Tax office warns dual cab ute owners about FBT
THERE’S ONE THING WE CAN all be sure about, and that’s the tax man is always looking for ways to squeeze a few extra dollars out of our pockets. The latest area to catch his
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Motorists encouraged to be more alert to motorcyclists
RECENT REPORTS SHOW A CLEAR and worrying trend of increased incidents concerning motorcycles, with a corresponding and unwelcome increase in motorcyclist injuries and fatalities. Drivers are encouraged to take extra care at junctions, in an
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Volkswagen subjects Amarok to Big Red Bash
VOLKSWAGEN HAS SENSATIONALLY INTRODUCED the Australian-designed all-new Amarok to the heart of the Aussie outback, driving 17 utes through some of the country’s toughest conditions to the annual home of the Big Red Bash music
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EV makers criticised over fast charging claims
CONSUMERS HAVE PLENTY OF reservations about many of the claims made by car companies, not least fuel consumption, EV range and now, charging times. The UK watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, has ruled two ads
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Life’s a bleach. Chinese company pins hopes on ammonia fuel
MANY YEARS AGO, WE were invited to by Mercedes-Benz to a presentation in Melbourne and a test drive of a vehicle they were demonstrating all around the world. It was powered by hydrogen; revolutionary then,
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Mahindra Scorpio passes torture test with flying colours
THERE ARE FEW TOUGHER challenges for an SUV than to cross the daunting Simpson Desert. High temperatures, thousands of sand dunes, steep climbs (and even steeper descents) … if a vehicle can withstand all of
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What do you do when a child is locked in a car?
WE READ ABOUT IT almost every week, and most of us wonder how it can happen. Until it happens to us. Discovering a child has locked themselves inside a car with the keys can be
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Mazda accessorises the CX-60 hybrid
A HOST OF NEWLY DEVELOPED accessories are now available to order for the Hybrid Mazda CX-60, offering more versatility, added capability and greater personalisation (and, we suspect, considerably more profit for Mazda and its dealers).
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MGs being shipped in in their thousands
IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF Friday 12th of May, the SAIC owned car carrier Viking Emerald came straight from Shanghai with no stops and docked at Port Kembla, south of Sydney, with a very special
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Road safety campaign clearly not working
WHEN THE ROAD TOLL goes down, authorities are quick to take the credit. But when it goes up, as it has been doing for some years, everybody ducks for cover, blaming everything they can think
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