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GWM has confirmed it’s working on diesel hybrid and diesel plug-in hybrid powertrains, which will be launched in China early in 2027 – and their Australian release is on the cards, given the importance of our market to the Chinese automaker.“We have both [powertrain types in development], it can be hybrid and plug-in hybrid, you can choose what you like,” GWM chief technology officer Nicole Wu told Australia and New Zealand media.She confirmed GWM is developing technical solutions to manage NOx and particulate emissions, typically a challenge for diesel engines.CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car. Click here…

Article SummaryAlexander Calder’s BMW 3.0 CSL — the car that started the entire Art Car program in 1975 — is on free public display at Hotel Caro, Bucharest through May 15.The series has since grown to 20 cars, with artists including Warhol, Hockney, Koons, and most recently Julie Mehretu, whose M Hybrid V8 was the fastest Art Car ever at Le Mans.Romania has a deeper connection to the BMW Art Car story than most realize — Calder admired Brâncuși’s work, and Ileana Sonnabend, the gallerist who helped select early Art Car artists, was born in Bucharest.Fifty years ago, Hervé Poulain…

It celebrates the brand’s 10th anniversary and showcases a new direction in design and engineering. The sporty grand tourer features dramatic proportions, adaptive aerodynamics, and a tech-focused interior. It targets extreme performance, with a 0-62 mph time of around 2.0 seconds. At the Beijing Auto Show, Chinese automaker Lynk & Co unveiled its first supercar concept: the GT. The sporty concept car is packed with advanced technology and bold design ideas—and it could eventually make it to production. Marking the brand’s 10th anniversary, the prototype also offers a glimpse into the next chapter in both design and engineering direction for…

Australia has something of an on-again, off-again relationship with the Cupra Born. The Spanish brand’s all-electric hatchback, which trumpets its Latin design and passion (despite the fact it’s actually made in Germany and its batteries come from China…) and is now discontinued in Australia, has long been acclaimed by Car Expert, and one local customer – just the one –was keen enough to snap up the high-performance VZ variant from a dealer outside Sydney.Now, there’s a new Born. Well, not new-new, but certainly significantly updated with new batteries, motors and tech, and with revised styling on the outside, as well…

Article SummaryA closer look at to the BMW iX3 NA6, a long-wheelbase electric SUV restricted to a few markets, including China.It has a thoroughly upgraded interior with several features you won’t find on the global iX3 NA5.Although China is all about screens, the iX3 Long Wheelbase ironically has more physical buttons than the regular model.We’re still in awe of how much nicer the new iX3 Long Wheelbase looks inside compared to the standard model. Then again, perhaps we shouldn’t be so surprised. After all, the stretched X3 “G48” is also more feature-packed in China than elsewhere in the world. New…

Nissan says CVTs still have a role in small, light-duty cars. The company is already moving bigger models like the Murano and Pathfinder to traditional automatic transmissions. CEO Ivan Espinosa confirmed CVTs won’t be used in future performance cars. Nissan has had its fair share of issues surrounding its continuously variable transmission—also known as the dreaded CVT. In 2025, the company settled a class-action lawsuit with owners, paying out $3 million to Maxima and Murano drivers and extending warranties on affected vehicles. Even so, Nissan isn’t ready to abandon the CVT entirely. Speaking with journalists at the company’s headquarters in…

Great Wall Motor’s luxury Wey brand – which will debut in Australia later this year as a sub-brand – has just revealed a new flagship SUV that will be the first model based on its new GWM One S platform.The Wey V9X is a six-seat, full-size SUV, measuring no less than 5299mm long, 2025mm wide and 1825mm tall on a 3150mm wheelbase. That makes it over 200mm longer than the GWM Tank 500, itself sized similarly to a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, on a 300mm longer wheelbase.A slightly shorter version, on a 3050mm wheelbase with a total length of 5205mm,…

Relay attacks on keyless-entry systems have turned modern cars into some of the most targeted vehicles on the road. The exploit kits are cheap, widely available, and require almost no skill to operate. And the standard immobiliser in your car? It’s already been defeated the moment that relay device fooled the door lock.This is the problem xAutomotive, an Austrian automotive-IT firm, set out to solve — and their answer is clever. Their solution, called xProtect, doesn’t live in a visible box bolted under your dashboard. It lives inside the transmission itself.The Magic Is in the TCUxProtect is a software modification…

Winners of the Car Design Award 2026 include Jeep, Genesis, and Renault.  The Audi Concept C won the concept car award.  The new Renault Twingo the won production-car category. As is tradition, Milan Design Week also hosts the Car Design Award 2026, an award created in 1984 by Auto&Design magazine and revived in 2016 after a long hiatus. The Car Design Award 2026 jury recognized winners across three different categories: Concept Cars, Production Cars, and Brand Design. The venue, as always, was Milan’s ADI Design Museum, which houses the collection of all winners of the Compasso d’Oro award. These were the winners. Photo by:…

Under a plan to be unveiled in mid-May, Stellantis will reportedly focus most of its funding and energy on four core brands: Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep and Ram.At present funding is split fairly equitably between the 12 to 14 brands — Alfa Romeo, Fiat/Abarth, Lancia, Maserati, Peugeot, Citroen, Opel/Vauxhall, DS, Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler — that are currently actively run by Stellantis.Sources have told Reuters the new strategy devised by Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa will see the non-core brands, such as Citroen, Opel/Vauxhall and Alfa Romeo, relegated to national or regional markets in which they are already strong or have…