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MINI AUSTRALIA HAS introduced key specification upgrades to the 2019 MINI Hatch, Convertible and Countryman model ranges. The highly-regarded Driver Assistant Package has been added as standard specification for all models within the 3-Door Hatch, 5-door Hatch and Convertible ranges. A camera-based system, it works with the driver to create a safer drive, adding forward […]
ONE OF THE BEST driving experience programs is run by Audi Australia (under the capable guidance of Steve Pizzati) and it has been announced that for 2019 there will be some changes, including removal of most of the prerequisites required of participants. The Audi Advanced Driving Experience and Audi Sport Driving Experience have been discontinued, […]
WHILE SOME PEOPLE are obviously doing it tough, there are still enough with the readies to stump up for expensive sports cars (although, to be fair, both the Macan and the Cayenne SUVs outsell the 911). Despite overall sales being down by 12.8 percent last year (in part due to model changeovers for the Macan […]
MAYBE IT’S JUST a symptom of getting older, but updates and new models seem to come around much more quickly than they once did. Latest to update is Mazda who have made changes to the diesel-only CX-8 less than a year after it arrived in Australia. Prices have risen (by up to $1100) but there […]
WE DON’T USUALLY think of Lexus as a performance brand, but the RC F is something of a quiet achiever and deserves wider recognition. Lexus Australia today announced the substantially revised RC F range, with a more affordable entry price plus sharp specification for the first RC F Track Edition. In addition to reduced weight […]
Paul Murrell tests the 2019 Hyundai Ioniq EV with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and everything the over-50 driver needs to know. Summary: Electric vehicles have been limited to niche markets for way too long. The new Hyundai Ioniq EV will widen the appeal, but until word gets around, it will be fleets, […]
FOR SOME YEARS, it seemed new car sales in Australia would just keep on increasing, but the trend seems to have stalled. The FCAI (Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries) reports that new vehicle sales for March were 99,442, a 7.1 percent decrease (7546 vehicles). Tony Weber, chief executive of the FCAI, blamed “current economic conditions”. […]
YOU MAY HAVE READ our review of the new SsangYong models by Ian Crawford and he was mightily impressed. https://www.seniordriveraus.com/ssangyong-makes-a-comeback-ian-crawford-reviews-the-new-range-and-comes-away-impressed/ . Well, it seems he wasn’t the only one. The underdog Korean manufacturer looks like selling more than 3000 new vehicles on the Australian market in 2019, and as predicted, the dealer network is also […]
WE CAN THANK the Koreans, and especially Hyundai in the first instance and more lately Kia, for the longer warranties now being offered by all of the Top 10 car brands. The last hold-out was Nissan, who persisted with their three-year warranty when all around them had succumbed to offer at least five years of […]
THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A SNEAKING SUSPICION that fuel prices are unrelated to anything other than ensuring oil companies make the biggest profit possible. Of course, the huge excise that governments extract from every litre is another niggling issue, but there are no surprises there. Now one of the motoring associations has accused Caltex of attempting […]
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