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The industrial action at the major car parts supplier Huon Corporation looks set to continue. Talks aimed at ending the industrial action and keeping the company afloat until a buyer could be found came to a halt last night when Toyota and Ford asked for more time to consider the proposals. Part of the proposal […]
The industrial action by staff at a major parts supplier that has brought production to a halt at Ford and severely affected Holden and Toyota could be over tomorrow. The staff of Huon Corporation have voted to return to work tomorrow if seven major customers join a rescue package being put together to save their […]
Industrial action at a major parts supplier is causing serious problems in the Australian car industry. Due to a lack of parts Ford has stood down staff at Broadmeadows and told them not to report for work on Monday. Staff at Ford’s Geelong plant are likely to be stood down some time next week. Holden […]
And there is one in Australia. The Bricklin SV-1 was an unusual sports car. It was built in Canada mainly from parts sourced in Detroit and was only for sale in the United States. The car featured gull-winged doors and an acrylic body built around a roll cage, side guard rails and a shock absorbing […]
Ford in the US has announced plans to reduce their focus on producing hybrid technology motor vehicles (the Toyota Prius is a hybrid) and turn their attention to building vehicles powered by bio-fuels. Around September last year Ford committed itself to building the production capacity required to roll 250,000 off the production line by the […]
The sales of new motor vehicles in Australia rose slightly in May despite the continuing increase in the price of petrol. However, that rising price of fuel had a negative affect on the sale of SUVs where there was a slight decrease in the number sold during May. Sales of SUVs have now been falling […]
… then the news from Ford America must look good. The word is that sometime this decade Ford will release a 4.4 litre V8 diesel for it’s F-150. The Auto Blog is reporting that the new engine is currently in the development and planning stage.
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 […]
Yeah who wants to be tied to the land with their 4WD, quad bike or two seater sports car when you can take them out to sea with you. Amphibious vehicles are nothing new – the Army has quite a fleet of them, there have been amphibious cars before and many years ago one very […]
Well it could just be possible and it could already be built … but no one is admitting to seeing it yet. Tesla Motors claimes to have built an totally electric car – not a hybrid like the Prius – that can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h just four seconds. It also claims that […]
The Australian Transport Council has adopted a proposal from the Queensland Government to undertake a range of initiatives designed to promote the use of electronic stability control in Australian motor vehicles. It appears as the the Transport Council was impressed by some interesting statistics from countries like Sweden and Japan and you can read more […]
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.
Transport for London – the intergrated body responsible for London’s transport system is invetigated technology that will automatically limit a vehicle’s speed to whatever the speed limit might be in a given area. I wonder how long it will be before technology like that will start to appear on Australian roads.
We’re all aware of the effects that the rising price of fuel is having on just about every part of our lives but there are still a few changes happening that you might not expect as one journalist in the US found out this week. Evidently he has to travel to Houston and he was […]
Yesterday I wrote a brief piece about the new Audi Q7 SUV – released in the US but not yet available in Australia. One of the features of the Q7 is a keyless entry system that will unlock the car when anyone who has the correct key approaches the vehicle. The person who has the […]
Ford Australia and the Federal Government announced yesterday that Ford would receive an assistance package worth over $50 million to ensure that Ford continues to build cars in Australia. $40 million of that package will go towards the development and manufacture of the next Falcon and Territory models. Does this mean that we can expect […]
Leadpile.com a leader in online lead generation services is suggesting that people shopping for luxury cars are moving online in the US and the time is not too far away when many of those who are shopping for luxury cars will never set foot inside a showroom. Instead the initial approach will be online, the […]
Meet the shape of private urban transport in the years ahead. It’s called Clever and that’s an acronym for Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport and the objective of the Clever Project is to develop a small vehicle for clean urban transport that requireds minimal space in traffic and parking, consumes minimal energy and […]
Now if you have visions of rallying as you might expect to find in a World Rally Championship round then ditch them at once because this is nothing like that. The foundation of this type of rallying is the rule that covers the car itself. The vehicle must cost no more than £100. Not £135, […]
Queensland’s burgeoning ethanol industry continued to go from strength to strength today with the announcement of more than $700,000 in State Government grants to three independent fuel groups. Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation Anna Bligh said the grants would assist the three fuel groups convert and market a number […]