Suzuki celebrates 100 years
JAPANESE CARS WERE hardly on our radar only a few short decades ago, but the Japanese have been producing cars for longer than most of us realise. This year is Suzuki’s 100th Anniversary, but not of
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Category: Classic car news
Relive the Bay to Birdwood
THE BAY TO BIRDWOOD Run is one of the most significant motoring events in Australia and one of the longest-running. Starting as a relaxing biennial day out to promote the car clubs of South Australia,
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BMW’s thrilling i8 to end production
ONE OF THE CARS that epitomised the high-performance and supercar potential of electric vehicles was the BMW i8. We’re sorry to report that production of this superb car is about to come to an end,
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Holden was a brand we all knew and loved
Regular seniordriveraus.com contributor and confirmed car tragic Ian Crawford recalls some Holden memories that we can probably all relate to. While I haven’t owned a Holden for around 30 years, the demise of the once
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Sign this petition to remove LCT on historic vehicles
NOT SO LONG AGO, Australia had a motor industry. It was given various forms of support, but none of it was enough to keep it viable and one by one, the local manufacturers packed their
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Collectable number plate madness continues
OTHER THAN THE potential capital gains to be achieved, we fail to see why the passion for so-called collectable number plates continues unabated. It looks like nothing so much as a replay of the Tulip
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Audi RS models continue to evolve
IT IS ANOTHER indication of how much faster time rushes by as you get older, but it is still hard to believe that the first Audi RS model was launched 25 years ago. It was
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The Holden Monaro isn’t dead
BUT DON’T GET too excited; there isn’t a new one on the way. Instead, Holden is building something very special as part of a new aftersales promotion called Project Monaro. Paying homage to one of
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Need to free up the money tied up in your classic cars?
ONE OF THE THINGS that pushes up the value of classic cars is their investment potential, and while this pushes many of them out of the reach of genuine enthusiasts, it’s a fact of life.
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Make an investment in Aston Martin (the car, not the company).
THE HISTORY OF ASTON MARTIN is one of ups and downs. Now the company has announced that it intends to list on the London stock exchange and the predicted share price of between 1750 pence
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