Free car shows for Melbourne

Shannons are hosting free classic cars shows at Melbourne’s Federation Square on the last Sunday of each month until  Christmas.

The series kicks off this Sunday, June 28, with a display of sports cars from the 1920s and 1930s by the Vintage Driver’s Club.

Victoria Police operation targets truckies

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.

2010 FPV GT supercharged V8 ‘Coyote’ spied!

A deafening whine made the ears of our spy photographer prick up, that deafening whine was the sound of a supercharged V8 Falcon.
Before the car scurried off into the distance, our photographer was able to snap some shots of what could possibly be Ford’s latest attempt at slaying Holden’s HSV offerings.
With over 60 per cent [...]

GM Holden future secure – Reuss

In a significant move GM Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, has been quick to assure that the dramatic moves in the United States will not have a direct impact on Australian workers or the Australian car industry.

The Chairman and Managing Director of GM Holden, Mark Reuss, told a news conference this morning that [...]

2012 Ford Ranger T6 Australian spy photos

Last time we spoke to our renowned spy photographer, he explained to us that the new lens he bought allows him to gain two F-stops of light, but the addition of a teleconverter takes away one F-stop …whatever that means.
Anyway, the main thing is that he has snapped photos of the 2012 Ford Ranger, codenamed [...]

CarAdvice catches train surfer

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 [...]

4000 drivers screened in Victorian Police operation

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 [...]

Melbourne’s on-street parking fees set to rise

As if Melbourne drivers don’t already have it tough enough already with endless road works, hefty toll charges and ever growing peak “hours”, they’ll now also have to cough up another 50c per hour to park on CBD streets.

Currently it costs $3.50 an hour for on-street parking in Melbourne, but this price will rise to [...]

AutoRoute: A different approach to 4WDriving Central Australia

-by Josh McKenzie
I guess I can only blame myself for having been in this position. You see, I would normally do 25,000km a year as stipulated in my novated lease.
However, for reasons that can only really be justified by a sense of adventure and youthful exuberance, I felt the need to spend parts of the [...]

Where’s my spy camera?

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 [...]

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.

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