Toyota RAV4 GXL Road Test
The RAV4 is no longer the ‘compact’ SUV it was 20 years ago when first introduced to Australia. It's nearly half a metre longer than the first five-door model in the late 90s. And it's much better equipped for comfort and safety features. Yet the intermediate-level RAV4 GXL tested here in petrol/CVT form costs less than $500 more than it did in 2012, when the current model was launched. It's about keeping your customers loyal...- May 6, 2017
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There’s a new Mazda CX-5 just around the corner, and the medium SUV segment has never been so hard-fought. So how does a company like Toyota maintain interest in its RAV4 – now halfway through its current model life cycle? The RAV4 GXL on test was a mid-range model packed with plenty of kit, including an optional Technical pack, comprising of Pre-Collision System with forward collision warning and automatic emergency brake, Lane Departure Alert, Automatic High Beam and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert and front parking sensors. Combined with the premium paint option the cost of the car rose above $41,000, which is around the level buyers are paying these days for a well specified medium SUV. The additional driver-assist gadgets were a mixed bag. I found the forward-collision warning system provided just enough notice in advance, without being strident and premature about it. So kudos to Toyota for [...]
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT review
The fact this upper-grade GT is expected to be the most popular new CX-5 variant shows Mazda Australia's premium aspirations.- April 15, 2017
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Few figures better reflect Mazda Australia’s claimed status of ‘semi premium brand’ than its expectation of the GT becoming the top-selling CX-5 variant.
As the second best-equipped member of the new five-variant 2017 CX-5 line-up, the GT kicks off at a not-insubstantial $44,390 (plus on-road costs) for the petrol model here, yet is projected to account for 27 per cent of sales.
That represents a huge number, considering the outgoing Mazda CX-5 was Australia’s single biggest-selling SUV of any type for four years running and in all likelihood will remain so in second-generation guise.
Pitched below the Akera and above the Touring, the CX-5 GT offers high-end features including 19-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, black or white heated leather seats, and an electric tailgate.
Over and above the lower grades it also adds a 249 watt 10-speaker Bose sound system, a ‘proper’ head-up display that illuminates on the windscreen and shows [...]
As the second best-equipped member of the new five-variant 2017 CX-5 line-up, the GT kicks off at a not-insubstantial $44,390 (plus on-road costs) for the petrol model here, yet is projected to account for 27 per cent of sales.
That represents a huge number, considering the outgoing Mazda CX-5 was Australia’s single biggest-selling SUV of any type for four years running and in all likelihood will remain so in second-generation guise.
Pitched below the Akera and above the Touring, the CX-5 GT offers high-end features including 19-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, black or white heated leather seats, and an electric tailgate.
Over and above the lower grades it also adds a 249 watt 10-speaker Bose sound system, a ‘proper’ head-up display that illuminates on the windscreen and shows [...]
