Mini Cooper Mini Cooper S 2007
August 2, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News
Mini (owned by BMW) first introduced the Mini Cooper in early 2002 with a great deal of hype and anticipation for Mini fans in Australia. 4 years have gone by and while the Mini Cooper S presented an interesting choice for those who have about $40,000 and little taste, BMW had originally promised to make [...]
Toyota Camry Performance
August 1, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Toyota Camry
The next generation Toyota Camry has an improved all-alloy VVT-i four-cylinder engine, which has had power increased by 5kW over the current-generation model, while maintaining the current model’s fuel economy. Camry now delivers 117kW of power at 5700rpm and 218Nm of torque at 4000rpm, with optimum driveability.
Camry’s 2.4-litre 2AZ-FE engine has an electronic throttle for [...]
Toyota Camry 2006 Pricing
August 1, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry 2006 Pricing
Grade
RRP*
Previous RRP*
Change
Change
Altise manual
$28,000
$27,650
$350
1.3%
Altise auto
$29,500
$29,150
$350
1.2%
Ateva
$33,000
$32,900
$100
0.3%
Sportivo manual
$33,000
$31,650
$1350
4.3%
Sportivo auto
$34,500
$32,650
$1850
5.7%
Grande
$39,900
New variant
n/a
n/a
Toyota Camry options
Altise
Alloy wheels, rear spoiler $850
Enhanced safety pack (ESP) [...]
Toyota Camry Model Variants
August 1, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Toyota Camry
Toyota’s new Camry range consists of four models, including for the first time a four-cylinder luxury-grade version. The new four-cylinder range has two transmissions and four equipment grades.
The grades in ascending order of equipment level are:
Altise,
Ateva,
Sportivo
Grande.
Altise and Sportivo have the choice of five-speed manual or intelligent five-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission (ECT). Ateva and Grande [...]
Hyundai Brand Value
August 1, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Statistics
You know I am not a big Hyundai fan, even since the days of the Cheap and Cheerful Hyundai Excel and then the Accent, the whole gutless but still cheap image never worked for me, besides every time I sat in a Hyundai, corners became a life changing event. Nonetheless, things have changed a little [...]
Toyota Yaris YRX Sedan
August 1, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under Car News
Toyota has launched a new high-grade Yaris sedan model. The launch of the new Toyota Yaris YRX manual and automatic models expands the Yaris range to an enormous choice of 16 models – 12 hatchbacks and four sedans.
Toyota Yaris models all come with VVT-i engines with electronic throttle, factory-fitted air conditioning, electric power-assisted steering, dual [...]


