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Mitsubishi as a brand has become synonymous with Japanese engineering and craftsmanship. The company has been making cars since 1917 and in the past 94 years it has gone on to become one of the world’s best known and respected vehicle...
“It doesn’t get any better than this.” How many times have we heard those words? Sometimes used in the literal context; more often, with a hint of sarcasm. This time around, though, it sums up things oh-so succinctly and sweetly.
If you’ve been wondering why you haven’t heard much about Proton this year, the Malaysian manufacturer has spent the entirety of 2011 working on its range of soon-to-be-released 'global cars'.
At the recent Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, CarAdvice had a chance to chat with Lotus CEO, Dany Bahar, about the future of Lotus and its commitment to Formula One. Lotus Cars has been the prominent sponsor of Lotus Renault Formula One team...
Police pursuits don’t get much more dramatic (at least, not in Australia) than the one yesterday in Queensland. A 23-year-old man in a stolen Porsche Boxster caused utter havoc in the course of the two-hour pursuit, which stretched across some...
Multimillionaire car dealer Rick Damelian has been dethroned. Nobody’s calling him the ‘King of Taverners Hill’ (on Parramatta Road in Sydney) today. His dealership's website still trumpets “Immediate Delivery” and “Just 1 Day Left!”...
Petrol versus diesel is the kind of issue motoring enthusiasts argue about endlessly. Let’s look at how it plays out in practise for Kia Sportage SUV owners. However, the comparison is broadly applicable to other SUV (and car) buyers as well.
If you were concerned about the short-term futures of Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz … don’t be. The German big three’s manufacturing plants are bracing for record numbers this year, hiring staff like nobody’s business, cancelling holidays...
Maybach knows exactly how it feels to be the second horse in a one-horse race. It’s a kind of ‘trying too hard’, ‘me too’ Rolls-Royce Phantom that declines to look elegant despite being expensively coiffed, and which has failed to live up...
If you had a $200-million-plus crime spree going on all around you, and the cops were doing essentially nothing, would you be outraged? Most people I know would be at least upset.
August hasn’t been a happy month for Honda. Earlier this month, in addition to the recall of 2.5 million vehicles, respected news agency Reuters issued a compendium of the damning US assessments of the 2012 Honda Civic.
After emerging as the world’s number one car manufacturer for the first half of the year, General Motors has declared it will cut the number of platforms in its inventory by more than half – from 30 in 2010 to just 14 by 2018.
Auto accessories are generally quite conservative. You've got your seat covers, your floor mats, your driving lights. That is, before before you jump into the Twilight Zone, where you can witness some of the greatest automotive travesties of all...
Dumb-est ever automotive accessories for your smart phone? And the winner is: the Steer Safe hands-free car kit. What could be safer than clipping your iPhone, Blackberry or Galaxy S to the rim of your steering wheel? (Answer: Turning up to interview...
The old joke among tyre engineers is also one of the tyre game’s bigger issues. See, the difference between good tyres and bad tyres is that they are both black, and round. However tremendous the gulf in performance separating a really good tyre...
Lifestyles of the rich and vacuous: famous-for-nothing-substantive celebrity hotel heiress, Paris Hilton, has taken delivery of her second Lexus LFA supercar. This week Ms Hilton (the 2007 Guinness World Records official ‘Most Overrated...