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BMW X1 Lego scale model built for charity

Matt Brogan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:28:18 +0000

One of the most famous toys in the world is Lego, everyone at some stage in their life has played with it, as a child or as a parent. Lego has made a guest appearance at BMW Welt in Munich. 800 children spent four days to put together a true to scale model of a BMW [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

BMW X1 Lego scale model built for charity

Bugatti Veyron lagoon crash aftermath gallery

George Skentzos — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:42:13 +0000

With the crash and recovery efforts both captured on film, it was only a matter of time before the aftermath of the Veyron plunging into the lagoon found its way onto the web. Aside from sustaining heavy water damage, the black-on-silver Veyron appears to have come off relatively unscathed with only minor panel damage. Although the quad-turbocharged [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Bugatti Veyron lagoon crash aftermath gallery

Video: Bugatti Veyron plunges into lagoon in the US

George Skentzos — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:34:11 +0000

With 1001hp at its disposal and a price tag well into the millions of dollars, the Bugatti Veyron certainly demands attention wherever it goes. Unfortunately for one Veyron owner in the United States, this meant his most disastrous moment was caught on tape as his hypercar plunged into two feet of saltwater. Earlier reports stated that the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Video: Bugatti Veyron plunges into lagoon in the US

Porsche battles shoe company over use of Cayman name

Matt Brogan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:42:48 +0000

In what has to be one of the most random pieces of news to cross the CarAdvice desk in sometime, Porsche, manufacturer of one of the world’s most beautiful cars, is battling with Crocs, manufacturer of the world’s ugliest shoe, over use of the Cayman name for one of its plastic footwear offerings. Porsche claims that [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Porsche battles shoe company over use of Cayman name

Use your brain when using SatNav

Karl Peskett — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:43:46 +0000

It seems obvious – or at least it should seem obvious. When using your satellite navigation, keep your mind switched firmly to the “on” position. However a recent survey by UK website motoring.co.uk shows that people are taking what the SatNav voice is telling them as gospel. According to the research, 20 per cent of women [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Use your brain when using SatNav

Toyota Automobile Museum – picture tour

Matt Brogan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:37:52 +0000

by Matt Brogan. Nagakute, Japan. The Toyota Automobile Museum is just one of the two museums we’ll be presenting over the coming weeks as we wrap up our coverage from Japan. TAM is located in Nagakute – just outside of Nagoya, Japan – and features a wide variety of cars not just from Toyota, but from a [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Toyota Automobile Museum – picture tour

Shannons Melbourne summer auction

Matt Brogan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:07:16 +0000

Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction on November 23rd will see a great range of pre 1950s Classic cars going under the hammer. A pre-war 1934 Nash 120 Sedan, once owned by a minister in Chadstone, Melbourne, has been restored by its present owner over a nine year period. The car was striped down to its chassis and each [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Shannons Melbourne summer auction

Unique Ferrari 599 sells for $2 million

Matt Brogan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:25:39 +0000

A unique Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano was sold last night for AUD$2 million to a Chinese car buyer. Leading Chinese artist, Lu Hao, had taken the Ferrari super car and decorated it with Song Dynasty Ge kiln pottery pattens. Lu Hao blended traditional design elements with Ferrari’s innovative styling to create a truly unique vehicle using [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Unique Ferrari 599 sells for $2 million

Video: Armoured Rolls-Royce ballistics testing

George Skentzos — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:25:22 +0000

Armoured prestige vehicles are certainly nothing new; BMW and Mercedes-Benz have purpose built models developed specifically to keep their VIP owners out of harm’s way. But explosives and firearms testing is something we haven’t come across before, and it makes for some interesting viewing – especially when applied to a million-dollar Rolls-Royce Phantom. Via: es.Autoblog.com Original article from: [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Video: Armoured Rolls-Royce ballistics testing

Costly options of little re-sale value

Matt Brogan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:19:00 +0000

Residual value experts Glass’s have in a recent UK-based report claimed that some optional extras are of little value on the used car market. Glass’s say that expensive manufacturer fit options such as radar cruise control can drop 86 per cent of its value over a 12 month period while the car itself may only drop [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Costly options of little re-sale value

Silver is the new white

Matt Brogan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:51:14 +0000

Confirming what even the most colour blind car spotter could tell you, silver is the new white. Silver has taken the title of world’s most popular automotive colour for the ninth consecutive year. According to PPG, a leader in automotive paints, 25 per cent of new cars purchased in North America over the last year were some [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Silver is the new white

Top Gear to end on surprise high

Matt Brogan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:26:00 +0000

According to Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, the most popular motoring program of all time will finish its run much like any regular episode when the series eventually winds up. Mr Hammond said that he and his co-presenters, James May and Jeremy Clarkson, have each discussed how the show should finish and believe that ending the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Top Gear to end on surprise high

Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

Matt Brogan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:35:33 +0000

Victoria Police will tonight launch the second stage of Operation Ardent, a major road blitz aimed at dangerous driving across the state. The operation, which will continue through until Sunday, will see police target specific trouble spots focusing on so-called ‘hoon’ driving as well as speeding, dangerous driving, drug and drink driving offences. Regions identified as the [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

Mercedes-Benz Vito and Viano first to get five star safety

John Cadogan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:56:20 +0000

The Mercedes-Benz Vito van and Viano people mover are the first van-based vehicles in Australia to earn a coveted five-star ANCAP safety rating. By John Cadogan The announcement by Australasian New Car Assessment Program boss Lauchlan McIntosh took place at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne yesterday, two weeks after the final crash test that elevated the Benz [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mercedes-Benz Vito and Viano first to get five star safety

Speed cameras torched across Sydney

George Skentzos — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:52:41 +0000

It appears as though a few disgruntled motorists are serving their own kind of vigilanty justice in North Sydney by torching yet another speed camera earlier today. The city-bound fixed speed camera halfway up Spit Hill was deliberately set alight at around 2am this morning, wiping out one of the city’s most notorious revenue-raising cameras. Police attended [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Speed cameras torched across Sydney

Men & NSW drivers Australia’s worst – report

Matt Brogan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:28:49 +0000

A recent survey published by Galaxy Poll has discovered men admit to being Australia’s worst drivers while NSW motorists have been found as the country’s “most rude and dangerous”. The survey also divulged that men were more likely than women to admit to driving recklessly with more males polled saying they’ve failed to give way, stop [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Men & NSW drivers Australia’s worst – report

2009 RC Nationals to be held next month

Matt Brogan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:58:58 +0000

Most people wouldn’t associate high-end motor sport with the Sydney suburbs of Liverpool and Moorebank, but from September 30 until October 5 this is exactly what will be occurring, yet on a slightly smaller scale. That’s right, RC (radio controlled) cars, but not the kind you find at the local toy shop. The cars are made [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

2009 RC Nationals to be held next month

Lamborghini Miura – the definitive bible

Anthony Crawford — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:01:45 +0000

Some people are die-hard Ferrari fans and others prefer the raging bull logo, which is of course Lamborghini. If I had the money, I’d have both. By Anthony Crawford But Lamborghini holds a special place in my heart, specifically the Miura, one of the most beautiful automotive designs ever created and as rare as hen’s teeth these [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Lamborghini Miura – the definitive bible

Mini sees funny side of US clunker scheme

Matt Brogan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:09:13 +0000

Mini is offering US buyers taking part in the cash for clunkers deal a bumper sticker for their new purchase that takes a glass half-full look at the scheme. In Mini’s typical vein of humour the sticker reads “My other car was demolished by the government”. Not a bad way to remember where your last car [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

Mini sees funny side of US clunker scheme

NSW’S $7million speed camera!

David Twomey — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:06:06 +0000

It will probably get a pat on the back from the New South Wales Government, it certainly won’t win any kudos from motorists, but one speed camera in suburban Sydney has raised $7million in revenue in a year. Described by Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph as the state’s nastiest speed trap, it has caught out 71,288 [...]

Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site.

NSW’S $7million speed camera!