Volkswagen’s huge penalty for breach
Volkswagen will have to pay an eye-watering penalty after it misled consumers about its vehicles in a major scandal.
Manufacturing
Big warning for used car buyers
For the past 12 months, used car prices have been surging and now there’s a warning about when people should think about buying.
State mulls Gupta bridging loan
The South Australian government has considered an emergency funding plan to keep Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla steelworks afloat.
Tissot’s timeless path in Apple war
Tissot boss Sylvain Dolla has a plan to take on the rise of the Apple Watch, which has outsold the entire Swiss watchmaking industry for the first time.
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4WD that sips less than Prius
MITSUBISHI Outlander plug-in hybrid uses just 1.9L/100km: 50km on battery power before petrol motor takes you another 800km.
Insurance and smash repair probe
THE NSW Government will today launch a parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between insurance companies and smash repairers.
Crash test dummies learn safety
WANT to be a crash test dummy and live to tell the tale? A temporary showroom in Sydney is giving people the chance to crash a virtual car.
The great cheese snobbery
THE European Union wants to ban the use of parmesan, feta and gruyere in the US, saying the American-made versions are a “shadow” of European varieties.
Toyota and Ford now in family car war
TOYOTA has begun importing the Kluger SUV from North America, in an attempt to take sales away from the Australian made class leader, the Ford Territory.
Lifeline deal in the can for SPC
UPDATE: SPC Ardmona will supply fruit to supermarket giant Woolworths in a $70m deal, throwing a lifeline to hundreds of fruit growers across Shepparton.
Hope for struggling car parts sector
FORD has given a ray of hope to the struggling parts supply industry and university graduates who want to get into the car business.
Doubt cast on car sales figures
INDUSTRY analysts are questioning last year’s bumper car sales after a sharp decline in figures for the start of 2014.
Grey imports a threat to Aussie market
A PLAN to flood Australia with imported used cars could wipe millions off the value of the most popular cars on the roads and slam the brakes on new-car sales.
Cheap car imports fraught with danger
THE importation of cheap second-hand cars by the shipload would be a disaster — the equivalent to importing myna birds, cane toads and other pests.
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