WHEELS NEWS
Apple’s car invasion
Apple fans rejoice. You can now, legally, play with your phone while you’re driving. But only if you’re in a Honda. In America.
Hyundai’s eye-tracking tech
It was one of the biggest stars of the Detroit Motor Show, but this futuristic HCD 14 concept from Hyundai is actually a car you’d want to live with, and drive.
The iBeetle
Forget the iPhone. Forget the iPad.
The $500K limo that’s a day spa on wheels
Fancy a car with seats inspired by first class airline travel, a ‘self-perfuming system’ made from coconut shells and a massage system that replicates the ‘hot stone technique’?
The $3 million motor home
Hate flying but need to cover long distances? Then this is the motor home for you.
Arabia’s latest thoroughbred to trot out 1000 horsepower
Dubai-based manufacturer W Motors has unveiled its 745kW SuperSport
Mazda finally adds capped price servicing
Mazda has upped the ante on the customer service front and finally added capped priced servicing to its arsenal.
Mercedes C-Class to debut vital new platform
New rear-drive and AWD platform will underpin at least 10 models, including next E-Class
F1 crisis averted (we think)
The 2010 grand prix grid could be fuller than a NSW State school if all the teams that have entered actually turn up.
Webber wins!
The Aussie anthem plays at the German Grand Prix for a victorious Mark Webber.
Briscoe edges Dixon by 0.0077sec in Chicagoland Indy thriller
How close can you go?
Meltdown in Motown
It was once the engine room of America and the car-building capital of the world. Now Detroit is in danger of stalling … permanently. How did it come to this and what will become of the Big Three?
Holden not going anywhere: Batey
Ex Holden MD adamant the lion brand won’t step aside for Chevrolet in Australia
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.
Pony-car express
Camaro poised to gallop Down Under
Coles gives us price check on insurance
Supermarket giants Coles enters the car insurance market after a trial run in Tasmania
Australian Evoque pricing announced
Land Rover has announced pricing and specification for its Evoque premium compact SUV range, ahead of its Australian debut in November
Back in black
Porsche’s line of limited edition ‘Black’ models continues with the Cayman S Black Edition
Ford belt notches up a win
Ford has been awarded the 2011 Traffic Safety Achievement Award at this year’s World Traffic Safety Symposium in New York
World’s cheapest car gets a $4.6m bling makeover
It might have no radio, no airbags and no power steering, but this model of the world’s cheapest new car is now worth some serious cash after it was covered in $4.6million-worth of gold, silver and jewels in Mumbai last week.
Achtung, Japan: BMW, VW reliability soars
EVERYBODY expects Toyota to top a reliability survey… but the Germans?
Expensive pile-up: Eight Ferraris in Japanese car crash
A Ferrari driver lost control on a wet road in Japan, causing a chain reaction that wrecked 14 vehicles, including seven other Ferraris, two Mercedes-Benz and a Lamborghini.
2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in promises 1.8L/100km
Toyota has announced the official EU emissions and economy figures for its new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Prepare to be impressed.
2012 Honda EV-STER revealed
Honda has always been good at small sportscars, and with downsizing and efficiency increasingly important on both manufacturers’ and buyers’ agendas, the EV-STER concept looks set to please all sides.
