Volvo has extended the R-Design styling pack to include its XC90 and V70 ranges, a move it says will “increase their dynamic appeal for Australian customers”.

The  R-Design styling pack has been available on the C30, S40 and V50 T5 models for some time now. The latest additions to the R-Design rank include the XC90 3.2, [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Mitsubishi Motors Australia has announced that the shapely 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback is now on sale throughout the country, expanding the Lancer range and giving Mitsubishi a direct competitor to the Lancer’s long time rival, the Subaru Impreza.

The Australian Sportback line-up consists of the base model ES, the mid-range VR and sporty-ish VRX. The ES [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Following the recent exit of Bill Osborne, Ford Australia has today announced its new President and CEO - Marin Burela. Burela is currently the Vehicle Line Executive Director (Global Small Car Segment Vehicles Europe), however the new role will see him relocate to Ford Australia’s Melbourne offices, and report directly to John Parker, Executive Vice [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Mitsubishi Motors has announced that it will be taking the wraps off an all-new member of the tri-diamond family at the Paris Motor Show next month. However, the Japanese automaker has refused to drop any details on its mystery car until October 2, instead choosing to release a single cryptic teaser shot to whet [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Chrysler executives have reportedly confirmed that either the Jeep Liberty (known here as the Cherokee) or the Dodge Nitro will be phased out by 2012. Both of these mid-size SUVS are built on the same production line in Toledo, Ohio, and share the same platform and engine lineup, and - to be brutally honest [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Ford fans across the nation must surely be giving each another some rather panicked looks right now. At a recent press conference to discuss the future of Ford Australia’s large car industry, Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally raised the prospect that the Falcon of the future could potentially switch from a rear-wheel-drive to [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Ford has commenced production on the all-new 2009 Ford Fiesta at the Cologne assembly plant in Germany, with other Ford factories around the globe gearing up to produce the automaker’s latest small car offering.

Built off the same B-car platform that underpins the Mazda2, the seventh-generation Fiesta will spearhead Ford’s new One Ford business plan, which [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Holden chairman and MD Mark Reuss has indicated that he’d like to see Chevrolet’s upcoming Volt plug-in hybrid come to Australia in the near future, possibly wearing a roaring-lion badge.

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Those of us up-to-date with Top Gear (not those of us a year behind with the SBS-aired episodes) will know that episode 2 of season 11 will be airing in the UK overnight, so I thought I’d drop a few quotes to get you through until you can acquire the latest episode. [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Nissan have just made a rather cryptic announcement concerning the creation of a new vehicle that will be built at the company’s Sunderland plant in England. Their press release (which you can read at the end of this article) mentions everything but what the vehicle in question is called, let alone what it will be. [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

“I take this seriously and see it as a crisis. The world-class quality that we’ve achieved is our lifeline,” said Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe at Toyota’s 2006 midyear news conference.

We all know that the first step on the road to recovery is to admit that you have a problem. Toyota, the world’s largest car manufacturer [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More

Volvo are taking the wraps off their new XC60 crossover next month in Geneva. In the meantime, they have supplied us with the first official images and details.

Volvo are hoping to attract a legion of new buyers to the marque – those looking for exciting and individual styling combined with what Volvo believe is outstanding [...]

• 
• Comment
• Read More