‘Check back next month’ seems to be the main response when Tom Gorman, Ford Australia’s president was asked what Ford was planning on doing to meet the new competition.
Ford will be releasing an updated Falcon next month but one thing Ford claims it won’t be doing is cutting prices to keep Falcon sales happening.
The industrial dispute involving pars supplier Huon Corporation may be over for Ford and Toyota but Holden is still not receiving the parts they need to continue production.
Ford and Toyota both signed on to a rescue package for the troubled parts supplier but Holden has not yet agreed to it.
Workers at Huon’s Bendigo [...]
My brother-in-law drives a Volvo and has done for many years. He is your very typical Volvo driver … well at least he doesn’t wear a hat … but I’m sure you get the picture.
However, I’m not sure you will ever see him in a Volvo like this one.
It’s the new Volvo C30 and it [...]
Holden have finally announced the fuel consumption figures for the new Holden VE Commodore.
I think most people might have expected better figures than these but most of them are slightly down on the figures for the last Commodore.
The VE Commodore’s fuel consumption varies from 10.9 litres per 100km for the base model Omega with [...]
The industrial action at the major car parts supplier Huon Corporation looks set to continue. Talks aimed at ending the industrial action and keeping the company afloat until a buyer could be found came to a halt last night when Toyota and Ford asked for more time to consider the proposals.
Part of the proposal was [...]
The industrial action by staff at a major parts supplier that has brought production to a halt at Ford and severely affected Holden and Toyota could be over tomorrow.
Sthe staff of Huon Corporation have voted to return to work tomorrow if seven major customers join a rescue package being put together to save their employer.
The Holden VE Commodore is definitely the car on everyone is thinking about at the moment. Even the release of the new Toyota Camry isn’t arousing as much interest – even though it’s more likely to be the vehicle that people would tend to buy in these days of high petrol prices.
If you would like [...]
Industrial action at a major parts supplier is causing serious problems in the Australian car industry. Due to a lack of parts Ford has stood down staff at Broadmeadows and told them not to report for work on Monday. Staff at Ford’s Geelong plant are likely to be stood down some time next week.
Holden is [...]
Honda have released slightly altered Accord sedans and Odyssey vans into the wild.
Accord
Rear styling changes have been made and include LED tail lamps. Other changes to the sedan include a drive-by-wire throttle, new allowy wheels and alterations to the interior trip
The V6 Accords now include Vehicle Stability assist and satellite navigation has been added to [...]
Holden’s new VE Commodore has been launched – although you won’t find one in a showroom just yet. This model is said to be the first all new Commodore since 1997 and despite years of work and a lot of testing Holden have not yet been able to produce fuel consumption figures.
Despite some criticism from [...]
And there is one in Australia.
The Bricklin SV-1 was an unusual sports car. It was built in Canada mainly from parts sourced in Detroit and was only for sale in the United States.
The car featured gull-winged doors and an acrylic body built around a roll cage, side guard rails and a shock absorbing bumper bar [...]
There has been some speculation around for a while now that Nissan might be interested in some form of alliance with General Motors in the US.
Unfortunately for GM that possibility is looking less and less likely every passing day. GM has reported a massive drop in sales for June when compared to this time last [...]
If you have only just hit Aussie Motoring I should tell you that it comes to you from Hervey Bay – a town of about 50,000 people on the Queensland coast about 3.5 hours drive north of Brisbane.
For a town of such relatively small size we have a surprisingly large number of very interesting motor [...]
