Fitting the genuine bullbar to your Kia Tasman seems like a no-brainer: It helps overcome one of the vehicle's main weaknesses (it looks terrible). But if you do that, some of the vehicle's advanced safety systems will cease to function ... so there's that.

The Kia Tasman has three attributes that are killing its sales:

1. It's ugly AF
2. It's got a mediocre engine
3. It's over-priced

And hence it doesn't sell. You cannot do much about 1 & 2 (OK - you could give it an 'ARB facelift' but the fact that it's not selling gives you tremendous leverage on the price - if you're brash enough to exploit it.

Hertz has started using AI scanners to detect damage to rental cars when they are returned by customers. Predictably enough, the scanners are so good that they detect damage, even if it doesn't exist - of course.

What can you do when the dealership botches your oil change? Here's a real-life example of exactly rhis cavalcade of incompetence.

In the mad rush to embrace net zero, we're failing to implement safeguards for the most basic and foreseeable catastrophes - it's just a matter of time before someone is injured - or worse.

OK - so maybe the new warranty is seven years, kind of. But there is a list of caveats. It's substantial...

After dieselgate and gassing those poor monkeys, you'd think they'd pull their heads in, but, no. Volkswagen is the same dog, only with a new trick. Hopefully it won't catch on.

If you're not planning on driving your car for an extended period, here are the things you should consider doing to minimise the impact of it not being driven.

In this video: Full details of the 2026 updates to Hyundai Santa Fe & Hyundai Tucson in Australia

In this video, I interview Graeme Gambold, the engineer in charge of the local ride and handling development programe for Kia Australia. Graeme took the base 'farm truck' and made it one of the most refined utes available.