Last of my AUD to go on a new car went to France, so I hear you! Also with you on wanting to see some sort of revival of the Australian passenger car industry, but fear that opportunity has passed us by. Our market is viewed through the lens of being too small to be self-sustaining now, only ...

Owned an ELX SWB for three years now and at 83,000km I have had no issues other than a rattling auto shift lever which turned out to be a screw that had come loose. Ironman Constant Suspension, Canopy from 3XM and towbar has seen much work. Recently discovered pumping the tyre pressures up ...

The Outlander and Eclipse Cross PHEV have the traction battery and a 12v utilities battery that is not a cranking battery like a normal ICE powered car. The ICE has a 90-100kW generator attached to it which provides the electrical power required to drive the electric motors at speeds below 75kph ...

When all these Ute manufacturers step up their game and provide constant 4WD (which should be a no-brainer in a $60,000 + vehicle), then they might be worth the money. As far as I know its only the Triton in higher grades and maybe the Amarok and GWM Canon (although I suspect its On-Demand ...

Worth pointing out that unlike every other Defender, the V8 models roof is rated at 0kgs... no roof racks permissible. No bike carrier, no skis, no surfboard. Odd omission. Rear packaging is also real miss on the 90. There are ways of modding the cargo / seats - but you shouldn't have to. ...

Polestar is NOT another name for Volvo. Sad that people are trying to associate the two that closely to make themselves feel better about buying a car that isn't Volvo in anyway. Made in China, owned buy a Chinese conglomerate. Many, many issues with those delivered Polestar vehicles already and ...

This is possibly the weirdest comparison I have ever read. You don't talk about any of the same things about each car and it is impossible to read it and have any idea which is better. And several of the ratings do not make sense. e.g. The way you describe the ride quality of each would have led me ...

I can answer some of your questions, FWIW I found it to be the best EV I have driven and I have been driving EV's since 2012. 1. The aircon didn't actually make a lot of difference to the range (noting that due to El Nina it hasn't been that hot). But the heater, heated seats, demister for ...

I'm really looking forward to this series of reviews. An EV is definitely on my radar for my next vehicle and with the exception of the missing HUD system (any advice when this will be added?), the Polestar 2 seems like a good package overall. At the moment, I'm leaning towards the dual motor model ...

It's a small price to pay for heated seats and steering wheel for life. Having said that, it'll only be a year or so before Hacks will provide you with the code required via OBD ports. This is the same with a Jeep Gladiator Night Eagle ($75K D/A) versus a Rubicon (88K D/A). The latter has ...

The A45 competes directly with the RS3, not the S3 (The S3 is cheaper). I would argue the A45 has always had the better performance, but the RS3 the better finish and build quality

Got my ID4 1st Edition at VW Boston last week. I have to say that this vehicle feels by far like the best purchase for value of any vehicle out there if you are looking for a gas-saver EV with good range without settling for a cube/drab looking transportation pods (the case for most EVs out there ...