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Turning on your headlights makes your vehicle more easily seen by other drivers and for you, the driver, it makes the task of being able to see the road or track more clearly ahead of you in those same conditions easier.

Mazda has made a number of small tweaks to the BT-50 ute for model year 2024 including a new variant and off-road mode. There are almost no price changes beyond the high-spec BT-50 SP dual cab climbing $230 to $68,890 before on-road costs.

This budget friendly Japanese brand is getting a little less welcoming. Suzuki is raising the price of its cars by $150 according to a Suzuki Australia source. The price rise affects nearly every model in the brand’s local line-up, with the exception of the Swift, as the current version is no longer in production.

The Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy is a big, classy eight-seat SUV, packed with features, and it's even all-wheel drive, but its price tag is more than $80,000.In a highly competitive SUV market does the Calligraphy make the right impression, or does it get lost in the crowd?

Nissan has teased its next-generation Patrol and the Navara ute in a promotional video outlining its plans to roll out 30 new models by the 2026 Japanese fiscal year.

It’s been a three-row SUV family favourite for generations with a hard won reputation for space, reliability and performance on- and off-road. But now the current 300 Series version of the Toyota LandCruiser (and its Lexus LX sibling) has been recalled for a potential fault in one of the modules controlling its 10-speed automatic transmission.

The Ford Ranger Wildtrak has found favour with Australia's ute-loving public over recent years. Now Ford has launched the Everest Wildtrak.But beyond a few styling changes, the Wildtrak is really no different to the Everest Sport.We know the Everest is refined on-road and capable off-road, but is the Wildtrak, priced at more than $74,000, worth the extra money over its stablemates? 

Pricing has increased for the 2024 model year across a number of Lexus models, including the majority of its popular SUV range. The NX, RX and LX SUVs have copped a slight price increase, but the UX small SUV remains the same as last year.

Mazda Australia has confirmed a small pricing change to its line-up, almost a standard rise across all models, which took place as of January 1. Pricing changes seen by CarsGuide were reported more recently than January, though the adjustment amounts to just $150 more for most models in the Mazda Australia range, aside from the lightly updated Mazda CX-5.

The all-new GX signals something of a first for Lexus in Australia, with the premium brand promising true off-road capability and on-road comfort, all wrapped up in one box-shaped package.