Car advice for people whose age and IQ are both over 50.
IT WAS PROBABLY INEVITABLE, but many rusted-on Holden fans will be in mourning after Holden has announced it will “focus on the largest and most buoyant market segments”. And that means the end of the
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IT’S HARD NOT TO FEEL sympathy for car companies and dealers as the Australian new car market continues to decline. Car sales are closely related to property values, so there is some light on horizon
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FOR A NEWCOMER, Haval is quickly gaining traction in the Australian market, appealing to value-for-money buyers (and is there any other kind?) And as the company rightly says, it’s always nice to get more for
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AS MANY A GREY NOMAD knows, reversing a trailer or caravan is a stressful and challenging exercise, especially when there’s an audience. UK comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, under the watchful eye of his father,
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IT DOESN’T TAKE a marketing guru to see that the Australian market simply has too many brands (at least 55 at last count) competing for too few buyers, especially since 2019 has seen a marked
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DESPITE EVER-MORE HOLLOW claims that speed cameras (hypocritically labelled “safety cameras”) are all about improving road safety, the simple truth is that authorities are more addicted to the revenue they provide than ever before. Victoria
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MAZDA MOTORS AUSTRALIA IS BEING taken to court by consumer watchdog ACCC for what is being called “unconscionable conduct and false or misleading representations” made to its customers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has
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SAFETY IN SMALL CARS is always a concern, so it’s reassuring to hear that Australasia’s independent vehicle safety authority, ANCAP, has awarded the Audi A1 a five-star safety rating. The A1 is the first light
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ACCORDING TO ANCAP, consumer uptake of autonomous emergency braking has increased substantially. In December 2015, AEB was standard on just three percent of new cars and not available for any price on 55 percent. By
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IN A CLEAR SIGN THAT electric vehicles are becoming mainstream, Hyundai’s Kona has become the first electric vehicle to be crash-tested in Australia. To the relief of all concerned, it scored the maximum 5-star ANCAP
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