[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] In 2003, Cadillac debuted a V16-powered concept car named, not surprisingly, the Cadillac Sixteen. The idea was to pay homage to the glorious Cadillac V16 luxury cars of the 1930s, when the top US brands were competing to produce the most powerful and exotic engines possible. For Cadillac, it was the ultra-smooth V16,…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Placing car tint on your cars serves a lot of purposes. It can protect you and the car’s furnishings from harmful UV rays. It can also keep your interior from becoming too hot when it’s under the sun too long. Car tints also provide the cabin with some privacy as it becomes more…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] In this instalment, we explore what might have been if Holden’s performance arm had continued as we know it. With the demise of Holden in 2020, HSV has effectively been replaced by General Motors Specialty Vehicles which, initially at least, will focus on right-hand-drive conversions rather than high-performance makeovers. However, after reimagining Holden’s…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] A year after announcing the Holden brand would be axed, the most recent ‘Holden Commodore’ has undergone a midlife update for 2021. This is what today’s Holden Commodore would have looked like – if the model and the Holden brand hadn’t been axed. Opel/Vauxhall, now part of the Peugeot-Citroen group, has introduced in…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] If ever there was a car or in this case bakkie that lived-up to its name too literally, our soon-to-depart long-term Ford Ranger Thunder would’ve ranked among the top five. Bizarrely, the sight of our Sea Grey bi-turbo double cab 4×4 in the care of yours truly at almost any stage during the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The past 12 months has seen the passing of Holden, a car brand that helped shape Australian culture for more than half a century. Now people are paying big money for some of Holden’s rarest cars. There was a time Holden had to discount its V8s to shift them off the showroom floor,…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Today marks 12 months since US car giant General Motors announced Holden would be axed at the end of 2020. Now we can reveal the secret plans to save the once proud brand, and how desperate the situation really was in the years leading up to its demise. EXCLUSIVE This is going to…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] According to Nick Collins – the executive director of vehicle programmes at Jaguar Land Rover – there is currently enough customer demand to justify the addition of such a model to the Defender range. The Land Rover Defender line-up may soon get a dual-cab pick-up (or ute) variant, according to the brand’s executive…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] New-generation seven-seat SUV revealed with more tech, X-Trail underpinnings and upgraded safety. The 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander has been officially unveiled, ahead of an Australian launch in September or October 2021. The first ‘all-new’ Outlander in nine years, the fourth generation of Mitsubishi’s third biggest-selling model will touch down on local shores later this…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The auction record for an Australian-made road car set earlier this month by a 2017 HSV Maloo GTSR W1 has been beaten by a 1971 Ford Falcon. Australians are continuing to pay record money for iconic Fords and Holdens – and experts predict the numbers will continue to climb for the foreseeable future.…