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The past year has been a monster on the news front in car land.
An influx of new Chinese brands, fresh government legislation that will make it harder for Aussies to buy the cars they love the most and hybrid power taking the focus off electric cars.
All these topics resonated the most with you, our readers, and now we’ve unpacked 12 months worth of data to find the stories you couldn’t get enough of.
This story got more eyeballs around the nation than any other published by CarsGuide this year.
Kia Australia boss Damien Meredith spoke with refreshing honesty about the influx of new Chinese brands and the effect it will have on the car companies we know and love.
Some won’t survive, but who will rise to the challenge?
Have you started to see a trend yet? Diesel dual-cab utes, and Toyota, really tickle the fancy of the Aussie public.
Toyota Australia exec, Sean Hanley, said the clock is ticking on diesel-power with a range of options to replace the drink of choice for grunty workhorses.
Utes have dominated the sales charts in Australia for the best part of a decade.
A top Toyota Australia executive said there might be new car royalty in Australia with a new challenger coming for the Ford Ranger’s crown.
The federal government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), which will penalise carmakers for selling vehicles that emit CO2 over a certain threshold, caused quite a stir among the local arms of carmakers.
One super popular brand said it might force some to pack up and go.
Before Toyota finally announced the end of the vaunted V8-powered 70-Series LandCruiser in July, speculation was rife that the beloved engine wasn’t long for this world.
Back in April, Toyota hadn’t been taking orders on V8-powered 70-Series for ages and the order bank of existing orders was extensive.
If they didn’t fulfil them they could leave some serious cash on the table, just how much is what got you all clicking.
The federal government is ushering in new emissions regulations and several nations in Europe have given a date when new petrol and diesel cars will no longer be allowed to be sold.
We took a deep dive to find out if, or when, a similar move will happen in Oz.
Beefed up, burly utes are some of the best selling vehicles in the nation. But they are expensive.
We took a look at the top three sellers every five years back to 2003 to find out if Aussies are splashing too much cash on their favourite rides compared to years past adjusted for inflation.
The results were a bit of a shock.
Toyota sells one in five new cars in Australia. It is a BIG deal.
Tongues were set wagging by rumors out of Japan about a mini LandCruiser FJ in the works. Throw in the speculated $50,000 price tag and it really resonated with Aussie readers.
Speaking of hybrids, BYD caused quite a stir with its plug-in hybrid Shark 6 dual-cab ute. Beating Toyota to the punch with a petrol-electric workhorse Down Under.
It has impressive performance stats that put all other utes in the shade.
Toyota has been maligned as a laggard in rolling out electric cars and focusing on hybrids, copping heat from Greenpeace and other environmental focused organisations.
Turns out Aussies, and the rest of the world, were generally on Toyota’s side with the brand selling hybrids by the boatload as other carmakers pivoted to follow their lead.
But the company won’t say “we told you so”, not directly anyway.
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