With the mid-size SUV segment now the most popular SUV class in Australia, carmakers are presently deliberating whether to pull the trigger with sporty versions. While trendy and fashionable to most people, SUVs are, for some people, a necessary evil and not a joy machine. The majority of the best […]
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Giocattolo ‘Seconda Iterazione’ coming soon, twin LS V8 engine
Some of you may remember in the 1980s a very exotic creation emerged from Queensland with the body of an Alfasud Sprint and the mid-mounted engine of a Walkinshaw Commodore V8. Fifteen cars were built, one of which infamously crashed in 2001 at Eastern Creek, in a tragic loss-of-life accident. […]
New Subaru XV, Holden Astra sedan get 5-star ANCAP rating
The new Subaru XV and Holden Astra sedan have been crash tested in ANCAP’s latest round of assessments, passing with full five-star credibility. Both cars are set to enter the Aussie market this week. But buyers should be glad to hear both passed a variety of crash scenarios, including frontal, […]
Top 10 overseas Holdens you might not know about
With the current state of affairs, it’s hard to believe Holden was once a thriving powerhouse exporting engines, CKD kits and cars to almost every corner of the globe. Holden initially started exporting vehicles in the 1950s, with the first LHD cars coming the following decade. At its peak in […]
The story of the great Aussie coupe run-out
Australia produced some classic home-grown muscle cars during the late Sixties and early Seventies, which brought American-style two-door coupes to local showrooms. Volume-selling four-door sedans were massaged as designers mimicked the best of styling trends at the time to create unique-to-Australia performance coupes, giving Aussies high-performance motoring with reliability, cheap […]
Australian Federal Budget adds Advanced Manufacturing Growth Fund
As a part of the 2017-2018 Federal Budget, an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Fund has been allocated for the manufacturing sector. This is to ease the pain to the components and manufacturing industries once Holden and Toyota cease local car production later this year. $100 million is set to go towards […]
New smartphone game includes Aussie classics; VL Calais Turbo, HSV GTSR W1
If you love Australian cars and are looking for a new way to pass the time on your long commute in the quiet carriage, there’s a new game out, called Aussie Wheels Highway Racer, for you which lets you enjoy some local classics on your mobile. Aussie Wheels Highway Racer […]
Top 10 most obscure Aussie-developed Holdens
The countdown is on to a new era for Holden. For the first time in 70 years, the ‘Lion playing basketball’ will no longer come to represent vehicles put together in this country, but cars the company assures us are still for Australia. Over the years, many Holdens have reached […]