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Peugeot 508 eHDI: Fab or Fail?
The good: gorgeous body, classy interior, good equipment level. The bad: stop/start not smooth,awful transmission – too slow to change up You’ll remember we nearly wet ourselves when we tested the gorgeous 508 GT saloon and Allure Wagon a few months ago. We fairly frothed at the mouth at the handling that harkened back to…
The New Bentley Continental V8 Range
New Continental GT and GTC V8 models will debut at the North American International Auto Show, Detroit (January 2012) Exceptional power-to-emissions ratio combined with classic Bentley power and torque from new 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8 engine Fulfils Bentley’s environmental commitment to a new powertrain delivering a 40 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency and CO2…
Successful test of the Audi R8 GRAND-AM
New American racing model makes its debut at Daytona Development driver Frank Stippler completes 1000 test kilometres Preparation of two vehicles for the 2012 Daytona 24 Hours The Audi R8 GRAND-AM successfully passed its baptism of fire. The new model was fine-tuned at the Daytona International Speedway race track (Florida, USA) during its final test…
Clover Moore: Pro green, Pro TriGen and most importantly, Pro WHEELS
Video presentation here Sunday the 11th saw the heavens open with a storm that would make Thor himself feel right at home. But we Sydneysiders are made of sterner stuff than that so the storm failed to dampen the excitement which built as we once again entered the historic Sydney Town Hall, through the vestibule…
The BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe: Scrumptious competitor to the ugly duckling Mercedes CLS
The presentation of the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe sees BMW venturing into a new vehicle segment once again. The third model in the BMW 6 Series line-up follows in the tyre tracks of the Convertible and Coupe, and is the first four-door Coupe in the history of the brand. The athletic elegance of the…
Japan’s Tsunami as taken from DashCam of a car swept up in the melee
Imagine driving along minding your own beeswax, when out of the blue people flee their cars leaving doors open and engines running. Imagine seeing a B-double floating past the intersection just ahead. This is what the view from INSIDE those cars looked like.
Peugeot Motion & Emotion Show in Rio de Janeiro
Peugeot Video @ youtube Peugeot has chosen Rio for a fabulously camp event. It puts together technologies never used simultaneously before. Think Sydney Christmas lights on steroids. They will be releasing their new 208 very soon so in an event that would make Apple proud, Peugeot projected a show onto buildings. Check in to Hasn’t…
The Holden Volt Charges into Australia: Clover Moore and guests the first to drive Holden’s new electric car
The first fleet of Holden Volts have been revealed to media at a special event today in Sydney, ahead of its market introduction late in 2012. Federal Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore MP and the Ambassador for the United States of America, his…
Holden Volt:
World’s first mass-produced electric vehicle with extended range provides a total range of more than 500 kilometres depending on temperature, terrain and driving technique Revolutionary Voltec propulsion system delivers between 60 and 80 kilometres of electric driving (depending on temperature, terrain and driving technique) with a long-life, 16-kWh lithium-ion battery and 111-kW electric drive unit;…