Iain Curry

1 week ago | evcentral.com.au | Iain Curry

Leapmotor’s range-extender C10 “Ultra Hybrid” has landed in Australia boasting 170km pure electric range and 1150km combined range on the (optimistic) NEDC cycle. This medium SUV REEV (Range Extender Electric Vehicle) starts from $45,900 drive-away, and is visually identical to the full electric Leapmotor C10 launched here six months ago. It’s hoped the new plug-in will boost Australian sales for the newly-minted Chinese brand, which currently sells only one model here.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Iain Curry

Buying and running a car is one of the household’s biggest expenses. Here are some tips and tricks to reduce the cost of car life, from buying smarter to reducing fuel and service costs. Buy smarter, not flasherTempted by that Mercedes, Lexus or Porsche? Of course you are. But can you really afford one? Prestige cars are pricier to purchase or lease, making monthly repayments far higher. Obvious stuff, but think depreciation, too.

3 weeks ago | dailytelegraph.com.au | Iain Curry

Don't miss out on the headlines from On the Road. Followed categories will be added to My News. The German Nürburgring ace has just begun a “Scandinavian flick” on a bone-dry Sydney Motorsport Park track, deliberately unsettling our all-wheel-drive Golf before muscling it in the opposite direction to clip the corner apex.

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | Iain Curry

The corner’s a sharp left, but our Volkswagen Golf R is pitched violently right – quite on purpose – by megawatt-smiling racing driver Benny Leuchter. The German Nürburgring ace has just begun a “Scandinavian flick” on a bone-dry Sydney Motorsport Park track, deliberately unsettling our all-wheel-drive Golf before muscling it in the opposite direction to clip the corner apex.

3 weeks ago | chasingcars.com.au | Tom Baker |Iain Curry

“Damn shame,” I mutter to myself, blasting out of a tight, sodden corner at the chunky wheel of the new Mk 8.5 Volkswagen Golf R. My blues are due to this likely being the final combustion version of Volkswagen’s most halo’d of hatchbacks, it bookending a range that kicked off in 2002 with the VR6-equipped Golf Mk4 R32. The next generation Golf R? Like the GTI hatchback, that’s going to be electric only.