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2009 Skoda Octavia RS First Drive Review
Volkswagen Golf 77TDI Entry-Level Diesel Released In Australia
2010 Ferrari F458 Italia Further Revealed In New Images And Video
2010 Holden Commodore, Statesman And Caprice Awarded 5-Star ANCAP Rating
2010 Saab 9-5 Technical Details Released Ahead Of Launch
Skoda Octavia RS-P: Unique Australian Skoda Revealed
2009 Kia Cerato SLi Long Term Review: Part 3
2010 Hyundai ix35 Revealed Ahead Of Frankfurt Motor Show
2009 BMW 120d EfficientDynamics Challenge, First Drive Review
2009 Holden VE Commodore Sportwagon SS Road Test Review
2010 Maserati GranCabrio Revealed In Lead-Up To Frankfurt Motor Show
SUBARU’S LATEST Liberty and Outback family cars have passed ANCAP’s rigorous crash testing program with flying colours, each scoring a full 5-Star safety rating.
Both Liberty and Outback received 34.8 points out of a possible 37 for occupant protection, and also scored three out of four stars in pedestrian impact testing.
Both cars scored highly thanks [...]
SYDNEY’S LORD MAYOR Clover Moore says a blanket 40km/h speed limit for the city’s CBD and inner suburbs would greatly reduce the risk of pedestrian fatalities, however the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority has yet to act upon the local council’s recommendation.
At yesterday’s Staysafe Committee Inquiry into Pedestrian Safety, Ms Clover said councils should be [...]
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA has announced a raft of updates for the 70 Series Landcruiser range, including better passive safety equipment and more generous standard features.
Driver and front passenger airbags are now standard and an extended front bumper houses sensors for the airbag system.
A new four-spoke steering wheel with telescopic adjustment has also been added to [...]
VICTORIAN ROADS MINISTER Tim Pallas announced today that new laws will be introduced from November 9, including the banning of most mobile phone use and navigation equipment that is not held in a vehicle-mounted cradle. Other new laws will see drivers lose 3 demerit points and receive a $234 fine for passengers [...]
FERRARI UNVEILED the all-new F458 Italia, the successor to the F430 and the latest addition to the marque’s long line of mid-engined supercars, late last month.
Today, in the lead-up to the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, the Italian supercar manufacturer has released a series of new studio and on-road photos of the 458, along with [...]
SAAB HAS REVEALED the first official details of its upcoming 9-5 sedan ahead of the car’s global debut at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
In Europe, the 9-5 range will begin with a 119kW 2.0 litre turbodiesel four-cylinder, although a 1.6 litre petrol turbo engine will become the new base powertrain when it arrives sometime after [...]
LOTUS HAS ANNOUNCED its updated-for-2010 Exige Cup 260, and although it’s outwardly similar to the current model, the British manufacturer has managed to screw more efficiency and improved handling out of its race-ready road car.
Power from the Toyota-sourced supercharged 1.8 litre inline-four is still a respectable 191kW and the 0-100km/h sprint is still dispatched in [...]
FOLLOWING NISSAN’S LEAD, Subaru has launched its own online on-road pricing calculator, enabling prospective buyers to work out the ‘drive-away’ purchase cost of a new Subaru.
Like the pricing calculator launched by Nissan last week, Subaru’s system tailors pricing according to the buyer’s postcode.
Subaru’s on-road pricing calculator takes the base price of [...]
VOLKSWAGEN HAS REVEALED the newest addition to its small car family, the Polo three-door hatch, ahead of its official unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The 2010 Polo three-door shares its external dimensions with the five-door hatch already available in Europe, but uses its longer doors and uncluttered glasshouse to appear lower and longer than its [...]
DESPITE ORIGINALLY denying claims that it was working on a battery-powered version of its R8 supercar, Audi may actually be preparing a R8 EV concept for next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
Audi board member Peter Schwarzenbauer was recently quoted saying the German automaker will unveil a “very, very sporty” electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Show.
While Schwarzenbauer [...]
HYUNDAI LAST WEEK RELEASED a pair of illustrations and a profile shot of its next-generation CUV, the new ix35. Today, the Korean giant has offered a new photo - the best look yet at the company’s upcoming crossover.
The new photo is the first to reveal the front of the car in [...]
HOLDEN SPECIAL VEHICLES has let slip its second teaser video for the updated E Series 2 range, but like the first video, this new preview also reveals little.
The major new element revealed in this latest video is the restyled exhaust tip and rear bumper, which HSV describes as a “shockwave graphic”.
An “SV enhanced options” range [...]
A HIGH-PERFORMANCE version of Audi’s already-quick S3 hot hatch is widely tipped to make an appearance at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show, the latest in a series of fast Audis to make their debut this year.
The V10-powered Audi R8 5.2 FSI and TT RS have already hit the market, and the RS3 is expected to [...]
REPORTS ARE CIRCULATING in the Japanese media that Honda will take the wraps off an all-new battery-electric concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show in October.
According to the Nikkei business daily, Honda plans to introduce an all-electric passenger vehicle to the American market in 2015, and is expected to unveil a concept version of the [...]
IMAGES OF HONDA’S updated CR-V have been let out ahead of the car’s launch on September 17, showing mild styling revisions are in store for the marque’s popular softroader.
The side sheetmetal and headlight shapes carry over, but the front bumper, grille and bonnet are new. The 2010 CR-V’s alloy wheels also appear to be of [...]
GERMAN AUTHORITIES have raided the homes and offices of Porsche’s ex-CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and former Chief Financial Officer Holger Haeter, as part of investigations into ‘insider trading’ allegations against the pair.
Wiedeking and Haeter were the driving forces behind Porsche’s bid to acquire a controlling stake in Volkswagen AG, and, prior to the global financial crisis, [...]
Photo: Chris Keating.
FOLLOWING last month’s Operation Ardent, the Geelong and Brimbank districts became the focus of police attention for Operation Ardent II, conducted over the weekend.
More than 30 police vehicles and four booze buses were engaged in the three day-long blitz. Over the period of the operation, more than 1000 offences were recorded.
Of [...]
CHINESE MANUFACTURER Great Wall Motors will release its first passenger car in the Australian market later this year to complement its V240 and SA220 medium-duty commercial utes.
Named the X240, the car will be a rebadged right-hand-drive version of the Chinese-market Hover crossover.
Based on the Toyota 4Runner’s chassis and with a body borrowed from the Isuzu [...]
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER Mike Rann has called on Holden to build an electric version of the Cruze at its Elizabeth assembly plant.
Although he didn’t specify a desired timeframe, Rann said that such a move would strengthen the local car industry.
“Because the Cruze has the same architectural base as GM’s new Volt, it is technologically possible [...]
SKODA AND VOLKSWAGEN have updated the recommended fuel grades for much of their petrol-powered model ranges, with most engines now declared safe to run on 95 RON fuel.
Virtually all VW Group petrol engines have, up until now, required the more expensive 98 RON fuel, which typically retails for 13-14 cents more than regular unleaded.
With Skoda [...]
MAZDA IS WORKING on a range of improvements for its petrol and diesel engine line-up in a bid to improve fuel efficiency. The first engine in the improved range due to launch sometime in 2011.
Mazda is targeting a 30 percent improvement in efficiency across its entire model range by 2015 - a figure that does [...]
BMW HAS UPPED THE ANTE in its drive to expand its EfficientDynamics range of vehicles, today announcing the Australian market launch of the new 118d and 123d.
Each is powered by a version of BMW’s versatile 2.0 litre turbodiesel inline four, with varying turbocharger trims and engine tunes allowing a wide spread of fuel economy ratings [...]
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has passed the Rudd Government’s proposed Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill, which aims to inject an estimated $3.4 billion into the local car industry.
The Bill aims to stimulate innovation and investment in Australian new car design, with a particular emphasis on environmentally-friendly technology.
The money is intended to be spent between 2011 and [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ has been caught testing a convertible variant of its upcoming SLS AMG supercar in the United States, confirming recent rumours of an SLS Roadster.
The lightly-camouflaged test mules appear to be undergoing final stages of pre-production testing, with the black vinyl cladding hiding what appears to be a production-ready body.
The finished product could be [...]
HOLDEN SPECIAL VEHICLES has released its latest teaser video for the upcoming E Series 2 range, showing, well, not much.
V8 Supercar driver Garth Tander gets a cameo role in this low-budget vid, and although there are no glimpses of the new car to be had, Tander does at least say the E Series 2 will [...]
ALTHOUGH GM HAS SCUTTLED plans to continue selling the Australian-built Pontiac G8 in the United States, Holden is apparently not done with the car just yet.
Reports have surfaced this week suggesting that Holden plans to make use of its extensive supplies of surplus G8 body parts in a limited-edition Commodore SS V variant.
The model, according [...]
TOYOTA HAS ANNOUNCED the development of revolutionary new lithium-ion battery technology, which enables enormous gains in power storage and, ultimately, increased range for electric and hybrid vehicles.
The new battery tech was developed in partnership with Japan’s Tohoku University and reportedly uses single crystals of lithium cobalt oxide to create its prodigious capacity.
Toyota is keeping the [...]
BUGATTI IS SET to reveal an all-new concept in September, and although the company has recently revealed a teaser image of a concept known as the ‘Bordeaux’, Autocar says that may not be the model we see next month.
Previous reports have suggested the Bordeaux will seat four and draw power from a version of the [...]
DESPITE THE RENEWED FOCUS on electric cars and the reduction in US Federal funding for hydrogen-powered vehicle projects, General Motors is persisting with its hydrogen fuel cell program.
The US automaker has continued to refine its fuel cell technology, and recently announced that size had been reduced by more than half and production costs have been [...]
THE MERCEDES-BENZ VITO has been declared the safest commercial vehicle on sale in Australia, after scoring a full 5-Stars in the Australian New Car Assessment Program’s rigorous crash safety test.
This puts the Vito (and its passenger-hauling sister, the Viano) ahead of the Hyundai iLoad, Volkswagen Caddy and Volkswagen Transporter, all of which have 4-Star ANCAP [...]
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