Getting more kilometres for your dollar isn’t difficult, it’s just common sense.
The heavier the car, the more fuel it needs to move the mass so have an autumn clean out of any unwanted gear in the boot.
That includes removing the roof racks a…

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Like dropping a perfectly square peg into a square hole with Ikea ease, the XC60 perfectly fits the growing trend for luxury cross-over vehicles.
Revealed last week at the Geneva Motor Show and due for an Australian debut early next year, the …

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Ford’s imported Mondeo range — there is both hatchback and sedan, with a variety of engines and trim levels, and prices starting from $29,990 — is the Australian-made Falcon’s baby brother. At least in theory.
But the ‘medium-size’…

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The three-wheeler Can-Am Spyder roadster has elements of each, yet it’s a whole new class of vehicle. It has just gone on sale in Australia at $26,990 and already there are 150 orders for the Canadian vehicle.
You will need an open motorcycle …

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The paper, from former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, comes just days after Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, a key figure in the Rudd Government, argued that trade tariffs distort economies and harm consumers.
Unions and the left wing of the …

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Today, he proudly has two to his name, although can rattle off many more that have come in and out of his life over the years.
“My first MG was a TF when I was 19 at university,” he says. “But I sold that and bought an MGA 16…

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The silver Mitsubishi 380, polished to a glistening sheen by a dozen hands, was the last to roll off the production line of the car-maker’s Adelaide plant, which closes today, throwing most of its remaining 930 staff out of work.
Mr Mueller pe…

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The bandages have come off Mercedes’ face-lifted ML range and the redesign has delivered a more muscular look with more power and modest fuel-economy gains.
However, Australian buyers will have to wait for the new range. A Mercedes Australia s…

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Off-road adventurers around the world are being called to compete in another ultimate four-wheel-drive challenge.
The Land Rover G4 Challenge is touted as the “adventure of a lifetime” and pits competitors from 18 countries against…

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Launched in Japan in December and drip-fed to a waiting world, the demand for the all-new GT-R is such that Australia’s first production vehicles will not land until at least the middle of next year and, until the company has a car ready for s…

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