John Connolly

You think you’ve done it all.

Based in the red centre of Australia, Canberra, where the word pothole doesn’t exist, Albo and his team want you to pay for every kilometre you drive, and if you own an EV the bill’s about to land.

Remember when the rich were meant to lead the electric revolution? They’d dump the V12, plug in the Taycan, and smugly charge their virtue (and batteries) between long lunches.

BMW is recalling hundreds of thousands of cars worldwide for defects that can quite literally torch your Beemer – even under your carport.

This week’s Consumer Electronics Show – CES 2026 – is the world’s biggest tech event, it’s in Las Vegas and it had some sexy toys; so we had to go.

If you’re buying a car in 2026, you’re not “shopping”, you’re committing. Prices are up, interest rates have had a good run at everyone’s sanity and the wrong choice can turn your driveway into a depreciation crime scene.

A new market report from automotive intelligence platform AutoGrab says that in just three weeks, used EV listings fell 33 per cent nationally from 3565 to 2387, while daily sales rose from 70 to 124.

Today we exclusively reveal the results of long-term scientific research demonstrating that what car you buy is partly identity, partly status, partly tribe and partly self-image.

In two weeks, you’ll be paying $2.60 a litre for petrol. And prices will stay higher for longer. Expect to contemplate selling a kidney to fill the family Toorak taxi.

Over 20 years we have successfully grown this column to reach 20 readers. But what you 20 readers lack in size (not being sizeist) you make up for in volume of emails, comments, abuse and unsolicited mechanical diagnoses.