The tip-off came this week from the most unlikely of sources; a Frenchman travelling through Australia organising a rally for about 40 French bikers later this year. Parisian Eric Massiet du Biest was in Brisbane this week at the end of a month-long 7500km reconnaissance from Perth for the cross-continental Rallye BMW GS Dundee in [...]
The tiny battery-powered city car has been confirmed this week for local trials in February, edging out upcoming electric contenders from Smart, Nissan, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. There is no firm sales plan yet, but Mitsubishi Motors Australia is keen to turn the i MiEV trial into much more than just a dummy run — with [...]
Although put on hold `indefinitely’ last week, GM-Holden chairman, Mark Reuss, has not ruled out the premium GM brand being sold here at some point in the future. Announcing the decision last week to delay the Cadillac launch, Reuss says the brand is still on the company’s books. “We’ll revisit it on a month-to-month basis,” [...]
Porsche’s most spectacular production is a sleek, spacious, ultra-modern and futuristically-styled masterpiece. In comparison with its four-wheeled namesakes, it shares everything but performance. The Porsche Museum, sited on a roundabout opposite the factory in outer-Stuttgart’s Zuffenhausen estate and adjoining the company’s humble 1948 wooden workshop, is a temple for followers of motor sport, admirers of [...]
