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If you’ve been dreaming of owning one of these rare high-performance cars the Melbourne-based company has just made the move into performance territory more palatable.

… a new three wheeled way to get around town and beware of the dangers of high-tech cars and low-tech drivers. For all this and a lot more, listen to the podcast above. See more here: Carsguide Radio: Episode 36

According to tests carried out by NRMA Insurance, each glance at the phone while texting takes an average of 1.4 seconds, with the vehicle covering 22m when travelling at 60km/h. Tests were carried out on a closed road with 10 drivers aged 20 to 54 texting “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. [...]

Skaife is in favour of everything from a travelling school show with interactive driving simulators to go-kart racing as ways to build skills before youngsters hit the road for the first time in a car.

The decision to run with the alpha-numeric nomenclator is a victory for commercial commonsense and will allow Hyundai to leverage off the huge buyer goodwill already created by the award-winning i30 small car. “There has been a great deal of discussion with Hyundai head office over how we would market the YF (Hyundai’s internal designation [...]