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2008 Mazda CX-9 Review

Jul 23rd, 2008 • 7 comments • Link to Article

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What’s the first thing you do when sliding behind the wheel of a new car? If you’re Mike, you’ll cop a feel of the dash—soft is good, hard not so good. The Insider will run his hands around the steering wheel and peer over his left shoulder, we still have no idea why. Me, I check out the instrument cluster and then see how quickly I can make myself comfortable—and that’s exactly what I did when I climbed into the Mazda CX-9 last week.

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Rudd government to increase tax on luxury cars

May 12th, 2008 • 5 comments • Link to Article

With the Rudd administration due to handdown their first budget this Tuesday, wealthy average Australians are preparing to dodge the bullets and one of them is aimed squarely at what the government considers to be ‘luxury cars’. Treasurer Wayne Swan has confirmed that the price of luxury cars will rise and government coffers will be the beneficiary. In fact the luxury tax on cars will increase from the current level of 25% to 33% a change that is expected to affect around 105,000 car purchases per annum. The price of a car costing around $100,000 will increase by approximately $2,500 under the new plan. » Read Article

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