Silver is the new white

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 [...]

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009

New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2009

1

Toyota
15,994

2

Holden
9,505

3

Ford
7,623

4

Hyundai
5,980

5

Mazda
5,863

6

Mitsubishi
4,551

7

Nissan
3,657

8

Honda
2,841

9

Subaru
2,602

10

Volkswagen
2,115

11

Kia
1,638

12

Suzuki
1,559

13

Mercedes-Benz
1,400

14

BMW
1,290

15

Audi
1,009

16

Peugeot
412

17

Lexus
402

18

Isuzu
323

19

Volvo
313

20

Land Rover
306

21

Great Wall
228

22

Renault
210

23

Jeep
202

24

MINI
160

25

Skoda
145

26

Chrysler
135

27

Fiat
133

28

Citroen
132

29

Proton
120

30

Alfa Romeo
102

31

Dodge
98

32

Saab
75

33

Jaguar
74

34

Ssangyong
66

35

Porsche
64

36

Smart
25

37

Ferrari
16

38

Hummer
10

39

Maserati
10

40

Aston Martin
3

41

Lamborghini
3

42

Rolls-Royce
3

43

Bentley
2

44

Lotus
2

45

Caterham
0

46

Maybach
0

47

Morgan
0

New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009

New Vehicle Sales Figures July 2009
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New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009

New Vehicle Sales Figures June 2009

New Toyota Prius production nears full capacity

A new Toyota Prius is put together in 66 seconds on Line No 1 and in 57 seconds on Line No 2 of Toyota’s Tsutsumi plan in Japan, even at that rate, it’s still not enough.
Toyota says that its Japanese factories making the third-generation Prius are reaching full capacity just to fulfil the orders for [...]

New Vehicle Sales Figures May 2009

A fair few of you asked for the complete new vehicle sales figures sorted by manufacturer for May to be put in a sorted table. You asked and we listened.
Please see table below:

Victorians worst mobile phone culprits

Victorian drivers are being caught and fined for illegally using mobile phones whilst driving at the rate of 100 per day.

The figures, released by Victoria Police today, aim to reduce the number of drivers talking on mobile phones, especially commercial drivers who make up the majority number of those caught.

Expert believes Australian car industry won’t survive

With their US parents on the verge of collapse, an automotive industry expert has claimed that Australia’s car assembly industry will simply not survive the economic recession.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, has suggested that while a US government bailout plan for General Motors will rescue Holden’s parent company in [...]

Don’t Tweet from the driver’s seat

The increasing functionality of mobile phone technology, coupled with a growing addiction to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, are driving motorists to distraction now more than ever before, with motorists openly admitting to breaking the law by ‘tweeting’ behind the wheel.

According to new research out today by UK firm esure car insurance, [...]

Strong sales pave way for new Mazda3

The first three months of this year have been a big success for Mazda Australia, which celebrates the arrival of its all-new Mazda3 with record market share.

CarAdvice is attending the launch of the new Mazda3 and we will have a First Steer for you on Wednesday.
According to March VFACTS figures Mazda has achieved a year-to-date [...]

Roadside art ‘distracting’ to drivers

Insurance statistics from the UK have shown that drivers are distracted by roadside art to the point that 12 per cent of all motorists have had an accident or a near miss because they were too busy rubber necking.

With that in mind car insurance firm esure set about surveying 1,000 of its customers and found [...]

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