In pursuit of greatness - FPV Super Pursuit

Aug 22 2:37 pm

In the murky world of bragging-rights history and automotive genre-crossing, Ford Australia claims to have invented the ute back in 1934. It arose from a customer request to combine the comfort of a coupe (for church on Sundays) with true utility (to... Read more...

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Peugeot 308 goes extreme-economy

Thu, August 21, 2008, 1:13 pm EST

Guess which car company has the lowest average CO2 output across its range. Honda, right? They're always banging on about being top of the automotive eco-tree. Wrong. Suzuki? After all, they seem to sell nothing but tiny little hatchbacks. But no, it's... Read more...

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Sir, your $195k Commodore is ready

Tue, August 19, 2008, 10:14 am EST

Guess what, New Zealand? You will have the chance to own Australia's first supercar, the HSV 427. This 7.0-litre V8 monster is an ultra-exclusive muscle car that makes 375kW/640Nm and will rocket to 100km/h in 4.7 seconds.Just 427 are being made in... Read more...

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Ford Ka for Bond movie

Mon, August 18, 2008, 2:26 pm EST

Aston Martin gets all the glory, but humble Ford has also done pretty well product-placement-wise out of the James Bond movie franchise. In Casino Royale, for example, the latest Mondeo had a brief but prominent cameo and was the first vehicle of any... Read more...

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Road test: Ford Falcon G6E

Fri, August 15, 2008, 1:55 pm EST

I'm not sure Ford has done itself too many favours by renaming half of the Falcon range. I can understand the need to differentiate the latest FG-series from the range before it - the Falcon is basically an update, whereas Holden's rival VE Commodore is... Read more...

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Road test: Ford Focus 1.6

Fri, August 8, 2008, 1:00 pm EST

Less isn't always more in the car world; but it can be quite appealing. As I write this I'm driving a Ford Focus 1.6-litre. It's the entry level, cheap-as-chips job: $26,190 to you, five-speed manual gearbox, steel wheels with plastic wheeltrims.I'm... Read more...

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It's No Game: New Golf Revealed

Thu, August 7, 2008, 12:21 pm EST

It's like they've invented a whole new kind of bread and butter: Volkswagen has revealed the sixth-generation version of its mainstay model, the iconic Golf hatchback.Golf is Europe's most successful-ever model name, with over 26 million sold. So a new... Read more...

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Aston's Carbon Credit Supercar

Tue, August 5, 2008, 12:17 pm EST

Sorry about the lateness of my Yahoo!Xtra Motoring entry today. But I have an excellent excuse - I've spent the morning driving the Aston Martin DBS, the latest super-coupe from the iconic British maker.If, like me, you've been a bit confused about... Read more...

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Back To AMG-Black

Mon, August 4, 2008, 3:09 pm EST

Excuse me for quoting myself, but when I wrote about the wet weekend I spent in Mercedes-Benz's super-CLK coupe, the 378kW, rear-drive race-ready 63 AMG Black Series, I ended by saying: "I need some more. And a nice day".Through circumstances,... Read more...

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Road test: Audi RS6

Fri, August 1, 2008, 6:39 am EST

When people ask me what the "best" car I've driven lately is, I'm fond of evading the question by saying that different cars are good for different things. So meet the Best Car For Escaping a Storm In: the Audi RS6 Avant. While the rest of... Read more...

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