The Toyota Hilux secures a 4th consecutive win in Australia. BSCB is actively supporting the Australian Bushfire Relief efforts. If you want to help out too, we recommend donating to the NSW Rural Fire Service and WIRES (animal rescue). Every little bit helps. Thank you. Discover 75 years worth of Australian…
The Mitsubishi ASX is one of 8 record-breaking nameplates in the Top 75 in 2019. Discover 75 years worth of Australian Historical Data here. This is a BSCB exclusive summary of the most popular nameplates in Australia from 1982 to 2019. They are ranked by annual volume record, with info on…
Xanadu the Hyundai i30 in Warrumbungle National Park. A few months ago we took the best-selling car in the world, the Toyota Corolla, on an Australian Outback test drive to see whether it deserved its prestigious title. It did. We were impressed by the new generation's safety features and even…
The Ford Ranger 4x4 outsells the Toyota Hilux 4x4 for the 8th straight month. Picture whichcar.com.au 12/12 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 285 All-models. 6/12 update: Now with the Top 80 models. No improvement in sight for new vehicle sales in Australia, if anything the crisis is worsening…
The Cerato (+36.5%) helps Kia up to an all-time best 4th place in October. 26/11 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. There's no light at the end of the tunnel for the Australian new vehicle market coping a searing 19th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in October at -9.1%…
Drone view of Vance our Toyota RAV4 on the Stuart Highway. This is Part 3 and the final iteration of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 mile - Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here and Part 2: Arnhem…
Vance our Toyota RAV4 measuring up against a termite mound. This is Part 2 of our epic 11.000 km / 7.000 miles Test Drive of the new Toyota RAV4 into Indigenous Australia. You can check out Part 1: Cape York here. By the time we reached Mataranka in the Northern…
Vance our Toyota RAV4 with Krys the Croc in Normanton, Queensland. Since it launched in late 2018, the new generation Toyota RAV4 has been hitting sales records almost everywhere it landed - including almost 50.000 monthly sales in the US in August - and is poised to take the lead…
The Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 outsells the Hilux 4x4 for the first time in 4 years. 12/10 update: Now with Top 48 All-brands and Top 310 All-models. New vehicle sales in Australia continue on their dreadful run, enduring an 18th consecutive year-on-year drop in September at -6.9% to 88.181 units, the…
Now under Chinese ownership, MG sales are up 116.9% in Australia in August. 06/09/2019 update: Now with the Top 310 All-models. There's no light at the end of the tunnel just yet for the Australian new vehicle market, enduring a scathing 17th consecutive month of year-on-year declines in August at…
Our Toyota Corolla Hybrid in Silverton, Australia. The Toyota Corolla needs no introduction: a nameplate originally launched in 1966, more than 46 million units across 12 generations have been sold since. The Corolla has been the best-selling vehicle in the world on and off since 1974 and without interruption from 2005…
The Toyota Corolla misses out on its first monthly win in 2.5 years for just 115 sales. The Australian new vehicle market is stuck in a negative rut with July marking a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decline at -2.8% to 83.184 units, the lowest July result since 2012. This…
The Kia Cerato is up to a record 6th place in June. This article has been updated with the Top 275 All-models. The end of the tunnel is nowhere near in sight for Australian new vehicle sales, hit by a 15th consecutive month of decline in June at -9.6% to…
We conclude our series of quick test drives of the best-selling SUVs in the world in preparation for our upcoming review of the new generation Toyota RAV4. These are in no way exhaustive but just to get a feel of the competition. After the unconvincing Nissan X-Trail and the impressive Honda…
Honda CR-V in Sydney, Australia This is a quick Sydney, Australia test drive series of the best-selling SUVs in the world in preparation for a much more substantial review of the new generation Toyota RAV4. After the unconvincing Nissan X-Trail, we move onto the Honda CR-V launched in August 2017,…