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Victorian Govt Announces January 2011 ESC Regulations, VACC Calls For Explanation

THE VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT has today introduced regulations that will require new vehicles in Victoria to be fitted with electronic stability control (ESC) from January 2011.

The regulations, initially proposed in June, were later followed by the Federal Government’s announcement that ESC will be mandatory on all new passenger vehicles in Australia from November 2011.

VACC [...]

Australian International Motor Show Confirmed For Sydney October 2010, Melbourne July 2011

CONTRARY TO A REPORT aired earlier in the week, the Australian International Motor Show is confirmed for Sydney in October 2010, returning to Melbourne the following year in early July 2011.

Following an exhibitor revolt against having to appear at two major motor shows annually in Australia, the staging of the Sydney and Melbourne Motor Shows [...]

VACC And ACCC Butt Heads On Petrol Discounts

ACCC CHAIRMAN Graeme Samuel has missed the point in the matter of the recent price war between Coles and Woolworths, according to the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC).

Coles and Woolworths/Safeway this week announced huge petrol discounts of up to 40 cents a litre for customers spending between $100 and $300 in stores - a [...]

VACC Calls For Private Vehicle Tax Breaks

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce has put out a call to the Australian Federal Government to offer tax breaks to private buyers in an effort to stimulate new car sales.

Business vehicle owners are currently able to claim a 30 percent investment allowance on their tax return, an incentive which will be reduced to 10 [...]

VACC Believes Stamp Duty Rebate Could Revitalise New Car Sales

The Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce has put the acid on the state government to cut the cost of stamp duty on new vehicles, recommending the cuts in its pre-budget submission 2009-2010 to Victorian Treasurer John Lenders.

At present, Victorian car buyers pay stamp duty of $5 for every $200 on a new vehicle up to [...]

Bright Future Assured For Aussie Automotive Design

The winners of the VACC ‘Car of the Future’ Target 2020 competition had their entries put on show in front of 157,000 visitors at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show for the eleven days of the event.

VACC’s Target 2020 competition is run each year and challenges both secondary and tertiary students to create their vision [...]

Start of A New Era As Melbourne International Motor Show Wraps Up

The official figures are in, and the numbers show that 160,000 Aussies and friends turned out to the see this year’s Melbourne International Motor Show. Organisers were pleased with the numbers despite not being able to best record attendance figures of 248,000 from 2008.

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) and its new car division, [...]

Melbourne And Sydney Motor Shows Joint Venture Agreement Signed

Cruzin’ into the future: FCAI boss Andrew McKellar, GM Holden chief Mark Reuss (and FCAI President), VACC’s Perce Makin and David Purchase sign the joint venture agreement at the 2009 Motor Show opening.

As many are now aware, the 2009 Motor Show is the last for Melbourne until 2011. A single Australian International Motor Show, to [...]

Young And Hungry For A Career In The Auto World?

If you’re one of our younger readers and wondering what the best way is to get your foot in the door of the automotive industry… you should do some googling. (You kids these days, I don’t know…)

But, if you haven’t done that yet, the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show is the place to be.

The Victorian [...]

Australian International Motor Show - VACC And FCAI Announce Sydney-Melbourne Motor Show Joint Venture

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries have announced that from this year forward, the venue for Australia’s premier auto show will alternate between Sydney and Melbourne.

To be managed as a joint venture between the VACC and the FCAI, the new Australian International Motor Show should prove more enticing [...]

44th Annual Victorian Hot Rod Show Fires Up In Melbourne

At a loose end this weekend? Do you like the smell of Castrol R, the glint of polished chrome and the old-school simplicity of a classic Hot Rod? Perhaps you’re a simple man, and just like horsepower, flame jobs and girls in cowboy hats…?

Whatever the case may be, it’s likely that the 44th Victorian Hot [...]

2009 Sydney Motor Show Axed

News surfacing round the parish pump is that the 2009 Sydney Motor Show is to be axed. There will be just one International Motor Show in Australia next year, and that will be in Melbourne. The organisers of the Sydney Motor Show, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers (FCAI) and Victoria’s VACC, who organise the [...]