These Mini Helicopters Are Killing Invasive Weeds in Australia
27 Aug 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A rainforest is one of the worst places to wonder around, due to high temperatures, humidity and all sort of bugs and wildlife that surrounds you. The problem was that someone had to enter these jun...
RHD 2015 Ford Mustang Test Vehicle Looks Almost Ready for Production
18 Aug 2014, 09:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the first time in the nameplate's 50-year existence, the 2015 Ford Mustang will also be available in right-hand drive when it will go on sale this fall in the United States and globally in ...
Holden Trax LTZ Turbo Boasts With 103 kW
14 Aug 2014, 13:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, GM's Australian arm has introduced a new top-of-the-range Trax - the LTZ Turbo. Its name suggests what's under the bonnet - a turbocharged iTi petrol mill displaci...
Two FPV GT F 351 Falcons to Be Auctioned on eBay With Proceeds Going to Charity
11 Aug 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford Performance Vehicles, which is the Blue Oval's skunkworks division from the Land Down Under, has announced that the most powerful Falcon GT ever will help the fight against breast cancer b...
HSV GTS Maloo Confirmed, Expected to Be the Fastest Production Ute Ever
8 Aug 2014, 15:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although Ford Performance Vehicles and Holden will close shop in the Land Down Under in the following years, here's a little bit of good news for Australian gearheads. A recent report hints tha...
Australian Importers Eye 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
5 Aug 2014, 14:39 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / More often than not, it seems that car enthusiasts in the U.S. are pining for some of the rear-drive goodness available in bountiful numbers in Australia. Sure, we scored a minor win with the Chevro...
BMW Australia Launches Special Edition 3 Series Before New C-Class Arrives
5 Aug 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Just before the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class reaches the Australian market, BMW announced that it will be selling a special 3 Series model decked with extra standard kit. Could it be a coincidence? Hig...
Fiat 500 Recalled in Australia Over Wiring Mess-Up
4 Aug 2014, 17:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the United States, recalls are announced by an agency called the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In the Land Down Under, the equivalent to that is the ACCC, which has informed tha...
2015 Ford Falcon Ute Spotted Without Camouflage
31 Jul 2014, 10:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Slated to be officially revealed in Australia and New Zealand at the end of the current year, the 2015 Ford Falcon Ute has been spotted in a parking lot without any camo whatsoever. Compared to the ...
2015 Ford Territory Breaks Cover, Looks the Same as the Outgoing Model
28 Jul 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Expectations were high with the last ever Ford Territory built in Australia, but the swan song model is nowhere near what potential buyers were waiting for. Even when you compare the updated Territo...
Holden Commodore Recalled Over Sub-Standard Seat Weld
24 Jul 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Considering that the Aussie nameplate has been recalled four times in three months' time and this fifth campaign hikes the tally to a whopping 100,000 affected vehicles, it makes you wonder if ...
Australian Dad Builds Miniature Toyota Land Cruiser for His Son
23 Jul 2014, 13:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As young car enthusiasts, some of you reading this might have had pedal cars or one of those late plasticky electric 4x4s. Others just had to wait until they could actually drive a real car, legally...
2015 Ford Falcon XR8 Teased
22 Jul 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Dear Ford Australia, stop using hashtags on Facebook because they do nothing to help additional exposure. Thanks! Moving on - after teasing the 2015 Ford Falcon a couple of times already, the manufa...
A 45 and CLA 45 AMG Waiting Lists Extend to End of 2015 in Australia
17 Jul 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems the world really is obsessed with German luxury compact cars right now, and we're not talking about 3 Series and C-Class types of compacts. No, we're talking Volkswagen Golf rival...
2015 Ford Territory Leaked
17 Jul 2014, 14:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since it was introduced in April 2004, the Ford Territory crossover SUV has become a well known and fairly good selling nameplate in the Land Down Under. We knew for quite a while now that a new mod...
Rear-Ended Rider Flies over the Car in Front
17 Jul 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Rear-ending another vehicle when approaching an intersection is indeed one of the very, very stupid accidents. That is, it’s not like the guy in front of you decides to suddenly slam the brake...
2015 Ford Falcon Teased Again, XR8 to Debut on July 25th
15 Jul 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Five days ago, Ford Australia released a teaser image of the 2015 Ford Falcon. Specifically, the sedan's headlight design. With this latest teaser photo provided, now we know how the tail light...
2015 Ford Falcon Teased
10 Jul 2014, 19:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Before the Blue Oval puts the lock on its production facilities from the Land Down Under, there's one final Falcon slated to go on sale this November. Teased on the brand's Facebook page t...
Chevrolet SS Gets Thumbs Up From Consumer Reports
1 Jul 2014, 11:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's easy to diss the 2014 Chevrolet SS as being just a rebadged Holden Commodore from the Land Down Under. And you're mostly right, but the V8-powered four-door sleeper recipe is still a ...
Holden to Weed Out Commodore By 2017
20 Jun 2014, 20:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Dear Australian motorists, it saddens us to inform you that Holden will phase out the Commodore nameplate by 2017, when General Motors intends to move vehicle production away from the Land Down Unde...