If it’s too good to be true, run
ANY new car buyer naturally is worried about being done over by the dealer. This is the right worry to have.
Motoring
That’s the spirit
WHY drive when you can be driven? With its Ghost EWB, Rolls-Royce is appealing to the chauffeured classes.
A hard day’s night
A GRAND prix of endurance and efficiency – the 24-hour Le Mans is also a showcase for prototypes. This year, Audi came out the victor.
Fast movers
BIGGER, better, lighter and quicker – supercar designers know the brief. Here are the new releases coming to Australia.
Agassi gets a charge in a Better Place
THE founder of electric car company Better Place, Shai Agassi, says he will prove the sceptics wrong.
Electric vehicle network plugs in
MELBOURNE will be the fourth place in the world to get an electric vehicle network.
Little and large
THE only way is down for Germany’s “big three” car makers, but their mini-me models must pack the fizz of a magnum.
Holy back yard project Batman!
“WHO do you want to be, Batman or Robin?” “No one has ever asked me that before,” Weekend Motoring editor Phil King said. “You decide.”
One Volt gets you the distance
CARMAKER GM Holden has launched a game-changing electric vehicle it says avoids the key drawback of “range anxiety”.
Ford hopes for non-existent car
A system that allows engineers “to sit in a car that doesn’t exist” is part of Ford Australia’s design studios.
23,000 China-made asbestos cars recalled
ABOUT 23,000 Chinese-made cars will be recalled from Australian consumers after engine components were found to contain deadly asbestos fibres.
SUV imports trump the locals
DEMAND for locally built cars plunged last month as private buyers opted for imported SUVs and fleets flocked to light commercials
Rallying call
THE four-day Louis Vuitton Classic car rally from Monte Carlo to Venice combines beautiful cars with the world’s most spectacular roads.
Leaning to Infiniti
THE road to the hearts of luxury car buyers is paved with broken dreams. Just ask the Chinese
Drivers to use a wink and a nod
DRIVERS may soon be able to control their car accessories by winking, tilting their heads and raising their arms.
Falcon fan yearns for the glory days
FOR one saddened aficionado, excitement has given way to predictability.
Craig Lowndes’ drive to succeed
IN the 1990s, if you went to a V8 touring car event, you may have seen a driver having a smoke, a beer and a pie. Not any more.
Reinventing the wheels
CAR manufacturers are in playback mode. Take a good idea from yesteryear and make it new again.
Car industry mourns Pininfarina
DESIGNER Sergio Pininfarina, who died this week, “brightened the history of the car”.
Godfather of auto elegance
OBITUARY: Sergio Pininfarina, car body designer, was born on September 8, 1926. He died on July 3, 2012, aged 85.
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