List of Australian Car Clubs and Specialists, New Car Releases and Owners' Car Reviews for Aussie motoring enthusiasts
The all-new Carnival MPV (known as Sedona in some markets) has earned the highest possible safety rating — five stars — for all seating positions in the latest frontal and side impact crash tests by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Completely redesigned for the 2006 model year, the all-new […]
Every time you check the price board as you pass a service station the bad news is plain to see. The cost of fuel is rising and this time there seems little chance of it dropping back to more reasonable levels. At least one OPEC oil minister has admitted that demand is now outstripping supply […]
Back in October 2001 NewScientist.com ran a story on self-parking cars and suggested that they were just around the corner. Unfortunately that corner was a few kilometres further away than NewScientist.com realised but now they really are just round the corner if you live in the US – or parking right outside your house if […]
If you are and – and you happen to have a spare 15,000 Euros ($A24,993.98 as I write this) then perhaps you might like to consider a “Customized Driving Adventure” through Italy behind the wheel of a Ferrari. The tours are offered by Select Italy and here is a snippet from their latest press release: […]
Perhaps that title is a little unfair because it takes time to turn around a lumbering monsters like Ford and General Motors but just in case they hadn’t got the message car sales figures in the US should have told them something. During March General Motors sales dropped by almost 15% while Toyota reported its […]
The March US sales figures must be rather perplexing for executives at Hyundai. Sales of the Elantra dropped 9.6%, sales of the Accent dropped 44.6% and sales of the Santa Fe and Tucson dropped a combined 22.9%. But sales of the Sonata increased by 53.8% and that meant that total Hyundai sales for March were […]
The engine in Jenson Button’s Honda exploded into flames just metres short of the finish line in today’s Melbourne Formule 1 Grand Prix. The race was no kinder to Australia’s Mark Webber who was leading the race on lap 23 when a gear box failure forced him to withdraw. The race was ultimately won by […]
The 2006 Fraser Coast Ute show was held at Torbanlea on Saturday March 27. If you’re wondering where the heck the Fraser Coast might be then think of the mainland coast that faces Fraser Island in Queensland and you’ve got the place. Torbanlea is a small village just north of Hervey Bay and just off […]
It’s a seven seater MPV and it’s soon to make it’s debut at the Madrid Motor Show Kia Motors Corporation today issued a preview sketch of its exciting all-new Carens compact MPV (to be named Rondo in North America), and confirmed that this model will make its world premiere at the forthcoming Salon International del […]
Proton is a name that has been missing from the Australian motoring scene for a few years now although there are still plenty of the Malaysian built cars out there on Australian roads. Proton has recently begun another push to grab a share of the Australian market with a range of sedans, hatches and even […]
This Holden concept car made its first appearance at the 2005 Sydney Motor Show and has been a big hit at motor shows across the country ever since. Despite what many people think, not one part of the vehicle has come from the original FJ Holden. Instead, so many parts that look familiar, like the […]
The results of the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix are: 1. Fisichella/Renault 2. Alonso/Renault 3. Button/Honda 4. Montoya/McLaren-Mercedes 5. Massa/Ferrari 6. M Schumacher/Ferrari Australian Mark Webber retired on lap 17 and his Williams-Cosworth team mate, Nico Rosberg retired on lap 8. Kimi Raikkonen was involved in an accident on the first lap and did not […]
For some reason the press seem to ignore Australian participants in important overseas motor sport events. For example, you will always hear the who won the latest Formula 1 race but you rarely hear where Mark Webber – Australia’s only representative in Formula 1 finished. If Mark Webber doesn’t get much mention in the local […]
The grid for the Malaysian Formule 1 Grand Prix is: 1. Fisichella/Renault 2. Button/Honda 3. Rosberg/Williams-Cosworth 4. Webber/Williams-Cosworth Other grid positions are will not be announced till Sunday morning due to the new rules. A number of drivers, including Schumacher/Ferrari have opted for engine changes and this can affect their position on the starting grid […]
The special edition Ford Territory SR is set to be released in mid March complete with over $3,800 worth of extras. Those extras include: Cruise control Leather sequential sports shifter Leather sports steering wheel Four 17″ alloy wheels Running boards Unique SR badge
Ford Australia has released the special edition Falcon SR sedan. It comes with $7,000 worth of extras that include: Side airbags for driver and front passenger Six-stack CD Reverse sensing 17″ alloy wheels Leather wrapped steering wheel Sequential sports shift Sports suspension Rear power windows SR badging and spoiler Prices start at $33,490
Holden has issued a recall that affects over 90,000 Commodore sedans and utilities built between April 2003 and December 2005. The recall was issued after Holden identified a problem with side airbags that “inflated under circumstances which did not warrant inflation.” Holden will rectify the problem free of charge through Holden dealerships. Over 30,000 export […]
In another blow to the US car manufacturers Kia announced yesterday that it will be investing $1.2 billion dollars in an automotive assembly plant in West Point Georgia. The new plant will employ 2,500 workers and come on stream in 2009. At full capacity the plant will be turning out 300,000 vehicles every year. Kia […]
The F1 season got off to an interesting start last weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Already Renault have chalked up their first win but drivers agree that this year promises to be much closer than last year. New engines – 2.4 litre V8’s in place of the 3 litre V10’s and a whole new […]
What motivates you to buy a certain vehicle? Well, while you’re pondering that curly question a recent survey of 140 automotive executives from around the world found that the executives think that there are a number of reasons that influence a person when they buy a car. 87% felt that quality was an important consideration […]