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Mazda Automates The Recycling Of Old Bumpers For New Cars
Mazda is closing the loop on its manufacturing with an industry first: an automated process of stripping and breaking down bumpers from end-of-l...
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Toyota, Ford Partnering On Hybrid SUVs And Light Trucks
They may be locked in battle at the top end of the global sales charts, but Ford and Toyota will soon put aside their swords and team up on new ...
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Retractable Steering Wheel To Assist Elderly And Overweight Drivers
If you're among the growing number of elderly drivers, or those carrying weight enough that getting into the driver's seat is proving di...
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Subaru Eyesight Safety Technology Coming To Melbourne
SUBARU EYESIGHT On Subaru's stand at this week's Australian International Motor Show, it will be all eyes on the all-new 2012 Imprez...
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Volvo Launches Car-monitoring iPhone And Android Apps
Volvo has unveiled a new virtual assistant in the form of a free mobile phone app, compatible with both the iPhone and Google's Android oper...
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World's First 9-speed Automatic Transmission Revealed
Like the razor companies that just keep adding blades, renowned transmission specialist ZF Friedrichshafen AG has announced the world's...
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Volvo Sees Road Trains In Europe's Future
Sometime between now and 2020, if Volvo is right, you'll be able to do your make-up behind the wheel without danger or fear of reproach.
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BMW To Offer Digital Radio From May
Digital radio remains a relatively new technology in Australia, with the first services 'switched on' in Australia's mainland capita...
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SARTRE Vehicle Platooning Makes First Successful Test
Volvo and Ricardo UK have this week announced the first successful 'real world' demonstration of the EU-financed, collaboratively-develo...
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RTA NSW: Intelligent Speed Adaptation Can Bring "Considerable Road Safety Benefits"
New South Wales' Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) has completed its Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) trial, the largest of its kind ever ...
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CoDriver GPS-Based Driver Assistant Hits BlackBerry App World For Australia
Australian outfit Arrival Tech has launched its CoDriver Road Safety app for BlackBerry mobile phones, available to Australian and New Zealand u...
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Mazda's 16X Rotary Engine At Least Two Years Away
While other carmakers have tried - and ultimately failed - to popularise the rotary engine, Mazda has been the only one to produce a range ...
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2010 Navman MY Series GPS Navigation Units Launched In Australia
Navman has announced a trio of new models in its MY series of GPS navigation units, dubbed MY60T, MY65T and MY75T. A number of advanced...
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MotorTexter Service Connects Drivers Through Number Plates And Mobile Phones
Our mobile phones may be about to get a genuine workout, with a new service called motorTEXTER giving motorists the ability to SMS or 'text&...
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Life-Saving Traffic Barriers In The Works At Queensland University Of Technology
Queensland University of Technology engineers are working to develop a new type of potentially life-saving traffic barrier, thanks to a $21...
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Mercedes-Benz Debuts Automated Driving Prototype
BRINGING THE modern car one step closer to a future seen in so many science fiction films, Mercedes-Benz has revealed its autopilot-li...
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Queensland To Move To Anti-Fraud Smartcard Drivers Licence
FOLLOWING RECENT moves in Victoria and NSW to institute new anti-fraud drivers licence cards, the Queensland Government has today announced it w...
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Subaru New EyeSight Crash Avoidance System Unveiled
THE IDEA behind Volvo's collision-avoidance and automatic-braking system is catching on, with Subaru unveiling its New EyeSight system at Be...
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All- Alloy Maserati Platform To Underpin RWD Alfa Romeos
MASERATI IS REPORTEDLY working on a new platform for its next generation of performance cars, a platform that could potentially be shared with f...
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Nissan Australia To Offer SUNA Traffic Channel With X-Trail Ti, TL and Patrol Ti
NISSAN HAS TEAMED up with SUNA, Australia's first digital traffic information service, to provide customers with live GPS-based traffic conditions...
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