LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES with low ANCAP safety ratings should be considered a serious occupational health and safety concern by companies buying work vehicles for employee use, the Australian New Car Assessment Program said in a report this week.

In all states in Australia, a vehicle used in the performance of work is recognised as a ‘workplace’, [...]

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THE NEW GOLF’S “happier” front styling is certainly winning friends, and Volkswagen is apparently keen on making it the new family face for the rest of its lineup.

That includes the Caddy, VW’s Golf/Touran-based small van, which was recently snapped by our spy photographers wearing this nose-masking camouflage.

The blacked-out headlight housings and different reflector shapes indicate [...]

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Many of you will know that commercial vehicles often come with a range of compromises between price, comfort, performance, practicality, and, unfortunately, sometimes safety as well. Volkswagen however has recently pulled a double in that two of its commercial vehicles have achieved solid four-star ANCAP ratings. First it was the Transporter, and now it’s the [...]

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The Cadillac brand was officially launched back into the Australian market this week after a 70 year hiatus, meaning that Aussie motorists will soon be able to lay their hands on Caddy’s attractive ‘n angular CTS luxury sports sedan.

The CTS will go on sale here in early 2009, however performance enthusiasts with a taste for [...]

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The United States of America, the country that arguably coined the term “SUV”, has long gone without any true tailgate goodness. In fact, the only proper station wagon (crossovers are NOT wagons) that GM sells in the US is the Saab 9-5 SportCombi, which is about as American as a sensible approach to gun [...]

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Not since the mid 1960’s has Volkswagen enjoyed its current level of sales in Australia. VW managed to move 27,400 new vehicles in 2007, including passenger and commercial vehicles, in a sign of Australia’s continuing love affair with imported vehicles.

This level of sales was enough to see Volkswagen finish 2007 as the 10th highest selling [...]

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Okay, lets be honest. The car you see in these pictures is the new Cadillac CTS-V and its dog ugly. Good from afar…but far from good is the best way to describe the styling, particularly the 80’s inspired front end. But…just like the fat kid at school had the best personality, the CTS-V ‘s ugliness [...]

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In what is a not so surprising move General Motors have announced that they have purchased a 50 percent stake in VM Motori. VM Motori are well known for building powerful and highly efficient diesel engines.

In recent time we have seen a VM Motori diesel option introduced into the Holden Captiva line-up and heard whispers [...]

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