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It was two years ago this month when Hyundai announced it would sell new cars on Amazon, with the first listings appearing on the retailer’s website last December. Today, Ford is following suit. The company announced that it will allow its dealers to sell their certified pre-owned vehicles through Amazon.   Dealers maintain control over the pricing and service, but customers will be able to browse, finance, and purchase vehicles through Amazon and then schedule vehicle pickup at the dealership. Buyers will be able to browse available cars from participating Ford dealers within a 75-mile radius.   Listings will include itemized pricing, vehicle and service history, full specifications, and condition reports. Each car undergoes an inspection and can…

MG Motor Australia is offering runout savings on its most affordable electric hatchback, as it prepares to trim back the MG 4 lineup and introduce a new budget-friendly MG 4 Urban.The base MG 4 Excite 51, which will be axed along with all MG 4 variants with 51kWh and 77kWh batteries, is now being offered for $37,990 drive-away, nationwide.Per MG’s website, the deal reduces the drive-away price by between $365 and $2526.All MG 4s sold before December 31, 2025 will also come with a 12-month/1000kWh voucher for the Evie charging network.CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car. Click…

At this year’s M Festival in Chengdu, BMW surprised everyone by quietly rolling out a camouflaged M2 prototype. Even wrapped head-to-toe in swirl vinyl, there were still plenty of details to be seen. The stance was different, the aero parts were obvious, and the overall design looked sportier than ever. We took the opportunity to photograph the car up close, and later sat down with BMW M CEO Frank van Meel for an exclusive interview to understand what exactly we were looking at.What BMW is preparing isn’t a new model, a “CSL,” or a last-minute special edition. It’s a Track Package—an…

Happy 50th birthday, BMW 3 Series. The beloved luxury sedan is celebrating five decades of success with a special edition model honoring every generation that came before it: The BMW M340i xDrive 50 Jahre Edition. This special M340i pays tribute to its predecessors with exclusive paint, trim, and wheel options—including several finishes never before offered on a modern 3 Series. Buyers can choose from five colors sourced from earlier generations, spanning from the original E21 to the E90. Each exterior color pairs with one of three interior leather options—Black, Ivory, or Tartufo—plus carbon fiber trim and “3 Series 50 Jahre…

GAC is launching in Australia this month with a small SUV and a mid-size SUV, which will compete in two of the highest-volume sales segments in our market, but it’s also lobbing with a people mover.People movers, aka MPVs or minivans, are popular in markets like China and Japan where they’re often used as executive transportation, but they are decidedly less desirable in Australia where they’re generally perceived as family haulers for kids to get all dirty and sticky.The plug-in hybrid GAC M8 will enter a wider people mover segment containing 17 models… but which is absolutely dominated by just…

Marc Márquez is going to need a bigger garage after winning the MotoGP fastest qualifier prize for the eighth time. He took home an M6 Coupe in 2013 and kept collecting cars over the next six years. In the seasons that followed, the Spaniard added an M4 Coupe, M6 Convertible, M2, M4 CS, M3 CS, and an X4 M Competition to his growing collection.After a six-year hiatus, the MotoGP rider has reclaimed the BMW M Award. With eight pole positions and five front-row starts in 2025, he earned 351 points, finishing the season eight points ahead of his brother Álex…

It’s been nearly two years since Chevrolet ended Camaro production. There’s no successor on the horizon just yet, but the Camaro isn’t completely dead—it will live on next year in NASCAR.   Chevrolet has updated its race car for the upcoming season, adopting the styling of the recently launched Carbon Performance Package for sixth-generation Camaro ZL1 coupe owners. The NASCAR Camaro features a larger hood power dome, a revised grille, and more pronounced rocker panels.   The new kit available for current Camaro owners includes the ZL1 1LE grille, a new splitter with carbon-fiber end caps, a carbon-fiber hood insert, carbon-fiber rocker extensions, and a large carbon-fiber rear wing. Chevy also offers…

Cars like the Subaru Forester, Nissan X-Trail, and Volkswagen Golf are certainly big parts of why their respective brands are successful, but there’s more to their respective manufacturers than these popular models.As we did a few weeks ago, we’re comparing the first cars to be sold in Australia by several popular manufacturers with their newest nameplates. We’ve included only the newest nameplates to be offered in Australia by each of these companies, though existing nameplates may have subsequently received new powertrains and variants.This is the second instalment in a feature series. You can read Part 1 here.CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car.…

The Z1 is one of the most fascinating cars to ever carry the BMW roundel. With removable body panels and vertically sliding doors, it’s anything but a typical Bimmer. It was the first car developed by the skunkworks team at BMW Technik and one of the rarest, with only 8,000 units ever made.It was also the company’s first model with a multi-link rear suspension and had an almost ideal weight distribution of 49/51 front to rear. This car, however, is certainly more nose-heavy. Gone is the original inline-six M20 from the 3 Series E30 325i, replaced by a much bigger…

Combustion engines are far from dead, and they could be in production well into the next decade—and beyond. In the last year, we’ve seen automakers recommit to production gas engines alongside a series of others that push the boundaries of the technology.   The latest innovative engine is from Boreham Motorworks, which is showing off its new Boreham Ten-K naturally aspirated 2.1-liter four-cylinder engine. It produces 324 horsepower at 10,000 rpm and weighs 187 pounds (as pictured), which is light compared to others of similar sizes, especially for road cars.   This one will power the brand’s reborn Ford Escort Mk1 RS. The engine features individual throttle bodies, a belt-driven twin cam, and lightweight internals and billet components, including the crank, rods, cradle, dry sump, and cam cover. It features Formula…