[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Last year Australians bought more cars made in China than any other time in our motoring history. Amid an overall market slump Australians bought a record number of Chinese cars for the second year in a row in 2020, according to official figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. A…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Sales of the Nissan Patrol hit a new high – and the Toyota LandCruiser surged in its final full year of production – as more people prepare to explore Australia amid international travel restrictions. The Nissan Patrol has posted its highest sales since this generation model arrived in 2013 – and the Toyota…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The Toyota Camry has cemented its position as Australia’s favourite medium-size sedan. The Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon may have been consigned to the history books, however the Toyota Camry has outlasted them and gone from strength to strength, becoming the top-selling medium-size sedan in Australia for the 27th year in a row.…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Australians spent $26 billion on overseas travel in 2019. In 2020 they started spending some of that money on new cars to explore their own back yard. Australian new-car sales surged in the last two months of 2020 as the nation came out of COVID-19 lockdowns – and the automotive industry is now…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The Japanese hypercar made its public debut shortly before Toyota took the outright race win. UPDATE, 6 January 2021: Toyota Gazoo Racing has announced a reveal date for its new-generation Le Mans racer: 15 January 2021. In a Twitter post, the Japanese performance brand confirmed the Le Mans Hypercar-homologated racing version of the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Italian brand’s upcoming small SUV to finally break cover in September, after repeated delays. The 2022 Alfa Romeo Tonale, the Italian brand’s long-awaited competitor to the Audi Q3 and Mercedes-Benz GLA, looks set to (at last) make its public debut and launch in Europe in the final months of the year. According to…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Audi E-Tron overtakes Tesla Model 3 as Norway’s top-selling car. Norway has become the first country in the world where sales of fully electric cars outnumbered those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid. The Scandinavian country recorded a total of 141,412 new car sales in 2020, with electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for 76,789…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] California restoration house turns 1990 911 into rally-bred, twin-turbocharged Safari monster. US-based Porsche restoration specialist Singer has unveiled the All-Terrain Competition Study (ACS), a rally-ready version of the classic Porsche 911 inspired by the 959 Safari and other ‘safari’ style Porsche rally cars of the 1980s. Developed in collaboration with British Porsche 911…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Not for the timid, this one of a kind 1972 Ford Country Squire station wagon custom dually is a crowd stopper. A professionally built frame-off restoration, the body was dropped on a 1966 Ford F250 dually camper chassis and equipped with a Dana 60 rear end. It was a 1st place winner at…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The Antique Automobile Club of America has rescheduled several of its 2021 activities, moving the annual convention in Philadelphia to April 15-17, the special dual nationals in Puerto Rico to April 21-21 and the Central Spring Nationals in Auburn, Indiana, to July 1-3. “While we can start to see the light at the…