Mitsubishi Motors Australia has announced that the shapely 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback is now on sale throughout the country, expanding the Lancer range and giving Mitsubishi a direct competitor to the Lancer’s long time rival, the Subaru Impreza.

The Australian Sportback line-up consists of the base model ES, the mid-range VR and sporty-ish VRX. The ES [...]

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Mitsubishi has released pricing for its WRX-fighting Lancer Ralliart sedan and Sportback, which is now available for order in Australia.

At $42,490 AUD for both sedan or Sportback, the Lancer Ralliart retails for $2500 more than its main competitor, the Subaru WRX. However, Mitsubishi Australia CEO Robert McEniry is confident that the impressive mechanical package offered [...]

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Rolls-Royce’s imminent expansion of their lineup is expected to at least double overall vehicle sales for the British automaker, with Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson pinning much of the company’s commercial hopes on the upcoming RR4 ‘Baby Phantom’.

The so-called “entry level” model will still be far out of reach of the common man, but at an [...]

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Hear what Mitsubishi Motors Australia CEO Robert McEniry has to say about MMAL’s decision to cease manufacturing the 380 sedan in Australia.

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd (MMAL) together with its parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has confirmed that while it is committed to being a long-term participant in the Australian car market, regretfully its Tonsley Park production facility in Adelaide, which manufactures the 380 sedan, will cease operations.

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd President and CEO Robert [...]

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While 2007 was a slow year for Maybach, it was a bumper year for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, with sales up by 25 percent when compared to 2006. Rolls-Royce managed to shift 1010 cars in 2006, which marks the first time annual sales have breached the four figure mark and is the fourth successive sales increase [...]

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Its all happening at Hummer at the moment. Huge demand for their unique military inspired urban off-roaders is largely due to their no-nonsense styling which has struck a cord with many in the market for a 4WD vehicle.

Looking to the future, Hummer have handed the design crayons over to a team of relative youngsters and [...]

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Its been a big year for Mitsubishi with the introduction of their new CJ Lancer range and the recent unveiling of the all new Evolution X at the Sydney Motor Show in October. Perhaps, the only blot on their copy book is the slow selling 380, which despite being an excellent product seems unable to [...]

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With a need to decrease its carbon footprint by some forty percent by the time tough new European CO2 laws kick in during 2012, Ferrari is reviewing the very heart of their cars, those magnificent engines. The latest news suggests that the replacement for the Enzo will feel the pain of CO2 compliance with four [...]

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Toyota may be storming away from the competition in Australian automotive sales but the good news isn’t exclusively theirs. Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) have released their sales figures for October and recorded their tenth straight month of sales increases. On a year-to-date basis, MMAL has recorded a solid sales increase of 20.6 percent against [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited have just announced that they will unveil the all-new Lancer Evolution X, on October 11th at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Until today, we were not expecting to see the Evo X until the Tokyo Motor show but all that appears to have changed and Aussie motoring fans are [...]

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Mitsubishi Australia announced the release of its new 2008 CJ Lancer on Friday and are claiming it sets a new safety benchmark in the Australian small car segment with the inclusion of Active Stability Control (ASC) as standard fitment across the entire Lancer range.

A commendable move by Mitsubishi that puts the good looking newcomer in [...]

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