

The first completely new Patrol in 15 years is comfy and bigger than nearly every other car.


You would have been a pretty harsh judge not to have been impressed by the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan when it was launched last September.
May 5, 2010, 4:02 pm
Ford has expanded the range of 50th anniversary versions of the Falcon to include G Series and XR6 sedans and utes, with production beginning next month.
May 5, 2010, 1:57 pm
The Queensland town of Longreach found fame as the birthplace of Qantas, Australia's international airline, and is now the home of the Qantas Founders Outback Museum which houses amongst its displays a decomm- issioned Boeing 747, The City Of Bunbury.
May 3, 2010, 12:47 pm
Hard-charging driver Zac Zec has taken out the inaugural Red Dirt Extreme Trucks Competition with a solid handling of 4WD-driving at Murchison Off Road Adventure Park over the Anzac Day long weekend.
May 3, 2010, 11:41 am
Australia's independent crash test authority, ANCAP, has released its latest round of findings but the results have done more to highlight the anomalies in its testing procedure than the safety of the cars it has tested.
May 3, 2010, 10:40 am
Susan and Andrew Hunter, of Gwelup, are 35-year-old working parents of three pre-school-age girls.
May 3, 2010, 8:27 am
Even as recently as five years ago, who would have thought that motorists would today be rushing out to buy "four-wheel-drives" that were actually driven by just two wheels?
May 3, 2010, 8:20 am
After living with a series of small, fuel-efficient petrol and diesel vehicles, we will be spending the next few months driving a Toyota Camry Hybrid, the most advanced car built in Australia.
April 29, 2010, 6:00 am
With winter almost upon us, an article about a convertible might seem ill-timed, but many modern open-tops are surprisingly comfortable in chilly weather.
April 28, 2010, 12:28 pm
Three in five people would take revenge on cheating spouses, with cars the main target of their fury, according to a survey.
April 26, 2010, 6:30 am
New Holden boss Mike Devereux says only consumers can decide if the new Cruze small car will become the company's - and possibly the nation's - best seller.
April 21, 2010, 9:31 am
Ford Australia has released a slightly greener Falcon and announced a $20 million greening project for its Geelong casting plant.
April 21, 2010, 6:00 am
UPDATE: Japanese automaker Toyota has announced the recall of about 7500 Land Cruiser and Lexus sports utility vehicles in Europe due to potential rolling problems.
April 20, 2010, 9:50 am
Ferrari's claimed fastest road car yet, the GTO version of its 599 GTB Fiorano flagship coupe, debuts publicly at Beijing's motor show on Wednesday, with Australian deliveries expected early next year.
April 20, 2010, 6:00 am
A budget of about $40,000 will buy a perfectly sensible, competent new car, such as a Holden Commodore or a high-spec Toyota Rav4, but will it buy a car others will envy?
April 19, 2010, 11:04 am
The world is still waiting to see what kind of auto design emerges from the alliance of Italy's Fiat and US Chrysler.
April 19, 2010, 8:02 am
Ford fanatics were in heaven yesterday as racing legend Allan Moffat made his first public appearance in WA for more than two decades.
April 17, 2010, 2:26 pmFollowing the hail storms that caused havoc in Perth last month hundreds, maybe even thousands, of West Australians have suddenly been confronted with having to buy a replacement vehicle.
April 15, 2010, 1:00 pmAustralia will not be affected by Toyota's decision to suspend sales of a luxury Lexus sports car because it is not sold in Australia, the company says.
April 15, 2010, 10:57 am
The number of motor vehicles on WA roads is poised to hit two million - with new figures revealing more than 460,000 vehicles have been added to the roads in the past seven years.
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