Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
MOTORISTS ARE SEEN AS the perennial cash cow by governments of all persuasions, but one of the most iniquitous and unnecessary taxes of all is the so-called Luxury Car Tax. If you’re buying a car
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT usually known for their driving dynamics but Nissan, the company that pioneered mass-market EVs with its Leaf a decade ago, is focused on making the most of the acceleration and torque
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AS YOU ARE PROBABLY aware, the electric vehicle market in Australia accounts for a paltry one percent of new car sales, but elsewhere in the world, EVs are also facing some challenges. The UK, like
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MANY OF US CAN REMEMBER when taking the family car in for a service was a very downmarket chore. Grubby carpets on the reception floor (assuming there were any carpets at all), tacky nudie posters
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WE GET MANY ENQUIRIES from our readers asking why cars have such irrelevant top speeds when those speeds cannot be used (or are illegal) on public roads. We have just been advised by Volvo that
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IT’S SMALL CONSOLATION, since we can’t leave Australia to see them, but at least it’s a sign things are slowly returning to normal. On May 18, the Ferrari museums opened their doors to the public,
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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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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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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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IT BEGAN WITH THE PRIUS, way back in 1997 and now Toyota’s commitment to hybrid vehicles is paying off. Global sales have now passed 15 million, or 23.5 percent of 2020 deliveries and Australian sales
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