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Brabham delivers its first car

May 15, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

IT PROBABLY ISN’T something you’re planning to park in your driveway (and if it is, we’re jealous), but the Brabham BT62 Competition model is Australian and very special. Brabham Automotive has built and delivered its

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Mazda celebrates the coupe.

May 13, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news

TWO-DOOR COUPES HAVE ALWAYS been the headliners in a company’s model line-up and Mazda is no exception. Despite their inherent impracticality (especially if you need to carry more than two people), the coupe layout is

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Toyota releases its first seven-seat Kluger hybrid SUV

May 12, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Upcoming new models

THE TOYOTA KLUGER HAS proven a popular choice with Australian buyers (not least the over-50s) being “not too large, not too small”. But SUV buyers in many categories are missing the economy of diesel as

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Large luxury Audi Q8 diesel arrives

May 12, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Uncategorized

LARGE LUXURY SUVs don’t come much bigger or more luxurious than Audi’s Q8. The new Q8 50 TDI quattro joins the Q8 55 TFSI, adding a desirable diesel (with mild-hybrid technology) for buyers to consider.

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Jeep refreshes Cherokee, adds new model

May 12, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

IT’S GETTING A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO keep track of the new releases from Jeep, but the Cherokee has always had a keen following, so we’re sure buyers will know what’s what. Jeep Australia has announced

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Hyundai winter tests performance models

May 12, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Upcoming new models

WHILE YOU’RE SITTING around with nothing better to do, why not enjoy two new videos released by Hyundai showing winter testing of its high performance models (now there are three words that would never have

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Suzuki celebrates 100 years

May 8, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Need to know

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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Remember hydrogen? It’s still on the agenda

May 8, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

IN THE RUSH TO EMBRACE EVs and hybrids, it seems hydrogen, once the great white hope for alternate fuels, has almost been forgotten. It was more than 10 years ago that seniordriveraus first sampled a

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Is your car the next to be stolen?

May 7, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

CAR THEFT IS BECOMING more common and modern cars, despite all their security systems, can be just as vulnerable as older cars. In Australia, it is estimated that a car is stolen every ten minutes

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Reader enquiry: why are car colours so dull

May 6, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Reader enquiries

“Whilst ruminating at red traffic lights recently, it dawned on me that there may have been a dastardly conspiracy over the last decade or so to drain the colour out of our National car fleet.

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