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  • Gay Hyundai car ad “toy boy” in Sweden. You have to love the Swedes.

    We found this old Hyundai ad on You Tube. A Swedish ad for a Korean car with French music.

  • Volvo Cars unveils global electrification strategy

    Volvo Cars unveils global electrification strategy

      Volvo Cars has announced one of the automotive industry’s most comprehensive electrification strategies in which plug-in hybrids will be introduced across its entire range. It will develop an entirely new range of electrified smaller cars and build a fully electric car for sale by 2019. As part of this new strategy, the Swedish car…

  • Kia’s Rio: Does what it says on the box, and has a 7 year warranty

    Kia’s Rio: Does what it says on the box, and has a 7 year warranty

    Those Japanese blokes should be keeping a careful eye on the Koreans. The Koreans started out as cheap and cheerful, a tag they are now fighting as hard to get away from as they did to achieve in the first place. Do they deserve to be taken seriously? Any car maker who ignores Kia, does…

  • F12tdf – new limited edition special series delivers track-level performance on the road

    F12tdf – new limited edition special series delivers track-level performance on the road

      Official debut announced for the finali mondiali at mugello on november 8 Maranello, 13 October 2015 – Ferrari reveals the F12tdf which pays homage to the Tour de France, the legendary endurance road race that Ferrari dominated in the 1950s and ‘60s, particularly with the 1956 250 GT Berlinetta which won four consecutive editions…

  • Superb Hispano-Suiza for Shannons Sydney Sale

    Superb Hispano-Suiza for Shannons Sydney Sale

      Two very original Vintage ‘survivors’ ‘No reserve’ Star Mercury Two grand 1920s touring vehicles with great Australian histories will be going under the hammer at Shannons upcoming Sydney Spring Auction on November 9. Of particular interest to Hispano-Suiza collectors is a superb H6B saloon that was originally sold new in Australia, but was previously…

  • The Honda Foundation Provides Funding To Wheelchair Sports NSW

    The Honda Foundation Provides Funding To Wheelchair Sports NSW

      The Honda Foundation and Scotts Honda have donated $5,000 for the purchase of two new sports wheelchairs for Wheelchair Sports NSW’s Share a Chair Wheelchair Program. The two new wheelchairs will be added to the fleet of sport-specific wheelchairs used by participants in games such as basketball and tennis. Participants are welcome from beginner…

  • BMW M2: Noice, diff’rent, un-ewes-u-al

    BMW M2: Noice, diff’rent, un-ewes-u-al

    A compact high-performance BMW sports car was already causing heads to turn and hearts to flutter over 40 years ago. Indeed, the BMW 2002 turbo perfectly encapsulated BMW’s resolution to deliver outstanding dynamics, exceptional agility and optimum car control. As if to demonstrate in similarly resounding style that this commitment is alive and well, BMW…

  • Pajero Exceed: An analogue 4WD in a digital world

    Pajero Exceed: An analogue 4WD in a digital world

    I’ve spent a bit of time in the Pajero before and enjoyed it, not because of what it was, but because of what it wasn’t. Let me explain: Most SUVs feel pretentious, especially the AWDs who think they stand a ghost of a change in a serious off-road beat-down. They have more front than Myer…

  • Mitsubishi eX Concept – World Premier

    Mitsubishi eX Concept – World Premier

      The Mitsubishi eX Concept is a vision for a compact SUV powered by a next-generation EV system. In terms of design, it evokes the image of a city-friendly sports crossover and merges the elegance and stylishness of a “shooting brake” (a term for a coupé with flowing styling fused with a hatchback car, the…

  • The new BMW 3 Series Sedan and Touring has arrived

    The new BMW 3 Series Sedan and Touring has arrived

        The new BMW 3 Series range starts from $54,900* plus on-road costs. Highlighted by the return of the iconic BMW 318i Sedan and revised naming designations. New BMW 340i Sedan stands as ultimate athlete of 3 Series range, with full equipment levels, innovation, luxury and revised pricing. The updated model line-up is as…