And so, Alpine crosses a boundary. Until now, the revived French sports car maker – long since part of the Renault Group – has been playing on a familiar pitch, making the delectable A110 mid-engined sports car and a heated-up version of Renault’s 5 E-Tech electric hatchback called the A290.  Both of these cars are well inside Alpine’s traditional wheelhouse. The brand got its start making sportier, modified versions of Renault’s 4CV, the French automaker’s rival for the Volkswagen Beetle. Later it produced the hopelessly pretty original A110, which became a rallying superstar, and then spent the 1970s, 1980s and…

The 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX has been announced in the United States (US) as the most powerful ‘half-ton’ pickup on the planet and could herald the return of V8 power to Australian Ram showrooms. The Ram 1500 SRT TRX is powered by a 6.2-litre supercharged V8 petrol engine making 777 horsepower (579kW) and 922Nm – up 56kW and 40Nm over the last version sold in Australia, the 2024 Ram 1500 TRX Final Edition. It knocks off the 5.2-litre supercharged V8 Ford F-150 Raptor R’s 720hp (530kW) as the most powerful production pickup on the planet, and tops the Ford’s…

BYD is China’s best-selling automaker for the fourth year in a row, ahead of Geely, Chery and Great Wall Motors, despite falling short of its sales target by almost one million vehicles. In a global shift, China is set to become the world’s number one car maker in 2025, overtaking Japan for the first time, and preliminary sales show BYD is at the top of the list of Chinese brands. Despite this, BYD’s 4,602,436 sales in 2025 – as compiled by CarNewsChina – fell 897,564 vehicles, or 16.32 per cent, short of the publicised target of 5.5 million. While the…

Jeep tiptoed into uncharted territory just over a year ago when it launched the pint-size Avenger – Australia’s first battery-electric light SUV – but it hasn’t quite been able to lay claim to the land. The Avenger was Jeep’s first-ever fully electric vehicle (EV) and narrowly beat the Hyundai Inster on sale here (but not the Mini Aceman, which is officially classed as a light car anyway), and it’s fair to say it looks more like an SUV than a hatchback than both of those tiny EVs. But with modest dimensions similar to those of the garden-variety Mazda CX-3, it’s…

2025 was a big year for new model launches, and 2026 is set to see another influx of fresh product on Australian shores – and not all of it is from China. There’s everything from new generations of top-selling vehicles like the Mazda CX-5, Subaru Outback and Toyota RAV4, through to high-end fare like the first electric Porsche Cayenne and the Aston Martin Valhalla. Throw in some intriguing new offerings like the Honda Super-One and Xpeng X9, as well as the return of the Honda Prelude, and there’s something for everyone. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car.…

China will take the top spot as the world’s best-selling automotive producer in 2025, outselling Japan for the first time, as analysts forecast Geely will join BYD in the top 10 best-selling global automotive brands. A Nikkei China report says Chinese auto brands will sell 27 million new vehicles globally in 2025, overtaking Japan’s projected 25 million sales. Despite controversial automotive import tariffs in both Europe and the United States, China’s automotive industry is set to break Japan’s decades-long stranglehold on the top spot for the first time. Domestic Chinese sales will account for around 70 per cent of Chinese…