Getting more kilometres for your dollar isn’t difficult, it’s just common sense.
The heavier the car, the more fuel it needs to move the mass so have an autumn clean out of any unwanted gear in the boot.
That includes removing the roof racks and tow hitch if they are not being used.
Rolling resistance is another petrol [...]
Like dropping a perfectly square peg into a square hole with Ikea ease, the XC60 perfectly fits the growing trend for luxury cross-over vehicles.
Revealed last week at the Geneva Motor Show and due for an Australian debut early next year, the XC60 is a shrunken version of Volvo’s most popular model, the XC90.
Built on architecture [...]
Ford’s imported Mondeo range — there is both hatchback and sedan, with a variety of engines and trim levels, and prices starting from $29,990 — is the Australian-made Falcon’s baby brother. At least in theory.
But the ‘medium-size’ Mondeo is an efficient package, so roomy it is almost as spacious as the ‘family-size’ Falcon. In fact [...]
The three-wheeler Can-Am Spyder roadster has elements of each, yet it’s a whole new class of vehicle. It has just gone on sale in Australia at $26,990 and already there are 150 orders for the Canadian vehicle.
You will need an open motorcycle licence to ride one, but Rohan Slater, product manager for importers Bombardier Recreational [...]
The paper, from former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, comes just days after Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, a key figure in the Rudd Government, argued that trade tariffs distort economies and harm consumers.
Unions and the left wing of the Labor Party would like to see a freeze on the reduction of automotive tariffs — from 10 [...]
