Despite the reputation for being completely uninteresting, little more than a collection of gormless public servants and stupefying government buildings, Canberra is a beautiful city set thousands of hectares of rolling countryside
Imagine taking a 1st class cabin on an A380, to connect with your luxury yacht. You’re sitting in a deeply padded arm chair, watching a movie, and sipping champagne. There is a tray of neat canapés, lined up like obedient soldiers, at your right hand. You want to pull down a sun shade, so you reach for a button. [...]
January 2016 was when Kia launched the fourth generation of the Sportage Compact SUV into the Australian market. About 2 1/2 years later the increasingly popular brand is upgrading the mid-size Sportage with a mid-model life enhancement. The key refinements include: Diesel drivetrain gains eight-speed auto Revised suspension brings more refined and compliant ride Revised subframe and steering geometry [...]
Canberra became the centre of the Toyota sports car world on Saturday 7 May as close to 450 owners and admirers of the 86 sports car descended on the Sutton Road Driver Training Centre to attend the third Australian Festival of 86 celebrations.More than 150 examples of the front-engine, rear drive coupe created a stunning display, with enthusiasts travelling from [...]
Kia’s Tiny Picanto: a Sensible, Reasonably Priced City Car (full review this coming Friday morning) In spite of the Super Mini segment accounting for only a small part Australian vehicle sales, Kia has made an audacious move to introduce its micro car. The model is now 5 years old and is approximately 12 months out from the [...]
First Impressions: A very cold windy day in Canberra, with the merest hint of rain is the perfect weather for experiencing French cars in their natural habitat. It is the misery they were made for. \ So, the new C4: What’s it got? There are smart new 3D head and tail lights, daytime running lights, a fab new 1.2L [...]
Luggage Luggage space? What Luggage space. Rear A/C Luxury model with Satnav The question was “Is the Honda Odyssey quite suitable for a boy to use for Luxury wine tours and classy airport transfers” so we took one around the block a bit. It wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as you’d expect a people mover to be. A [...]
