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Review: Nissan Pulsar SSS
Car companies love tapping into nostalgia. Invoking memories of a bygone hero is a shortcut to consumers’ wallets that potentially saves millions in advertising.
Review: Fiat 500 1.2 Pop
“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!” singer/songwriter Dolly Parton once remarked. And then there’s this – Fiat’s ‘repositioned’ but otherwise unchanged 500. Now from $14,000 driveaway, it’s the least expensive way to look classy on four wheels.
Quick spin: Fiat Punto Pop
It’s cheap, it’s small and it’s Italian – everyone meet the ‘new’ Fiat Punto.
ESP mandatory by 2011
All cars and four-wheel drives sold in Australia from 2011 will be required by law to have ESP.
Parallel parking cracks the front page in the United States
It’s funny what makes news in the US …
STI – a work of art?
Subaru has launched an STI gallery in Tokyo to honour its 20 year history.
Toyota tops Power Quality Study
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before …
Midlife makeover for Citroen C3
… And it’s going bald!
Traditional cabs on the way out in New York City
New York aint Hollywood … Pete McKay sends a postcard from the steamy Big Apple.
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
The stunning street-legal version of the race-only Zonda R has gone topless.
Viper escapes extinction
Iconic Dodge gets a reprieve from the chopping block, says our roving reporter from the United States …
HOT STUFF: The great driving range
The magical place where punters can drive in the cars dreams are made of.
Ferrari hopes 458 Italia will get customers reaching for the platinum Amex card
Some good news in a sad week for Ferrari, as Maranello baits the hooks
US MAIL: Cash for Clunkers
Old cars destroyed, old car companies resurrected, and the same old faces re-appearing to run them. Wheelsmag’s US correspondent John Lamm reports on the latest from Detroit.
Mitsubishi stacks its hopes in the trayback and hatchback
Lancer and Triton help one-time punching bag to notch a profit.
Heck of a deal on Triple Eight trade ins
Cheap FPR titfers as Frosty and Richo lock in a glory or bust approach.
1934 Rolls-Royce poised to become most expensive car
A one-off Phantom built for Maharaja is set to eclipse Testa Rossa price.
FPV brings back the GS
… But hands up anyone under the age of 50 who remembers the badge?
Designs on Geneva
As we warm up to our next Young Designer of the Year award, we take a leaf out of 2008 YDOTY winner Johannes Callopy’s journal as he explored the 09 Geneva Autosalon.
Ford pushes a richer mix with Falcon
Ford trump Marin Burela says younger Falcon customers demand more up-spec Falcons.
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.
Double blow
Official (and unofficial) confirmation of Audi’s new twin-turbo V8.
SPECIAL: Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz launches its eighth-generation E-Class with technology for tomorrow wrapped in styling that references the past. It’s a fine drive, but the model’s significance means it can’t shake that conservative lineage.
Australia loses a legendary engineer
Peter Holinger was a tough competitor and a brilliant creative engineer whose gearboxes went international.
