Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. RR4 will be smaller than Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce. The design was signed off in [...]
That’s the message from the Queensland Minister for Sustainability and it’s likely to be coming some time in the next 10 years. According to the Minister we shouldn’t be getting our hopes up about hybrid fuels and electric power either because the infrastructure needed to cope with a switch to alternate fuels just isn’t there. [...]
As Duncan – an Aussie who runs an interesting tech blog – says, “I’m not sure … if they’re legitimate …” but they sure would make you think if you ran over them. The perfect advertising for a car suspension system. But let’s face it, if you’re going to hit a hole like the these [...]
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Australian new car market was existing on some other planet besides this one. I mean we’re sliding into a recession and money is becoming tight … but the new car market continues to boom month after month and April was no exception. Australian motor vehicle sales achieved [...]
Based on a design that was first displayed 30 years ago the BMW M1 Homage is enough to make any car enthusiast drool. More photos and details are here on the BMW M1 page at Aussie Motoring.
… to be built in Australia? A report in today’s Melbourne Age suggests that the prospect of Toyota’s Altona plant becoming the regional production base for the slightly green Toyota Camry are looking good. You can read the full report here
Between January and March of this year BMW have delivered 4,174 vehicles here in Australia and that’s a 12 percent increase on sales for the same time last year. Despite rising interest rates and some very black days on the share market there’s still a big market for what BMW describe as their “premium brand” [...]
It’s been a long time since I had to put up with a backseat driver and that’s just as well because I tend to arc up fairly quickly when someone tries to tell me how to drive. However if I was a member of the United Kingdom’s armed forces otherwise I might have to keep [...]
At last there’s some good news for Holden and the motor industry in South Australia. Holden has announced that it will soon be exporting two new cars for the American market from their plant in Adelaide. Both vehicles will be marketed in America under the Pontiac brand and one of the two will be an [...]
Sales in both January and February have set records for those months, building on a record annual total of more than one million new cars in 2007. “The February sales result is very pleasing for the automotive industry and shows that underlying demand from private buyers and business remains very robust, reflecting continued outstanding levels [...]
… not happy Jan! The JD Power Group are well-known in the United States for their annual surveys of car buyer satisfaction. Big brand-names like Mercedes have not faired well when consumers are asked to comment on how satisfied they might, or might not be, with the car they’ve purchased and the service they have [...]
Yes there is one and there could be another if you happen to have just over $A1.62 million and an urge to own a truly unique car. An urge to travel up to 10 metres below the surface in a car that swims like a fish is optional.
Mitsubishi has announced that they will close their South Australian plant in March with the lost of 930 employees. In a statement released a short time ago Mitsubishi stated that the ” … decision has been made because Australian consumers are moving towards smaller, more economic, and environmentally friendlier cars like those in the rest [...]
The ABC is reporting that Mitsubishi will make a decision later today on whether or not to close their assembly line in South Australia. The money is on the plant closing and production moving to plants in either Russia or China. You can read the full report here
If you happen to live in America then there’s a Smart car coming to a dealer near you. But you just have to wonder about a company that can’t cope with the concept of using capital letters for the names of its products. The smart fortwo is manufactured by the Mercedes Car Group. This technologically [...]
There are plenty of new models due out in Australia this year. Perhaps the one that will arouse the most interest is the new Ford Falcon model scheduled for release in May. Of course there are some photos of the new model already out there on the Net thanks to Ford who decided to release [...]
With the release of the BMW V8 M3 convertible also came the release of BMW’s new M double-clutch transmission with Drivelogic. BMW claims that the new transmission providces faster and smoother shifting and even more fuel economy and when you see the figures released for the V8 M3 then it’s hard not to believe those [...]
BMW have unveiled the new M3 convertible and it’s definitely one very hot looking machine. Powered by a 4 litre 309 kW V8 and fitted with BMW’s new seven speed double-clutch tranmission the M3 will acccelerate from zero to 100km/h in 5.1 seconds. And despite all that grunt it will still return 12.3 litres per [...]
If you were in India it would buy you the standard version of the Tata Nano when it is released for sale later this year. For that price you would get a four-door, five-seat sedan powered by a 623cc rear-mounted engine. The Nano will also be available in a luxury version … and Tata are [...]
Is it possible to survive in your car if you’re caught in a bushfire? A recent study has found that temperatures inside a car can reach anything up to 300C as a bushfire passes over and survival in those temperatures is just about impossible. And when you realise that the interior of the car can [...]
