pretending it’s not their problem. The lawsuit, filed in a California court, claims that the 2.5-litre turbocharged SkyActiv-G e...

The car market’s in the toilet, which normally means it’s time to panic. EV sales for March dropped 51 per cent, diesels down 10 per cent, but plug-in hybrids were up 300 per cent. Apart from Tesla, the biggest losers were Toyota Land Cruiser (-3356), Toyota Camry (-2676) and t...

Just when you thought the party was over, the orange clown walked back in and turned the music back on. But the party never stopped at Lambo Land. Last weekend, while you had your eyes glued to the F1 in Suzuka and the Mazda MX-5 Cup in the Suzuka of Australia, the city with wo...

A landmark case in the UK Supreme Court this week could force banks and lenders to cough up $90 bill in compensation over shady car loan practices. The scandal? “Flex commissions” – a scheme that let car dealers quietly inflate interest rates on loans to pocket bigger kickbacks f...

Friend, 20 readers, and the Sultan of Kensington’s second cousin’s bean counter – strap in. The David vs. Goliath (spoiler: David brought a charging network and 20% cheaper ­batteries) battle for world domination of the auto industry is over. The EV Hunger Games has been won.  ...

It was bigger than a footy player’s night out in Bali. A Melbourne Monsoon. There were 444,631 persons in real life and about a billion more watching on Kayo. The first GP in world history to have three red flags. Six drivers deciding to stop for a ciggie. A bloke who just got ...

Behind the scenes of tomorrow’s F1 season opener in the Albert Park Arena there’s more drama playing out than in any episode of the Real Housewives of Azerbaijan. It’s not just the Mercedes and Ferrari flexi-wing scandals or Mad Max’s frustrations. A far more existential crisis...

New figures show that sales of electric vehicles are going down faster than my enthusiasm for Dry July by July 2. “We are now two months into the government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard and, while the supply of battery electric vehicles has risen dramatically, consumer dem...

The world’s most profitable car company wants to be a handbag company. Ferrari makes 13,752 cars a year, yet it’s the seventh largest carmaker by market cap: $110bn vs General Motors at $80bn, Stellantis at $85bn and BMW at $95bn. General Motors made six million cars. Stellanti...