Well folks, it’s happened. For the past two weeks I’ve been guiding my 63-year old mother towards her first ever new car purchase. The strategy was to try and secure a future classic for dear old Mum that I could buy for myself 20 years down the line. After all, she barely drives 4500km per [...]

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It would seem that BMW may be struggling to work out what people really want. They know what future U.S. fuel economy standards will require but it seems that while we all talk about being green, it is possibly empty rhetoric for the ‘dyed in the wool’ BMW devote.

BMW in theory, needs to find [...]

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J.D. Power and Associates have released the results of their annual “car buying experience” consumer satisfaction survey (a US based survey) and Lexus have reclaimed the crown. This time around the survey has revealed that the level of customer satisfaction being achieved by dealers is at an all time high – or alternatively, cars are [...]

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In what sounds like a commonsense move, Ford has announced that it will not be selling Volvo – at least for the time being. Volvo, along with Aston Martin, Jaguar and Landrover were all members of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG) which has been slowly unraveling this year with the sale of Aston and pending [...]

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Porsche and Volkswagen have shared a long standing relationship that dates back prior to World War 2. It began with Volkswagen assisting Porsche to build their very first car, the ‘64’ (and no that’s not LA gangster lingo) back in 1938 an example of which you can see in the picture below.

At the moment, [...]

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It’s all happening at Chrysler this week. A new logo and a new leader who is rumoured to be working for $1 per year, mark the start of what is hoped to be the big turn-around.

Chrysler unveiled their new pentastar logo which the more mature readers will notice is really the old Chrysler logo making [...]

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The pending sale by Ford of its Jaguar and Land Rover (PAG) Premium Auto Group brands has attracted the interest of some interesting parties. Want to know who has thrown their hat into the ring? Read on…

Not letting the fact that Jaguar has been bleeding pounds sterling like a stuck pig get in the way [...]

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We don’t hear much about the old S2000 in Australia anymore but stateside it continues to be newsworthy and Honda have just released a new model to cater for the club racer set. The S2000 CR (Club Racer…) is being built in a limited run of 1500 units and promises to be a potential collectible.

Honda [...]

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Carupdate can confirm that Australian TV network SBS are looking at purchasing half of a prominent Melbourne bayside workshop to commence the shooting of a Hot Rod themed TV show. It will be similar to that of world famous Boyd Coddington’s reality TV show “American Hotrod” currently seen on Discovery.

SBS representatives have commented on being [...]

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Editors note 13/06/07 - Sales of hybrids in Australia are also scaling new heights and have almost doubled in 2007 when compared to the same time last year, mirroring the trend in the USA.

AutoWeek has reported that over the last 5 months in the US more hybrid vehicles have been sold than ever before in [...]

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FANS OF BBC’s Top Gear will no doubt remember the episode when Richard Hammond road tested a pink Nissan Micra convertible. He refused to drive the car without a bag on his head and, eventually, to avoid further embarrassment, left the car on the side of the road and walked.

The convertible Micra was described as [...]

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Dusty Bug is owned by a moron with an oil well or something like that…
It seems the chaps at Drive Arabia may have offended the representative of a couple of lucky Bugatti Veyron owners. They described Veyron owners as ‘Rich Morons’ and suggested that the Veyron requires an oil well to run it.

The following email [...]

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