Well chaps, yet another hour and a half of Jason Statham’s grimaces and steely-eyed stares have been visited upon us, this time in the form of Paul W.S. Anderson’s (Event Horizon, AVP) Death Race, the remake of 1976’s Death Race 2000.  I wonder; could they not have called it Death Race 2012?  Anyway, let’s move [...]

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In principle, I don’t mind pedestrianism. I give it a go myself, every now and again. Its a good way to travel distances that aren’t worth cold-starting an engine for, or if you’re pretty sure your destination offers a high probability of seeing your car up on bricks mere moments after you leave it.

What [...]

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When it comes to cars in Australia, we put up with the short-sited revenue raising decisions of our politicians and there is narry a whisper from us. More speed cameras go in, more speed limits are reduced and more money fills government coffers but there is little or no change to road deaths.

Fuel prices rise [...]

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Can you pick the phonies? It’s not easy and it is the reason why Mercedes are preparing a lawsuit against Chinese car manufacturer Shuanghuan for their Smartcar ‘ForTwo’ look-alike, the Noble.

Making its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Noble is set to become Europe’s cheapest death-trap (prices starting at just 7000 Euros [...]

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It has been expected for a while now but Ford has sadly announced the death of its Fairlane and LTD long-wheel base luxury sedans. The Fairlane and LTD nameplates have been a part of the Australian automotive landscape for the last 40 years but they will now be consigned to history.

Ford Australia president Tom Gorman [...]

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Change has always been something that we as humans have feared in varying degrees. The more we adapt to constant change the more our endeavours speed it up through ever improving technology.
I for one have been laughing off the world’s rapidly increasing ecologically sound obsession with the Hybrid car. I have always seen the Toyota [...]

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As I predicted in my previous post the mainstream media have picked up the Easter ‘road toll ball’ and run with it. When interviewed earlier today by Southern Cross Media concerned at the 10 fatalities on Victorian roads over Easter, Mr Bracks had the following pearls of wisdom for us all. We all know that [...]

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We are coming to the end of another Easter holiday period and like every Easter, people have tragically died on the countries roads. This gives the mainstream media plenty to write about as they update the death toll on a daily basis. Earlier today that count had reached 21 dead.

Ever vigilant and raising funds to [...]

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2007 C63 AMG PRESS RELEASE

In the German Touring Car Championships (DTM) the new AMG C-Class ensures exciting motor racing at the highest level, and now its roadgoing sister model is celebrating its debut: the new C 63 AMG. Its AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine develops a peak output of 336 kW/457 hp and a maximum torque [...]

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