News5th Mar 20191 min readJaguar I-Pace named European Car of the Year…News5th Mar 20191 min readJaguar I-Pace named European Car of the Year…
News5th Mar 20191 min readHyundai, Kia recall 534,000 vehicles in the US for fire risk, Australia unaffected…James Wong
News5th Mar 20192 min readFord Taurus: Production ends for American sedan…James WongThe Ford Taurus is officially dead in North America, after more than three decades on sale and over 8 million examples produced. It marks the start of a new era for the Blue Oval, which is now shifting its focus to crossovers and utilities in the US – spelling the end of all its passenger models bar the Mustang sports car. First shown at the Los Angeles motor show in 1985, the Taurus "represented the latest in Ford engineering and design". By 1992, the Taurus was America's top-selling car.…
News4th Mar 20192 min readVW revives the Beach Buggy – and it’s electric…Joshua DowlingVolkswagen has revived the iconic beach buggy, unveiling the modern 'ID. Buggy' sand-blaster on the eve of the 2019 Geneva motor show. While it’s only a concept car for now, VW executives say it is "70 per cent" production ready and only a few years away. The modern Beach Buggy shows how serious Volkswagen is about getting doubters across the line with its vision for an electric future. …
News4th Mar 20192 min readVolvo to limit new cars to 180km/h from 2020…News4th Mar 20192 min readVolvo to limit new cars to 180km/h from 2020…
News4th Mar 20194 min readPininfarina Battista electric hypercar revealed at Geneva…Mike DuffWhile Pininfarina is one of the most famous names in car design, having penned hundreds of models for carmakers big and small, including most of Ferrari's back catalogue, it has never produced a car carrying its own name. Until now. …
News4th Mar 20192 min readFCAI slams NSW stamp duty proposal…Scott CollieThe Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has slammed a proposal from the NSW state opposition to raise stamp duty on vehicles over $100k, describing it as a "tax on a tax". The NSW Labor party last week announced plans to make the state's stamp duty rate the nation's highest, to 7.0 per cent on vehicles prices above $100,000. …
