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  • Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV on Show at the Canberra Electric Vehicle Festival

    Mitsubishi’s all-electric i-MiEV city car will give visitors to this year’s Canberra International Electric Vehicle Festival – to be held on the West Lawns of Old Parliament House this Sunday 25 September 2011 – a look at not just the future for sustainable transport solutions, but the present as well. The 2011 Canberra International Electric…

  • Opel: The New Face of German Engineering in Australia

    Insignia Astra Opel used the Frankfurt Motor Show this week to showcase some of the models that will make up the Australian range with a drive program in the Rheingau region around its engineering and design headquarters in Rüsselsheim. Opel Australia Managing Director, Bill Mott, said Opel would compete in the light, small and medium…

  • Ford Unveils New Smart Design FG Falcon MkII

    New FG Falcon MkII is packed with more technologies and features than ever previously offered by Ford in this market sector Latest smart technologies including 8.0-inch colour touch screen multimedia interface and USB connectivity Enhanced safety package with side curtain airbags now standard on all Falcon sedans and side head/thorax airbags now standard on all…

  • Audi Urban Future Summit 2011 Discusses “Cities of the Future”

    In what kind of cities do we want to live in the future? New research projects on the city and mobility Focus on cooperation and dialogue The cities of this world will change. Space, time, air – resources are becoming scarce. How can we create a good quality of life in the cities of the…

  • Peugeot RCZ: The Irresistible Force of a Highly Moveable Object

    Is there anything sportier, more desirable, even just a tad better than a Peugeot RCZ? Actually, yes there is. It’s called the RCZ Peugeot Sport and it has 25 per cent more power, 250 kilograms less weight and is built specifically for the track. Sitting low on the tarmac on its 18-inch wheels, the RCZ…

  • The Mini Coupe:Cute and cuddly but worth more than the hatch?

        The MINI Coupé is the first two-seater in the MINI ranks. The new model further increases the variety within the brand’s vehicle line-up and, at the same time, offers customers a depth of driving fun unmatched by any rival in the small car segment. The fifth model of the new MINI generation to…

  • Opel Lightweight Electric Vehicle: The One Euro Car is cute, sexy and green

    Opel at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show Opel is staking a strong claim for the title of star-attraction at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show with an all-new battery-powered electric vehicle. The concept opens a new chapter in electric mobility and extends Opel’s pioneering role in alternative propulsion systems. The key figures of the…

  • We have the Peugeot RCZ in pearl white this week: 147KW of sex and sin!

    Hey hey hey!! Wrap your laughing gear around this lot. We have the delicious Peugeot RCZ in gleaming Pearl White with the carbon fibre lid. Here are just a few shot to tease and please. The full review next week but in the meanwhile we are fighting to contain ourselves. We completed our favourite drive…

  • Nissan 370Z: Is it a substitute for sex?

    Yes it is! Just look at it? Pretty? No it’s stunning and ours was blue!  Its as if the Nissan gods plucked a carefully selected corner of the sky and lovingly fashioned it into a masculine Olympian inspired by pure mythology. The enormous wheels look like Borg Implants sprouting from the axles and taking root…