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Honda to revive the Insight for the fourth time, as an electric SUV

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From a pioneering hybrid coupe to a generic electric crossover EV, the Honda Insight has had more comebacks than The Rolling Stones over its four generations. The Honda Insight will return to Japanese showrooms, marking a new chapter for the nameplate. From its introduction in 1999 and across its first three generations, the Insight has been powered by a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain . Now, the fourth-generation Insight moves away from both its hybrid origins and its form factor as a traditional passenger car. The 2026 Honda Insight will instead be a medium SUV, slightly longer than the current Honda CR-V . MORE: 2026 Honda ZR-V updates for Australia previewed by Japan The change marks a step-up in size, with the second- and third-generation Insights being sized closer to the Civic hatch. The Insight measures 4787mm long, 1838mm wide, and 1570mm tall, with a 2735mm wheelbase. A CR-V, meanwhile, is around 79mm shorter, 28mm wider, 121mm taller, with a wheelbas...
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F1 Australian Grand Prix crowds break Melbourne records – again

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Close to half a million fans visited Albert Park over the four-day event in 2026, but the all-time Australian Grand Prix record – irrespective of city – remains in place after 31 years. Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images More than 480,000 fans walked through the gates of the 2026 Formula One Australian Grand Prix across four days, in the fifth consecutive record for the event in its Melbourne history. The “estimated” attendance of 483,934 reported for the 2026 event is short of the all-time Australian Grand Prix record of approximately 520,000, set in 1995, its final year in Adelaide. Record numbers of fans passed through the gates on Thursday – when there was no Formula One on track, beating the previous record of 77,400 attendees in 2005 – and Friday. Saturday and Sunday saw the second-highest attendance on record, according to the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, with the all-time race-day high for the Albert Park event remaining a claimed 154,000 fans in 1996 . MOR...
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Latest mobile phone and seatbelt detection camera locations for Melbourne and Victoria: March 2026 mapped

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This map shows the 339 locations Victoria Police can place their mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras in March 2026. While mobile phone and seatbelt detection camera positions can vary month to month in Victoria, police are obliged to publish the potential locations for public transparency. Mobile phone and seatbelt detection cameras are mounted high up on portable trailers and photograph drivers from above as they pass. The cameras detect if the driver is using a mobile device illegally, or failing to wear their seatbelt legally. The map below shows mobile traffic cameras in their latest approved locations around Victoria. March mobile phone and seatbelt detection camera locations Victoria Hover your mouse over, or tap, the red symbols to see more information about each camera’s location and reason for its potential placement. These spots are not just picked at random, with various justifications used by Victoria Police: Documented history of collisions or roa...
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Mazda built a V6 MX-5, but canned the project

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Mazda’s ethos of a simple, lightweight sports car doesn’t always hit the right notes with the ‘more power’ crowd. A V6 could have fixed that. A version of the Mazda MX-5 with V6 power was considered and prototyped, but ultimately shelved. The exploration of a more powerful MX-5 was confirmed by Mazda’s current European director of research and operations, Christian Schultze. The MX-5 has a strong enthusiast following, so aftermarket conversions to V6 or even V8 power aren’t unheard of, but Mazda apparently considered its own factory-built hot-rod V6 version. In an interview with Dutch publication AutoRAI.nl , Schultze discussed the possibility of a larger engine for the MX-5, before revealing that it was a project Mazda had toyed with previously. MORE: Next Mazda MX-5 – first details, release date of new-gen sports car – report “We already tried something like this about twenty years ago,”  Schultze revealed. “Back then, our engineers built a prototyp...
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Car theft in Victoria is now double NSW, but could be declining

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Victoria recorded more than double New South Wales’ volume of car thefts over the same period, the latest data shows. New South Wales is experiencing less than half the volume of car thefts as Victoria, the latest data shows. In the 12 months to September 2025, Victoria recorded 33,212 offences, while NSW recorded 14,873, according to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and Victoria’s Crime Statistics Agency. The counts of motor vehicle theft offences for both NSW and Victoria included both actual and attempted motor vehicle thefts. Motor vehicle theft offences in Victoria and New South Wales Between 2018 and 2023 vehicle theft in Victoria remained around an average of 42 per cent higher than in NSW.  In 2024 vehicle theft in Victoria increased to 76 per cent higher, then rose again in 2025 to 123 percent higher than NSW. However, monthly car thefts in Victoria began dropping from June to September of 2025. If the trend of decreasing thefts has continued ...
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The Chinese car brand battle for sales supremacy in 2025

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China was the fastest-growing country of origin for new cars in Australia in 2025, but with so many new brands trying to outpace one another, how did they stack up comparatively? In 2025, Australians bought 221,699 cars built in China. Most of those, though not all, were from Chinese brands, and that figure represents a substantial 18.3 per cent of Australia’s new car market. Sales growth for Chinese-sourced vehicles reached 25.9 per cent, with 45,540 more Chinese cars sold in 2025, compared to 2024. Among Chinese brands, competition is fierce. Three Chinese brands made it onto the top 10 in 2025, but almost every new brand in the country says it wants to be there. MORE: China’s 212 off-road 4WDs confirmed for Australia with Jeep-like ute, SUV GWM was Australia’s best-selling Chinese brand in 2025, with 52,809 new cars sold, making it Australia’s seventh-best-selling brand overall. Compared to 2024, GWM was up 23.4 per cent (42,782 units). In 2023, GWM managed 36,39...
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‘Every toilet on the eastern seaboard’: The staggering numbers behind the F1 event

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What does it take to put on an event as big and bespoke as the F1? Drive spoke to the Australian Grand Prix chief events officer to get the numbers behind the spectacle. As the Australian Grand Prix celebrates 30 years in Melbourne this year, we asked Australian Grand Prix chief events officer Tom Mottram to give us an inside look at how the event has changed since 1996. RELATED: Why Oscar Piastri is scared to drive in Melbourne The biggest change has been the sport’s booming popularity in recent years – spurred by Drive to Survive and the F1 movie. But what else is new? And what does it take to pull the event together? Drive asked Mottram to crunch the numbers. More than 465,000 spectators Last year’s F1 attracted a record 465,000 people to Albert Park over the four-day event. This year, that record is set to be broken. “We expect to surpass that again this year because we have upped our capacity on the Sunday by 3500,” Mottram said. “So we now have a daily capacity of...
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