List of Australian Car Clubs and Specialists, New Car Releases and Owners' Car Reviews for Aussie motoring enthusiasts
It’s fast becoming a collector’s item in Australia by Stuart Livesey The Toyota Soarer was a luxury coupe built by Toyota in Japan from 1981 to 2005. In 1990 Toyota moved the Soarer from it’s regular vehicle line-up to the Lexus brand. The Soarer certainly fitted into the Lexus brand because it’s comfort and equipment […]
by Stuart Livesey Another great vehicle we won’t see in Australia The pickup truck is big business in the American automotive industry and it’s been dominated by Ford and General Motors for a very long time. However Toyota is now taking them on at their own game and the Toyota Tundra is taking over the […]
Today’s Brisbane Courier Mail is reporting that the chief executive of Ford in the United States had talks last week with the chairman of Toyota with a view to forming some sort of ‘partnership’ It seems that Ford wants some help in reducing production costs. Now why would Toyota want to align itself with a […]
by Stuart Livesey Who is going to be the world’s number one car maker? Toyota is! On Friday Toyota is set to announce it’s production numbers for the coming year. That number is thought to be a whopping 9.45 million units (it also includes the production numbers for Toyota’s subsidiaries Hino and Daihatsu) And that […]
See our latest road test of the 2009 Toyota Prado 3-door SX here, here and the full road test here New turbo-diesel and upgraded specifications Toyota’s popular SUV – the Prado – has just received an upgrade that includes a new DOHC four cyclinder turbo-diesel engine, an extra cog in the transmission and some trim […]
Now you don’t even have to go to the showroom to choose what you want. With four Toyota Camry models to choose from optioning the model that suits your personal needs can be a bit hard. You know what it’s like, the salesman wants to sell you every option he can possibly think of and […]
The Toyota logo meets the blog world While most people on the planet have no idea of what a blog is (the last time a survey was conducted they found that only 2% of Internet users knew what a blog was) the blog world is alive and kicking and has quite an impact on may […]
The teaser ads are starting to appear to television and Toyota is promising the release of their new 6 cylinder car in November but what can we expect to see in November. Well a version of the Aurion is already on the showroom floors in the United States where it is selling as a Camry […]
It’s easy to think that everything Toyota does turns into a roaring success. Toyota is currently the top-selling brand in Australia, it leads the pack in the United States, it does very well in Europe and Toyota 4x4s are known and loved right across the world. Even Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus does well across the […]
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today unveiled long bed versions of the all-new 2007 Tundra full-size pickup truck at a press conference at the Toyota Technical Center-Calty Design Studio in Ann Arbor Michigan yesterday. For the first time ever, aftermarket equipment manufacturers will have the opportunity to obtain technical data and examine the Tundra Long […]
Ajax Fasteners, the parts manufacturer that supplies specialist screws and clips to all four Australian car manufacturers has managed to stay in business until at least Friday. Aussie Motoring reported back on August 12 that the company was on the brink of collapse and if it did go the consequences for Ford, Holden, Mitsubishi and […]
It’s hard to believe but that headline is closer to fact than fiction. As reported on August 8 in More Supply Problems for Holden and Ford the industry is in dire trouble as another parts supplier is on the brink of closure. Ajax Engineering Fasteners, a company that supplies fasteners and bolts for Holden, Ford, […]
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries announced today new car sales continue to lag behind sales for the same time last year. 1079 fewer new vehicles were sold during July than for July 2005. That monthly drop now means that 3.1% fewer new cars have been sold so far this year compared to the same […]
If you happen to live in a tourist destination or you spend a lot of time travelling on the highways around this great country you will know just how popular motor homes are becoming here in Australia. You will see everything from old Bedford buses converted into quite rough and ready accommodation right through to […]
A trip to Brisbane from Hervey Bay on a Sunday afternoon usually takes around four to five hours and even though a some of the trip is along a multi-lane highway up until recently you could expect the traffic to be heavy and moving very slowly on that multi-lane part of the trip. Last weekend […]
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Toyota is issuing a world wide recall for 986,000 vehicles across nine models that includes the Prius. The recall is to replace a faulty part in the steering system. Letters should start going out to owners around the middle of this month.
I come from back in the time when any self respecting Aussie teenager spent Saturday’s working on his car. Back then a dual throat Webber was a great start to turning a placid little Mini into a fire-breathing monster and if your exhaust pipe wasn’t wider than the funnel on the Manly ferry you were […]
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 […]
While the Honda Civic hybrid (pictured) and the Toyota Prius – perhaps the best known hybrid in Australia – did not seem to attract much attention at the Brisbane Motor Show that could all change in the next few years. A recent survey by KPMG of 140 automotive executives from around the world found that […]
If you’re thinking of buying a small car and price is the only consideration then here are a few baseline prices that might interest you. Ford Fiesta $13,990 Holden Barina (a rebadged Daewoo Kalos) $12,990 Hyunda Getz $13,990 Kia Rio $14990 Toyota Yaris $14,990 So obviously the Holden Barina is definitely going to interest you […]