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New Skoda Octavia’s multiple rear ends
The latest Skoda Octavia arrives with three trim levels, two bodies…and two rear suspension layouts.
Holden’s model plan
Holden is understood to be studying a plan to sell both Korean and European models side-by-side in the same showrooms in the run-up to the end of local manufacture of the Commodore and Cruze in 2017.
Walkinshaw reveals corner-carving Colorado
Tuning house loads up Holden’s trade ute with performance tweaks
Ambrose rebounds from wallbanger at Richmond
Marcos fights back to strong 11th after Indy champ turns him into the wall.
Le Mans 09 falls to Aussie David Brabham and a rampant Peugeot
Despite dramas for both teams in the first 45 minutes, the anticipated battle between Peugeot and Audi never really happened as the Pug turbo-diesels dominated.
Ambrose just one place off a stunning Watkins Glen double
Daring tyres strategy gamble nearly pays off.
US Mail: The casualties of crisis
Wheels magazine’s US correspondent John Lamm reports from the war zone.
Oz’s cheapest car axed
Australia’s cheapest car, the $9,990 Chery J1, is no more due to safety regulation changes.
Parallel parking cracks the front page in the United States
It’s funny what makes news in the US …
Dutch truck cops 45 automated speeding tickets and it was parked
But the various State governments still tell us that the greed cameras are fool proof.
Uma Thurman to star in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Giulietta
Alfa Romeo uses Uma Thurman in a reworking of Shakespeare’s classics
India’s Tiny Tata Pixel
Indian carmaker Tata is on the scene again, following up its dimunitive Nano light car with an all-new concept: the Tata Pixel
Holden Ute tonneau cover now an option
Holden has announced an update to the VE Series II Ute’s options list, with the arrival of a new three-piece hard tonneau cover
Aussies still bypass electric cars
For many Australians, the perceived cost to own a “hybrid” or electric vehicle still outweighs the potential savings at the petrol pump
Hyundai Elantra launched from $20,490
It has long lived in the shadow of its top-selling i30 hatch sibling, but the all-new Elantra sedan now offers more power, more equipment, newer styling
Drunken dad uses nine-year-old daughter as designated driver
A man from Michigan, US, was arrested on two charges of child abuse after having his nine-year-old daughter drive his van to a nearby petrol station because he’d been drinking, police said on Tuesday
Porsche launches hardcore limousine
Porsche pulled the only surprise rabbit out of the hat at the Los Angelese Auto Show with the announcement of its hardcore Panamera GTS.
Pensioner turns mobility scooter into Thunderbirds’ Rolls-Royce
74-year-old grandfather, Barry Vann, has turned his mobility aid into Lady Penelope’s Roller from the hit 1960s TV series, Thunderbirds.
Lamborghini reveal open-top Aventador J at Geneva
Lamborghini has made the biggest impact at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show so far after it unveiled the Aventador J: a 515kW lightweight version of the regular Aventador LP700-4.
2012 Porsche Boxster
There are two ways of looking at the Boxster. The first says that there have already been several incarnations since the roadster was first unveiled to a delighted audience at the Detroit Auto Show back in 1993. But the other, more genuine argument is that this 2012 Porsche Boxster is the first time buyers have been offered a genuinely new model. It’s groundbreaking fresh, both in body and engineering.
2012 Volkswagen Polo 77TSI Comfortline 6R
Volkswagen’s premium supermini has been with us in its current guise for two and a half years now, but the Polo still appears fresh-faced – sporting VW’s latest corporate identity that’s now seen across the German firm’s entire model range.
BMW goes downhill fast
Not content with sponsoring the London Olympics, BMW will now actually compete in the 2014 Winter Games with this – a specially designed two-man bobsled.
New Corvette finally coming to OZ
The iconic Chevrolet Corvette is coming to Australian showrooms for the first time in its 60 year history.
Toyota 86 gets racy
Toyota has built a GT4 racing version of its hugely successful 86 coupe. The stripped-out racer is powered by a 300kW 2.0-litre turbo four, developed especially by Nicholson McLaren Engines.
