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WITH SOMETHING AS FUNCTIONAL as Land Rover’s Discovery, you’d imagine updates and facelifts would be almost superfluous. However, the new Discovery continues to evolve with a versatile and intelligently packaged interior which embodies the spirit of family adventure that has characterised Land Rover’s premium family SUV for more than 30 years. Featuring the latest generation […]
BMW ANNOUNCED ANOTHER electric vehicle overnight, and it will launch in Australia in the second half of 2021. The new model, the iX, was inspired by the BMW Vision iNEXT, has been conceived from the outset for purely electric mobility and sees BMW redefine the brand’s successful Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV, which everybody else calls […]
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of the Lamborghini Jarama GT, presented for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1970. The Jarama, whose name derives from an area north of Madrid famous for breeding fighting bulls, was the latest evolution of the company’s 2+2 grand touring sedan concept, with a V12-cylinder, […]
CYCLISTS SEEM TO get away with all kinds of bad behaviour, and that goes some way to explaining the antagonism between cyclists and motorists, even though many drivers are cyclists at various times, and many cyclists also drive. The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is highlighting the findings from a recent survey […]
INDIA PROBABLY HAS SOME OF the cheapest cars on their home market, but some significant compromises must be made to meet the low entry prices. And scrimping on safety features may help explain why India had 290,000 deaths on its roads (Australia 1146), 22.6 deaths per 100,000 population (Australia 5.6), or 130 per 100,000 motor […]
IN WHAT WE BELIEVE will be a tsunami of criticism, the FCAI (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) has commented on the South Australian Government’s proposed road user charges for electric vehicles. Tony Weber, the FCAI’s chief executive, made the following statement. “The announcement this morning that the South Australian Government plans to introduce a road […]
IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR to us that electric vehicles (EVs) simply won’t become widespread unless there are incentives to encourage us to adopt them. These feelings have been confirmed by a recent study by ACA Research, conducted on behalf of AGL. While the study looks at fleets and their buying intentions, many of the findings […]
IN A MOVE THAT’S sure to enrage supporters of alternate fuelled vehicles, the South Australian government in last night’s budget introduced a tax on electric vehicles. Elsewhere in the world, governments are looking for ways to lower taxes on EV owners and offering them various incentives, none of which are being adopted in Australia. But […]
LEXUS WILL CONTINUE ITS PUSH in electrification with the announcement its popular self-charging hybrid electric models will be joined by the first all-electric Lexus, the luxury compact UX 300e, in November 2021. The Lexus UX 300e harnesses more than 15 years of Lexus expertise in electric motor, battery and energy management development, producing a flagship […]
THE TREND TO OVERSIZED pick-up trucks has spread to Australia and shows no signs of abating. Now, the newly formed specialty vehicle division of General Motors (GMSV) is making it easier (although still very expensive) for buyers in Australia and New Zealand to park one of these behemoths in their driveways. The first to be […]
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