SUV

2021 Bentley Bentayga Is Here

The big British bruiser has landed with a tightened front end and vastly improved rear, new tech inside and service plans. Still a twin-turbo V8, still big, still fast. The Bentley Bentayga, if I’m being honest with you (as I…

2021 MG HS Essence Review

Putting together this classic British badge and mighty Chinese automotive company SAIC, the MG HS gives the sense that big things are coming. This is the story of a car that is not the best in class. Like its smaller…

Volkswagen T-Cross 2021 Review

One half of the T-Cross and T-Roc pair, the T-Cross is the German giant’s latest – and late to the party – SUV offering. If you could show Karl Benz what his creation would become, I reckon the small SUV…

2020 Land Rover Discovery 110 – Offroad Review

You’ve read the on-road review, now find out about what the 2020 Land Rover Defender is like out in the rough, slippery, loose and muddy stuff. I’ll put it out there that I am not a hard-core off-roader. Give me…

2020 Land Rover Defender 110 Review

Peter Anderson takes the new Land Rover Defender, fresh off the boat, for its first run on Australian roads (and muddy tracks). You know the old joke. The second album is always the hardest. Land Rover knew that so put…

2020 Audi Q2 40 TFSI Review

The Audi Q2 is Ingolstadt’s compact SUV. It treads its own path, not just in the way it’s a unique design in the Audi range but it’s also unashamedly dynamic. I’m not afraid to admit that I am a straight-up…

2020 Kia Sorento Black Edition: A dark goodbye

The 2020 Kia Sorento Black Edition is the swansong special for the soon-to-depart third-generation large SUV from South Korea. Goodbyes are always hard, but for the hard-nosed car buyer, that means blood in the water. Couple that with an unexpected…

2020 Alpina XB7 Announced

Classic German tuning house has turned its attention to the big fella X7 and popped out this absolute monster – the Alpina XB7. The BMW X7 is an absolute whopper of a machine and a very, very good one. Like…

2020 Lexus RX300 Review

Lexus’ big SUV scores a styling and technical refresh to take it through the next few years and make it more attractive. I used to regard the Lexus RX as a bit of a Yank Tank, perhaps unfairly. Big and…

2020 Nissan Patrol: A Real Chonker

Nissan’s Y62 Series Patrol has a new bum, new face and a whole lot more gear to go with it. And boy is it a big boi. A real chonker. You are going to have to forgive me if I…