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The move to SUVs is impacting driver safety

March 5, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver challenges, Need to know

LAST YEAR, SEVEN OUT of the top ten selling vehicles in Australia were SUVs. It’s a trend that’s been getting stronger year on year. So much so, in fact, that the best-selling single vehicle in

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Chief Engineer talks to us about the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class 

March 5, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

WHO WOULD KNOW MORE about the development of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class than the chief engineer? Christian Früh, Chief Engineer for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, spoke with seniordriveraus In the last decade, the C-Class was the

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‘Tis the season to change your logo

March 3, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

IT SEEMS THERE HAS BEEN A spate of new logos among car companies lately. Nissan, Kia, and now ‘the world’s oldest surviving automotive brand” is reaffirming its personality and character with a new logo. On

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A Genesis with your room, sir/madam?

March 3, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

AS OFTEN AS NOT, HOTEL rooms are impersonal and lacking soul, but Ovolo Hotels take a different approach. Quirky, fun and full of character. So why are we talking hotels on seniordriveraus? Ovolo have come

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Mitsubishi Express sets new safety low benchmark

March 2, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

IT HAS LONG BEEN our contention, here at seniordriveraus that people who use their vehicles as mobile offices or workshops are probably in greater need of safety than others who use their vehicles on a

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Insurers have hiked premiums despite car use declining during COVID

February 13, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

RESEARCH BY FINANCIAL COMPARISON site Mozo.com.au has revealed car insurers have hiked premiums across the country by 2.15 percent in 2020 despite motorists driving less due to COVID restrictions. Mozo analysed comprehensive car insurance quote data for

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The famous and historic Hispano Suiza brand is reborn

February 13, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Motor sport, Need to know, New releases

GIVING A NEW CAR A FAMOUS NAME is a sure-fire way to instantly imbue it with credibility and status. And since so many prestige names have come and gone over the history of the motor

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Kia presents its new logo to the world

January 12, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

LOGO DESIGN IS ONE OF those disciplines that inevitably polarises opinion (remember when Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveiled its “Jatz cracker and Vegemite” logo a few years ago?) but the time inevitably comes when a company

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Volvo cares enough to save young lives

January 12, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com Need to know

Volvo cares enough to save young lives SPEED IS THE NUMBER ONE cause of deaths and injuries among young Australian drivers. But it’s one variable that can now be controlled to help save lives, thanks

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What should you answer if a police officer asks you why you were speeding?

December 24, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Aging driver threats, Need to know

YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED why a police officer asks you why you were speeding when they pull you over. After all, that’s why they pulled you over in the first place. Of course, such a

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