List of Australian Car Clubs and Specialists, New Car Releases and Owners' Car Reviews for Aussie motoring enthusiasts
Hang on to your hat, Mr. Bean, the Messerschmitt has got company. Meet the Xebra – it’s a Chinese three wheel battery powered car that’s now on the market in the United States. According to the brochure it has: a top speed of 65 kmh a range of 65 km from it’s battery pack of […]
The conventional wisdom that children are safer in big four wheel drive vehicles – or Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) as the Americans call them – may not be based on any solid fact. A recent study in the United States has found that bigger does not equal safer when it comes to being safe inside […]
Nissan has developed the world’s first clear paint that repairs scratches on painted car surfaces, including scratches from car-washing machines, off-road driving and fingernails. Scratch Guard Coat contains a newly developed high elastic resin that helps prevent scratches from affecting the inner layers of a car’s painted surface. With Scratch Guard Coat, a car’s scratched […]
This is the Honday Element – it’s a four wheel drive vehicle sold by Honda in the United States and its target market is young people. It even has a sun roof over the back seat – not for the comfort of back seat passengers but to allow young drivers to carry their surfboards inside […]
Not a problem if you live in the US and are prepared to buy one of at least 13 vehicles that showed the most improvement in fuel efficiency during 2005. Back in November we reported that the US Chamber of Commerce wanted the government to put a special tax on hybrid cars – those that […]
Update: read the comments below from many unhappy clients of Wicked Campers … comments that have been coming in ever since the story first appeared in December 2005 and then read the latest in the saga of Wicked Campers by following the link. I have the good fortune to live in Hervey Bay, one of […]
‘A what?’ I can hear you say. If a two door coupe doesn’t appeal to you what about a Haoqing, a Merrie, a Uliou or a Maple? These are all vehicles manufactured by Geely a Chinese car manufacturer that has the US market firmly in its sites. Geely commenced business in China in 1986 as […]
Sometimes the reasoning of the people at the top of some of the world’s motor companies is a little hard to follow and the Chairman of General Motors Holden is definitely one of those whose reasoning seems to be a little strange. One the one had he sais that during 2005 the world car market […]
Hyundai’s Getz has reclaimed the title of Australia’s Best Small Car – its second win in three years – in the annual Australia’s Best Cars awards, the car industry’s most rigorous and comprehensive rating regime run by all the state Royal Automobile Clubs and the NRMA. In the Large (formerly Family) Car class, mostly the […]
At least that’s what an American humorist suggested on 60 Minutes. Are they only finding that out now? We could have told them that years ago!
Christmas is just two weeks away and that means the time for hitting the road for the beach and holidays is also here. There is nothing that will spoil your holiday fun more than sitting on the side of the expressway waiting for the tow truck so prepare your car for the trip. And the […]
The headline at RM Auctions reads “1964 Aston Martin DB5 Coupe” but this isn’t just any Aston Martin DB5 Coupe, this is the James Bond Car and for car lovers this was the real star of Thunderball and Goldfinger. And now it’s up for sale for the first time in 35 years and of course, […]
Less than two months into the production of its company-saving 380 sedan range Mitsubishi has announced that production will be scaled down. Currently the large car market is overstocked and Holden and Ford are both offering discounts to try and move excess inventory. Discounting the price of the new range is something that Mitsubishi is […]
Perhaps, like me, you’re not happy with the colour of your car. After all silver was such an elite colour when we bought our limo but now … sadly… it has become as common as dirt. At the moment there is little you or I can do to change the colour of our cars apart […]
The Army is and they’re taking their latest toy … “Sorry Sarn’t Major :(” … I mean weapon! Armygeddon – a supercharged 7 litre Landrover will be there to take on all comers. I’m told that the wire guided anti-vehicle missiles will be disarmed but the gun mounts aren’t just for decoration 🙂 “Don’t be […]
According to Dupont, the world’s biggest manufacturer of automotive paints silver has been the most popular colour this year – as it has been for the previous five years. Perhaps it’s time for me and the missus to flog off the silver limo and buy something a little less common 🙂
In a major announcement the chairman of Hyundai Automotive Group revealed that by 2015 is aims to be selling 100,000 Hyundai and 50,000 Kia cars in Australia. The chairman, Chung Mong-koo suggested that by the end of 2007 the company would be selling 70,000 units in Australia and by 2010 it would have doubled it’s […]
Kia Motors receives $10 billion Export Tower Award – Kia is only the third manufacturing company to receive $10 billion annual export distinction Kia Motors Corporation announced today that it has received the $10 Billion Export Tower Award from the Korean government, thereby reaching one of the most significant milestones in its history — surpassing […]
Whatever it was that once made America great seems to have faded away in the last couple of years and all that remains is an ever increasing tide of rampant silliness. The latest crazy idea comes from the US Chamber of Commerce who have suggested that the federal government should now begin to tax hybrid […]
If you’re having problems getting a licence to drive a vehicle then just be thankful that you don’t live in Kuwait. New rules that have just been introduced require expatriates to hold a university degree, receive a salary of not less than $1370 a month and have resided in the country for a minimum of […]