LEXUS Australia will offer not just one version of its redesigned RX hybrid SUV but three, when it goes on sale in Australia from July 13. The three-variant Prestige, Sports and Sports Luxury line-up for the redesigned RX450h brings Australia’s only hybrid SUV into line with the new RX350 petrol range launched here in February, taking the number of new RX grades on offer to six – double the number previously available. > Full Story
FERRARI’S all-new California coupe-convertible has landed in Australia, where more than 200 “high-net-worth customers” have signed up even before its pricetag of $472,000 was announced this week. The first in a series of customer and media events for the front-engined Ferrari was held last night in Brisbane, where 200 buyers and potential owners were presented with the first local-spec example of the California to arrive here. > Full Story
GENERAL Motors has signed a preliminary agreement to sell its infamous Hummer off-road brand by September to one of China’s major privately owned engineering companies, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. > Full Story
KIA is not the brand that you might mention in the same breath as Mini Cooper or Fiat 500, but the Korean marque is offering a largish light car with the same sort of personality and personalisation potential as the European icons, in an affordable and practical package. The Soul is one of those surprising small cars that has the ability to charm beyond the mere sum of its parts, even if the mid-range CRDi model as tested is not as cheap as the badge might lead you to suspect.> Full Story
Toyota will finally get back into the sportscar business with a sub-$50K rear-drive coupe being developed in conjunction with Subaru. The successor to Celica will be styled by Toyota and built on a new Impreza-ased platform, driving only the rear wheels and powered by a Subaru flat-four engine.> Full Story
