April 29th, 2009 | by admin | published in Control Panel Tips
Autopeople CP users now have the opportunity to post jobs to Careerone from their multipost option screen.
Along with job ads posted to Seek, Linkme, your websites and Autopoeple, all applications will be received in your Autopeople CP so you can enjoy the ease and convenience of Autopeople’s sourcing, selection and communications tools to speed up [...]
April 28th, 2009 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip
In hall W5 of Shanghai’s exhibition centre in China, a sprawling complex of 10 interconnected aircraft-size hangars that houses the city’s motor show, I’m shouting down the mobile phone to one of our computer support gurus in the Melbourne office, trying to sort out a software glitch with the laptop.
I’m yelling down the Nokia, not [...]
April 28th, 2009 | by admin | published in Motor Sport
MARCOS Ambrose evaded a massive 300km/h crash to grab the best finish of his Nascar career at Talladega in Alabama.
As Carl Edwards flipped on the sprint to the final flag, sliding upside down in a car that then burst into flames, the speedy Tasmanian ducked through the carnage for fourth place.
Ambrose was set in a [...]
April 28th, 2009 | by admin | published in Featured
HOLDEN workers in Adelaide are putting on a brave face in the wake of the latest cutbacks by parent company General Motors.
General Motors yesterday announced it would kill off its Pontiac brand and cut 21,000 jobs in the United States.
Holden chairman and managing director Mark Reuss wrote to workers in Adelaide on Tuesday to reassure [...]
April 27th, 2009 | by admin | published in Careers, Profiles
If you want to know what it takes to become a V8 supercar driver rising star Rick Kelly has some advice: “110 per cent focus.”
The 24 year-old from Mildura in Victoria is a member of the Toll HSV Dealer Team, a motor sport team that takes part in the V8 Supercar Championship, driving powerful Holden [...]
April 27th, 2009 | by admin | published in Community News
VW fails to dislodge Toyota from the top spot.
Toyota Motor Corp says its first-quarter global sales fell 27% in the first quarter to 1.8 million vehicles, keeping it ahead of Volkswagen AG as the top-selling automaker in the world.
Volkswagen reported Wednesday that its sales fell 11% to 1.4 million as the company sees fewer woes [...]
April 27th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Honda’s has updated its unique iShowroom, an ‘app’ for the iphone and ipod Touch which provides information on a range of Honda models.
Honda’s has updated its unique iShowroom, an ‘app’ for the iphone and ipod Touch which provides information on a range of Honda models.
Learning all about the specifications of every Honda model is easier [...]
April 27th, 2009 | by admin | published in News
Petrol powers 96% of transportation - and that’s unsustainable, according to Holden’s manager env ironmental activities and strategy, Peter Vawdrey.
Especially, Vawdrey notes, when annual world car sales are set to rise from 71 to 98 million over the next few years, as people in India and China pursue the personal freedom, accessibility and comfort of [...]
April 21st, 2009 | by admin | published in Featured
The intentions of Australians to buy new cars have dipped again, but not to the depths of late last year.
The Roy Morgan automotive leading indicators for March 2009 show 3.4% (557,000) of people 18 years and older (excluding fleet, government and rental buyers) intend to buy a new car in the next 12 months.
This is [...]
April 21st, 2009 | by admin | published in News
Yet another idea for boosting vehicle sales has come to the surface in the shadow of dismal sales for the first quarter.
The VACC is now calling on the Federal Government to provide tax breaks to private new car buyers.
At present, until June 30 2009, business vehicle owners are entitled to claim a 30% investment allowance [...]