Jeep Wrangler scores woeful ANCAP rating
IN WHAT IS SURE TO BE bad news for the multitudes of Jeep fans, the new Wrangler has scored a truly abysmal one ANCAP star in the latest ranking released by ANCAP today. This is
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Affordable head up display
IT IS INEVITABLE that new technology will become more widespread, more acceptable and, best of all, more affordable. The first head up displays offered as options in cars were limited to high-end luxury cars and
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Victorian government to impose luxury car tax
IN YET ANOTHER example of blatant greed, the Victorian government has mooted that it will impose its own luxury car tax (LCT) on vehicles over $100,000. Obviously, there’s a degree of self-interest for the Federal
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ARRB claims roadside advertising is not distracting
FORGIVE OUR SCEPTICISM, but a recent study conducted by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) has found that not only is roadside advertising not distracting, “it can actually help improve driver performance” (our emphasis). Pardon?
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Don’t be complacent about Takata airbags, warns Mitsubishi
SOME TIME AGO seniordriveraus spoke with Karl Gehling, head of corporate communications at Mitsubishi Motors Australia (MMAL), and he expressed considerable frustration with MMAL’s inability to convince some customers to have their Takata airbags replaced,
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Isuzu offers more features, better warranty/service deal
ONE OF THE quiet achievers in the Australian market has been Isuzu. Without too much fanfare or chest-beating, it’s been easily outselling a lot of much higher-profile competitors with its D-Max ute and MU-X SUV.
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Use your lights the way they were intended.
THE FAD FOR DRIVING with fog lights on under any conditions has become almost endemic, but drivers make a number of equally annoying decisions about when and how to use the lights on their cars.
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How to test drive a new car.
IT IS A CONSTANT SOURCE of amazement that people continue to buy cars without properly test driving them first. Some people are silly enough not to test drive their intended purchase at all! The test
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Is there really an electric car in your future?
IT IS THE HOT TOPIC of the moment, and judging by some of the opinions being thrown around, half of us will be driving electric cars within 20 years. But let’s take a more reasoned
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Depreciation. The hidden cost of car ownership.
MOST NEW CAR BUYERS will research running costs, fuel consumption, servicing costs and a whole host of other expenses, but often overlook the most crippling cost of all: depreciation. We all know the old saw
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