It has four wheels, a powerful engine and can hit speeds up to 40 mph, but is a riding lawn mower technically a motor vehicle?
That odd question has confronted the Georgia Supreme Court after a man appealed a 10-year sentence for swiping a riding mower from a Home Depot store.
The justices must decide whether to [...]

Hyundai dealers achieved an outstanding sales result in June, producing the Korean carmaker’s best ever monthly sales result; selling 7862 vehicles and achieving a 7.6% market share.
In a market that was down 16.1% (June YTD 2009 v. June YTD 2008), Hyundai was still the only top ten brand that posted a sales increase in terms [...]

The majority of Australian dealers believe the government should fund some kind of scrappage scheme.
This comes from AUtofile’s latest survey, asking dealers if such a scheme should be created. It also comes as sales figures in the UK show a scheme there has increased sales by 10%.
64% of dealers voting in the AUtofile survey believe [...]

The government’s competition watchdog has begun action against a group of Queensland truck dealers over an alleged cartel.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted civil proceedings in the Brisbane Federal Court against Vanderfield Pty Ltd, Sci-Fleet Motors Pty Ltd and three individuals for alleged price fixing and market sharing in the sale of trucks.Sci-Fleet
Vanderfield [...]

CONSUMER group Choice has warned shoppers to be wary of supermarket petrol gimmicks as a price war started.
Safeway is matching rival Coles with huge discounts of up to 40c a litre.
Coles fired the first shot, announcing price cuts of 10c to 40c in exchange for spending $100 to $300 at its stores until Wednesday in [...]

WHEN MARK WEBBER scored a stunning and unexpected fifth place finish during his debut Formula One appearance at Albert Park in 2002, many declared the moment as the arrival of a new future World Champion.
But few could have predicted the remarkable series of twists and turns, and the unending run of ill-fortune that would follow [...]

The thundering Biante Touring Car Masters will be on the grid for the first time at Melbourne’s major historic race meeting, Historic Sandown, over the November 6-8 weekend this year.
Up to 35 V8 Mustangs, Falcons, Holdens and Camaros and a pack of rapid Porsches and Toranas will compete in the seventh and final round of [...]

BMW now sells so many diesels that one in three of the vehicles it puts on Australian roads drink from the black pump.
And now those in the market for the 7-series have a diesel option.
“For many customers the performance and efficiency of the new BMW 730d will be the prime attraction, coupled with the dynamic [...]

Huge lift in light commercial sales helps offset fall in passenger vehicles and SUVs.
Passenger vehicles sales were down 9.2% to 55,837 units for the month - 17.0% down for the first six months of the year to 262,035, a fall of 53,841 vehicles from 315,876 a year ago.
SUVs were down 4.5% for June to 20,459 [...]

False advertising claims a potential problem for Australian auto industry
Last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released ‘Guidlines to Green Marketing and the Trade Practices Act.
Now a new report from Terrachoice Environmental Marketing suggests that 98% of products that depict themselves as environmentally friendly are actually guilty of greenwash. The report examined the state [...]