December 16th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip, Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) and the South Australian Motor Sport Board (SAMSB) have today announced changes to the Adelaide Parklands street circuit ahead of the 2009 Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, South Australia on 19-22 March next year.
The changes are as a result of the findings of a CAMS Panel of Inquiry and [...]
December 11th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip
BMW has given the three series the once light over, updating its most popular model while rejigging the range at the same time.
The biggest change is at the entry level to the range. The new entry point is the 320i Executive, complete with Dakota leather trim, power front seats, light alloy wheels, active front headrests [...]
December 7th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip
The most unique version of one of the world’s most iconic vehicles has just gone on sale in Australia.
The Land Rover Defender 60th Anniversary SVX Limited Edition boasts distinctive exterior design and interior features, making it the most sort after and stylish Defender ever produced.
Only 82 individually numbered Defender SVX’s will be sold in Australia, [...]
November 26th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip, Motor Sport
The Board of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport has approved the establishment of the Australian Classic Tarmac Rally Championship for cars that date pre-1982.
The championship recognises the growing status of tarmac rallying, involving classic cars, and its participants in Australia.
The success of tarmac rallies is highly dependent on classic cars and each event in the championship is endeavouring to [...]
November 25th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip, Motor Sport
COMPLAINTS about the cost of staging two major Australian car shows a year have forced organisers to plan holding the Melbourne and Sydney events in alternate years.
The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which has run Melbourne’s show for 76 years, has been forced to rethink the way it stages the event after car companies started [...]
November 24th, 2008 | by admin | published in Advice, Tips & Tutorials, Fun & Gossip
Toyota has developed the world’s first airbag to protect rear passengers’ heads in the event of a rear end collision.
The company calls it the SRS (supplemental restraint system) rear window curtain shield airbag and it deploys from the roof lining above the rear window in the form of a curtainlike barrier.
Its use in the iQ [...]
November 18th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip
The previous generation Mustang helped revive the nameplate when it arrived in 2004. And many critics, including myself, have wondered how the redesigned 2010 Mustang might fare. Would Ford use a deft hand to improve the iconic machine or somehow screw it up?
Ford will officially unveil the new Mustang tonight in Santa Monica, Calif., on [...]
November 13th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip
The Italian designed MyCar, that is made in Hong Kong, has won winning GreenFleet magazine’s electric vehicle of the year award.
GreenFleet’s judges appear to have gone for the MyCar on the basis of its specs appeal: its 40 mile single charge range in “normal city driving” conditions and recharge time of 6-8 hours.
Leather interior covering, [...]
November 12th, 2008 | by admin | published in Fun & Gossip, News
The Victorian retail automotive industry is aiming to raise $100,000 for the research and treatment of paediatric cancer when it gathers for the 5th Annual ‘Bailey’s Day’ at Southern Golf Club in Keysborough on Tuesday, 9th December.
‘Bailey’s Day’ is named for the son of local retail automotive advertising agency owners Kerryn and Patrick Tessier, [...]
July 3rd, 2008 | by admin | published in Apprenticeships, Fun & Gossip
Check out the results from SkillsOne on the Ultimate Tyre Challenge Video!