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 [...] - Tags:
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 [...] - Tags:
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.
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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 [...] - Tags:
Mercedes-Benz Viano,
Mercedes-Benz Vito
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.
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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 [...] - Tags:
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 [...] - Tags:
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 [...] - Tags:
Lamborghini Miura
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 [...] - Tags:
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 [...] - Tags:
One of Australia’s hottest pop divas has taken on a small crowd of 200 at Sydney’s Paddington Uniting Church for her first ever live Kia Soul Live at the Chapel show.
“Wow, what a fantastic night,” Jessica said of the event. “The intimacy of the venue and vibe coming from the audience was just amazing – [...] - Tags:
Kia Soul
Brazilian artist Romero Britto has chosen an unlikely canvas for his latest exhibition entitled “Come to my World“ in Berlin, using a Bentley Continental GT on which to apply his latest artwork.
Bentley Motors had donated the Coupe to Britto and the result is one of the most unusual liveries ever conceived, boasting his trademark Pop [...] - Tags:
Mercedes-Benz has long been a pioneer of innovative safety features which are traditionally first introduced in the flagship S-Class before finding their way into the mainstream.
Now the brand has unveiled the 2009 ESF Experimental Safety Vehicle – the first of its kind to be built by Mercedes-Benz since 1974 – which is packed with the [...] - Tags:
The Brilliant Blue Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 coupe used as Judy Kane’s car in a recent ‘Underbelly: a Tale of Two Cities’ episode will go under the hammer at the Shannons Winter Auction at the Sydney Showgrounds on July 12.
Delivered new by Stacks Holden in Rose Bay (Sydney), this two-owner Monaro was build number [...] - Tags:
Holden HK Monaro,
Holden HK Monaro GTS 327 Coupe
Victorian Police have this weekend completed a massive state-wide operation targeting truck drivers in what they say was a successful “blitz on heavy vehicle safety”.
Operation Austrans saw Police intercept over 4500 trucks on popular interstate routes from Friday night with a result of more than 1200 infringement notices being issued.
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BMW has announced that its engineers are currently developing a system which will safely bring a vehicle to a controlled stop in the event of a health related emergency.
The system will activate an autonomous driving mode which is able to navigate the vehicle to the emergency stopping lane of a highway, activate the hazard warning [...] - Tags:
The New South Wales government will begin testing a new electronic speed limiter device on Wollongong roads next month which it says could one day become a standard feature on all cars.
Although its effectiveness is already being questioned as drivers will be able to override the system at the flick of a switch, which would [...] - Tags:
Quiet please, quiet please.
And the winner of this year’s moron of the year award goes to…
THE IMBECILE PICTURED BELOW!
Photo by John Marx
You can imagine how surprised CarAdvice’s Paul Maric was when heading home on Friday night after a road test. While we stand on a train overpass a train pulls in full of punters from [...] - Tags:
As part of an on-going Police operation in Victoria, nearly 4000 drivers in the northern Melbourne suburb of Preston were screened for drugs and alcohol on Friday and Saturday nights.
Police caught 11 drivers under the influence as part of Operation Boags 4 which also tested vehicles for harmful levels of smoke and/or noise with the [...] - Tags:
A blue VW Transporter van fitted with a single, external, tripod mounted camera capable of scanning up to 700 number plates an hour was trialled yesterday in Moorabbin, Victoria, as police attempt to catch disqualified drivers.
The trial, which police say is still in its infancy, has already proved the automated number plate recognition technology works [...] - Tags:
Victoria Police
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