Mini Cooper D Review & Road Test
September 30, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Behind the Wheel, Car Reviews, Car Style, Diesel, Fuel News, Mini, Small Car, Small Car
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Toyota Camry Hybrid more details revealed
September 28, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car News, Fuel News, Hybrid, Toyota, Toyota Camry
Arguably Toyota’s soon-to-be most important car in the Australian market, the Hybrid Camry is on its way and just a few minutes ago Toyota Australia released the first picture of the car’s interior.
Although the single picture is just of the instrument panel, we can clearly see the focus and purpose of hybrid Camry is on [...]
HSV LPG Performance car on the way
September 25, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News, Fuel News, HSV, lpg
Of all the cars you’d expect HSV to make, one powered by LPG wasn’t on the top of our list, in fact it doesn’t seem to be on the top of anyone’s list. Surveys by current HSV owners has shown that fuel economy is not in the top 10 concerns, HSV dealers have also said [...]
Ethanol, petrol cars emit same emissions – report
September 17, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Car News, Environment, Fuel News
Cars running on sugarcane derived ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol, according a study published by Brazil’s environment ministry.
But the report on the emissions of the cars on Brazil’s roads did not count carbon dioxide emissions.
“We want to make sure that customers are aware of pollutant emissions when they [...]
Citroen Revolte stars at Frankfurt
September 16, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Car Design, Car News, Citroen, Concepts, Frankfurt, Fuel News, In car technology, Motor Shows, electric
Citroen has set out to prove to the automotive world at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it still has credentials as a bold, forward-looking brand with the concept car Revolte, an ultra-chic city car combining luxury with a touch of cheek.
The French carmaker says that a compact city car, Revolte sidesteps the difficulties of dense [...]
Audi e-tron revealed at Frankfurt
September 16, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under 4WD, 4x4, Audi, Car News, Concepts, Environment, Frankfurt, Fuel News, In car technology, Motor Shows, electric
German manufacturer Audi has revealed the highlight of its efforts at the Frankfurt Motor Show with the unveiling of the Audi e-tron, a high-performance sports car with a purely electric drive system.
Four motors, two each at the front and rear axles, drive the wheels, making the concept car a true Audi quattro.
Producing 230kW of power [...]
Hyundai i30cw wagon – 1012 kilometres on a single tank
September 13, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Fuel News, Hyundai
Family holidays travelling in your own family chariot, have never been as cheap as they are in Hyundai’s new i30cw CRDi wagon.
Fancy being able to drive a mid-size wagon more than 1012 kilometres on a single tank of diesel, and in thoroughly real world conditions?
By real world, I mean no over inflated tyres, two robust [...]
Ford Falcon EcoBoost on schedule: Burela
September 11, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car News, Falcon, Ford, Fuel News, In car technology, Industry, Running Costs
Ford has moved a step closer to the four-cylinder Falcon with the news that the first test prototypes using the EcoBoost engine have begun running.
Ford’s President and CEO Marin Burela told a media briefing in Melbourne this morning that the first Falcon ‘mules’ running the 2.0-litre, direct-injection, turbocharged, four cylinder were in operation.
Questioned by CarAdvice [...]
Peugeot-Citroen to sell Mitsubishi i-MiEV
September 8, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Car News, Citroen, Diesel, Environment, Fuel News, Hybrid, In car technology, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, electric
Japan’s Mitsubishi Motor Corporation has formally signed an agreement, confirming a previously announced tie-up, to build electric cars in co-operation with France’s Peugeot-Citroen.
The car, which will be based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV that was launched in Japan in June, will be sold by Peugeot-Citroen .
Peugeot has revealed its version will be called iON and wil [...]
Hyundai i30cw Challenge – 1000km on one tank?
September 3, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News, Diesel, Fuel News, Hyundai
Anthony Crawford and I are setting off on a bit of a challenge tomorrow morning, we will be driving a bright red manual Hyundai i30cw diesel from Anthony’s house in Sydney to my house in Brisbane, a distance of exactly 934 kilometres.
By Alborz Fallah
According to the Hyundai’s official fuel efficiency figures, the manual variant can [...]
Toyota Hybrid Camry begins pilot build
August 31, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car Design, Car News, Environment, Fuel News, In car technology, Industry, Running Costs, Toyota, Toyota Camry, Victoria, electric
Toyota today moved a step closer to local production of the Hybrid Camry that it will introduce to the Australian market in February next year with the commencement of the pilot build program.
It has also indicated that it hopes the program, which is a mid-life move for the current model, will lead to the next [...]


