List of Australian Car Clubs and Specialists, New Car Releases and Owners' Car Reviews for Aussie motoring enthusiasts
Over the last year or so I’ve bumped into a number of people from Europe who are amazed at how little lighting there is on our major country roads at night so today I thought I’d share a couple of photos I took yesterday as we headed north to Rockhampton. We left well before dawn […]
Remember the early Mini’s? They came with a speedo, a fuel gauge and two or three warning lights and that was it! But not any more. Since BMW took over the Mini you get all the information on your dashboard that you could ever want. There’s the time, the temperature, the distance you’ve travelled and […]
Well that’s the hype surrounding the latest fire-breathing Toyota Corolla and with specs that include a Dual VVT-i 1.8 litre engine that delivers 100kW of power then it’s definitely got the grunt to live up to the hype. It comes with either a 6 speed manual transmission or a 4 speed auto and the list […]
Australian new motor vehicle sales remained strong last month, despite higher interest rates and fuel prices. Official VFACTS figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show that 88,640 cars, trucks and buses were sold in May – an increase of 43 vehicles on the same month last year. “This is a […]
Earlier this week General Motors announced that it would be closing four plants in the United States and Canada in a cost-cutting exercise that see a reduction in GM’s production of trucks and SUV’s. That was probably to be expected as the cost of fuel rose and the demand for big vehicles diminished. What was […]
Two more small vehicles available in Australia have been given a five-star crash test rating by the Australian New Car Assessment Programme – ANCAP The top of the range Lancer rated highly for occupant protection following a series of crash tests: a frontal offset, a side offset and a pole test. The model tested was […]
I’m sure that most of us would be environmentally friendly when it comes to the cars we drive if only we could afford it. Sadly though cheap environmentally friendly cars come with a price tag that put them right out of the reach of many motorists. That could be about to change though and as […]
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. RR4 will be smaller than Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce. The design was signed off in […]
That’s the message from the Queensland Minister for Sustainability and it’s likely to be coming some time in the next 10 years. According to the Minister we shouldn’t be getting our hopes up about hybrid fuels and electric power either because the infrastructure needed to cope with a switch to alternate fuels just isn’t there. […]
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Australian new car market was existing on some other planet besides this one. I mean we’re sliding into a recession and money is becoming tight … but the new car market continues to boom month after month and April was no exception. Australian motor vehicle sales achieved […]
Based on a design that was first displayed 30 years ago, the BMW M1 Homage is enough to make any car enthusiast drool. More photos and details are here on the BMW M1 page at Aussie Motoring.
… to be built in Australia? A report in today’s Melbourne Age suggests that the prospect of Toyota’s Altona plant becoming the regional production base for the slightly green Toyota Camry are looking good. You can read the full report here
Between January and March of this year BMW have delivered 4,174 vehicles here in Australia and that’s a 12 percent increase on sales for the same time last year. Despite rising interest rates and some very black days on the share market there’s still a big market for what BMW describe as their “premium brand”. […]
It’s been a long time since I had to put up with a backseat driver and that’s just as well because I tend to arc up fairly quickly when someone tries to tell me how to drive. However if I was a member of the United Kingdom’s armed forces otherwise I might have to keep […]
At last there’s some good news for Holden and the motor industry in South Australia. Holden has announced that it will soon be exporting two new cars for the American market from their plant in Adelaide. Both vehicles will be marketed in America under the Pontiac brand and one of the two will be an […]
The head of Nissan has announced that the company will be launching an electric car into the US market place by 2010. Nissan and Renault will work together on the required technology and by 2012 will have the vehicle available outside of the United States. Nissan will focus on marketing the vehicle in Asia … […]
Sales in both January and February have set records for those months, building on a record annual total of more than one million new cars in 2007. “The February sales result is very pleasing for the automotive industry and shows that underlying demand from private buyers and business remains very robust, reflecting continued outstanding levels […]
… not happy Jan! The JD Power Group are well-known in the United States for their annual surveys of car buyer satisfaction. Big brand-names like Mercedes have not faired well when consumers are asked to comment on how satisfied they might, or might not be, with the car they’ve purchased and the service they have […]
Yes there is one and there could be another if you happen to have just over $A1.62 million and an urge to own a truly unique car. An urge to travel up to 10 metres below the surface in a car that swims like a fish is optional.
Mitsubishi has announced that they will close their South Australian plant in March with the lost of 930 employees. In a statement released a short time ago Mitsubishi stated that the ” … decision has been made because Australian consumers are moving towards smaller, more economic, and environmentally friendlier cars like those in the rest […]