Matthew Brand

2 days ago | carsauce.com | Matthew Brand |Jacob brooke |Ben Zachariah

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program – better known as ANCAP – has put some of the best-selling light trucks through their paces. Despite being available to drivers with standard car licences, light trucks fall into a different category than passenger cars and light commercial vehicles like utes and vans. To help consumers, ANCAP has published its Light Truck ADAS Safety Comparison, which compares the Advanced Driver Assistance System fitted to four of the most popular light trucks.

3 days ago | carsauce.com | Matthew Brand |Jacob brooke |Ben Zachariah

More evidence has emerged that Hyundai will turn its N Vision 74 hydrogen fuel-cell concept car into a production car. CarSauce has discovered blurred images of what is believed to be a pre-production version of the N74 electric performance coupe being shown next to the concept car – buried within a short online documentary video posted by Hyundai.

3 days ago | carsauce.com | Matthew Brand |Jacob brooke |Ben Zachariah

The Ford F-150 is set to receive refreshed styling before the end of the year, along with the possibility of hybrid engines. While Ford is remaining tight-lipped, CarSauce understands the F-150 is in line for an update – including new headlights, grilles, and tail-lights – with the changes most likely to be introduced two years after the American pick-up was launched locally.

4 days ago | carsauce.com | Matthew Brand |Jacob brooke |Ben Zachariah

In an effort to help lower fuel consumption and emissions, in recent years, car companies have increasingly introduced automatic start/stop – a feature on petrol and diesel models which shuts the engine off while the vehicle is stationary. But that trend might be about to change. While the technology has improved dramatically over the past decade, many drivers still find it annoying – particularly when the system defaults to ‘on’ for each journey.

4 days ago | carsauce.com | Matthew Brand |Jacob brooke |Ben Zachariah

In a little over a week, the 2026 Toyota RAV4 will make its global debut. Toyota has released a teaser for the RAV4, confirming the reveal date for 21 May 2026, accompanied with the tagline: “The Countdown to the Next Adventure Begins.”The announcement comes just months after images of the RAV4 were leaked online.