



Federal Government subsidies and a tariff reduction on imported vehicles have provided the Australian motoring industry with a strong start to 2010.
February 11, 2010, 8:30 am
Honda Motor Company is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for airbag-inflation problems, the company says.
February 10, 2010, 7:57 am
US lawsuits are piling up against Toyota as angry drivers reproach the Japanese giant for its slow response to safety problems and stakeholders worry about the financial consequences of the crisis.
February 10, 2010, 6:23 amThe new Australian-made Hybrid Camry will not be plagued with the brake, accelerator and floor mat problems that have struck Toyota models around the world, Toyota Australia head David Buttner says.
February 8, 2010, 2:04 pmToyota Australia's head David Buttner says he knows nothing about reports that 300,000 Prius hybrid vehicles will be recalled worldwide.
February 8, 2010, 1:28 pm
Radio announcer Eoin Cameron was chewing the fat about cars the other morning.
February 8, 2010, 11:52 am
Adopting the Australian licence plate system of three letters and three numbers has sparked a rise in the number of offensive combinations prowling New Zealand's streets.
February 8, 2010, 10:49 am
Sydney has a new art gallery: 12,000sqm devoted to shiny red masterpieces, basking in temptation and high-tech studio lighting.
February 8, 2010, 9:50 am
Brake problems in Toyota's popular Prius hybrid car have prompted the carmaker's Australian operation to investigate following reports of a recall in the US and Japan.
February 5, 2010, 7:16 am
Toyota says it's received 77 complaints in Japan about brake problems with its popular Prius hybrid, the latest in a spate of quality troubles for the automaker as it grapples with massive global recalls.
February 4, 2010, 10:31 am
No, it's not a spoof from a satirical website - the Mini really is going to be produced as a compact SUV.
February 2, 2010, 1:35 pm
Mercedes-Benz's B-Class hatch has become the German marque's new entry range, with the discontinuation of the A-Class hatch in Australia.
February 2, 2010, 1:13 pmToyota will next week restart US production of vehicles affected by a mass recall due to faulty gas pedals.
February 2, 2010, 9:49 am
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling another 1.09 million vehicles in the US to replace floor mats that could trap accelerator pedals, the company has announced.
January 28, 2010, 10:54 am
Citroen's new all-electric four-seater city car, the C-Zero, was revealed at the European Motor Show in Brussels last week.
January 28, 2010, 8:00 am
Lotus has revealed the Evora Cup racer together with a European points-based series for 2010.
January 27, 2010, 2:00 pmFully-automatic parallel parking is in the sights of Bosch, a German company whose automated driving-aid technologies have a science-fiction feel about them.
January 27, 2010, 8:00 am
Cars with some form of electric power are very much in the spotlight at Detroit's motor show, once a bastion of V8s and bulky four-wheel drives.
January 26, 2010, 1:41 pm
Arriving in WA next week is the Bentley Continental GT Supersports, a muscular coupe that is the fastest Bentley in the company's 90-year history, with a 0-100km/h time of 3.9sec.
January 25, 2010, 6:30 amToyota is recalling 2.3 million vehicles in the US to fix a problem with sticking accelerator pedals, the latest in a series of recalls by the world's biggest automaker.
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