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2008 Road toll figures lowest in 59 years

The final road toll figures for 2008 have been released, setting last year's record at 1463 road casualties. This is a reduction of 153 deaths over 2007 and 135 over 2006.

Car confiscation in new P-plater plan

A new plan will be put to the New South Wales government that will allow police to confiscate cars from P-platers for three months if they are caught driving more than 20km/h over the speed limit.

Chery – Chrysler deal hurt bailout hopes

Chinese manufacturer Chery had planned to build cars for Chrysler to sell in to North America as early as last year in exchange for a vital cash injection, there's no secrets there, but with a distinct lack of the engineering talent required to make...

TGA ratings hit a bump in the road

With just two episodes under their belt, the Top Gear Australia team has taken a battering with only 674,000 viewers returning for the second episode, a drop of over 250,000 viewers compared to the premiere episode.

Common sense loses in LCT debate

Common sense is yet to prevail over the current Luxury Car Tax debacle, with the Senate rejecting an Opposition bid to raise the luxury price threshold to $90,000.   - George Skentzos The proposal was an acceptable compromise, maintaining the...

Big V8s here to stay

Big V8s here to stay - A Road trip with a Holden Commodore SS   - by Alborz Fallah In today's climate of rising petrol prices, the media can't help itself but to constantly run story after story of a father of two giving up his big V8 for a...

2008 Easter road toll

This year's Easter road toll has hit 21 and going by the latest police reports, it might go even higher. So far Queensland has had the worst record with seven deaths, Western Australia has hit five, Victoria is currently sitting at four...

European driving – the right way

Driving isn’t so a much a right as it is a privilege. That’s the issue we’re faced with in Australia and it’s part of the reason the greater majority of road users infecting our roads are incredibly poor at driving.

The Victorian Police Force, Hard at Work

Two acts of hypocrisy and idiocy have enraged me this week, both originating at the hands of the Victorian Police Force. Firstly, according to the VicRoads Road Rules manual, in particular - Part 11 - Rule 130 - 1: b) -...

Evo X .vs. New STi – You decide

We have decided that our company car is either going to be the new Evo X or the MY08 Subaru Impreza WRX STi. Although we are leaning a little bit in favour of the Evo X, we want you to tell us which car you'd buy.