Chasing Cars

5 days ago | chasingcars.com.au | Tom Baker |Curt Dupriez

BMW’s new second-generation 2 Series Gran Coupe, the ‘F74’, has launched in Australia, clinging to a particular ‘entry premium’ formula favoured by Munich and its Audi and Mercedes-Benz contemporaries as gateway drugs of sorts to brand ownership. Now, front-drive-biased small hatches – and, eventually, four-door coupes – have been ground floor entry for Germany’s Big Three dating back a quarter century now, but BMW’s 2 Series GC, debuting in 2019, is the latecomer.

6 days ago | chasingcars.com.au | Tom Baker |John Law

Electric cars are making headlines, but hybrids are all the rage. You only need to look at Toyota, Australia’s biggest new car seller, to see how popular petrol-electric is — its passenger car range has gone fully hybrid. It’s a trick that Subaru has so far missed. Sure, the fifth-gen Forester and XV both had hybrid systems, but Chasing Cars testing found them to be barely more efficient than petrol-only models in the real world. Enter the new, sixth-generation Forester.

1 week ago | chasingcars.com.au | Tom Baker |Evan Spence

Chasing Cars has previously had a good look at it inside and out at its global launch event in Tasmania, but this is the first time we’ve been able to drive the 2025 Kia Tasman 4×4 ute. Come July, Kia’s debut pick-up will be officially launched, but we’re one of the few Aussie outlets to get in at the ground level for an early Kia Tasman punt on dirt.

1 week ago | chasingcars.com.au | Jez Spinks |Tom Baker

The Corolla Cross small SUV will become the latest Toyota to feature a Gazoo Racing (GR) Sport variant as its flagship when an updated line-up arrives in the second half of 2025. Toyota’s popular SUV will also gain revised styling and new colour options as part of its first major update since being released in 2022.

1 week ago | chasingcars.com.au | Tom Baker |Nathan Ponchard

It was the concession that had to happen – an admittance by Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg that its approach to slick cabin technology in the 2021 Mk8 Golf was deeply flawed. A convoluted multimedia screen with touch-sensitive temperature controls that were bafflingly unilluminated, plus haptic steering-wheel controls that were too easily bumped when driving made the Golf 8 somewhat frustrating when it came to ergonomic functionality.