Despite a new car market shedding almost 20 per cent of year-on-year sales — and running at a monthly rate comparable to that of 2003 — Mazda is refusing to look beyond what it sees as a silver lining for any company with product and vision.
“There is no doubt that the current situation is challenging,” [...]
And the biggest changes in a generation have totally renewed and revitalised the heartland models of the Land Rover range.
There are body bits, more luxury and more technology for the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, while the Discovery has been altered so much it is now officially the fourth model to wear the badge.
The [...]
…development took place between 1995 and 2001 under the directorship of the Rover Group.
In 1999 BMW took control of the Rover Group in one of the many large takeovers of the period. BMW sold off Rover in 2000 but decided to keep the Mini as a seperate brand. This second period Mini is sometimes called [...]
The original Mini, which debuted in 1959, was the brainchild of Alec Issigonis. Tasked by the British Motor Corporation (BMC was the merging of Austin and Morris) with designing a small family car, Issigonis produced one of the most outstanding design packages in motoring history. The original Mini was an enormous commercial success and its [...]
The $500 million plant builds the V6 for the Adelaide-built Commodore as well as GM-Holden’s export markets.
But the Adelaide production cuts announced yesterday are expected to have a knock-on effect for the engine plant as well as Victorian-based component suppliers.
“There is no doubt there will be an impact,” GM-Holden spokesman, Scott Whiffin, said.
“But what that [...]
