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BETTER LIGHT FROM LOWER POWER

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LED lights are becoming increasingly common in cars and SUVs because they provide significantly more light and consume a lot less power. Narva’s new range of LED Luminous Light Panels provides bright light coupled with a uniform output owners and of caravans, motorhomes, trucks, boats, even emergency service vehicles. Lighting specialist, Narva’s engineers have developed a multi-layer design that smoothly spreads and filters the light, avoiding any visible light centre thus providing something pretty close to comfortable natural light. This output is a requirement for Australian emergency services applications, particularly… Read more

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HOLDEN DREAM CRUISE

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All Holden enthusiasts have been invited show their pride by joining the Holden Dream Cruise on the streets of northern Adelaide on Sunday, 15 October. The Holden Dream Cruise will be a giant street parade of Holden cars followed by a family fun day with displays, entertainment, food and a show ‘n’ shine competition. It will be led by the first and last cars built in Australia by Holden – a 1948 48/215 and a 2017 VF Commodore. Holden is encouraging owners of classic and iconic cars to register for… Read more

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NEW PEUGEOT 3008: FIRST DRIVE

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Peugeot held the Australian launch of its new 3008 in the Hunter Valley in NSW, an ideal location for people who are likely to wander up from Sydney for a peaceful weekend. We did a full report on the 3008 last week, but Peugeot asked us to hold off on driving impressions until now. They are detailed below. Peugeot is taking an interesting approach in Australia with its all-new 3008 SUV. Ignoring those looking at a bottom-end price the 3008 is being imported only in the mid and upper segments…. Read more

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ISUZU UTE SUPPORTS DANIEL MORCOMBE FOUNDATION

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Entering their fifth year of partnership, Isuzu Ute Australia (IUA) has provided a new Isuzu MU-X to child safety education champions Bruce and Denise Morcombe. MU-X will be used to take their curriculum to school children and parents across Australia. “Isuzu UTE take its corporate social responsibility very seriously, especially in the area of Child Protection and the Daniel Morcombe Foundation is extremely thankful for their generous sponsorship in providing us with a brand new MU-X,” the not-for-profit charity co-founder Bruce Morcombe said. Daniel Morcombe’s legacy is the Foundation named… Read more

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NEW PEUGEOT 3008 HAS FRENCH FLAIR INSIDE AND OUT

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Peugeot’s all-new 3008 SUV is hitting our market at just the right time from the point of view of the new Australian importer. Inchcape, best known here as the importer of Subarus, has taken over from the Sime Darby organisation which hadn’t been performing as well as had been anticipated in recent years downunder. At the launch of the new 3008 the MD of Inchcape, Nick Senior, made it very clear his organisation is serious about doing well in the sales race with both Peugeot and its sister company Citroen…. Read more

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EXTRA FASHIONABLE JAGUAR XF WAGON

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How the world changes. Had you suggested a decade back that Jaguar should design a large station wagon and power it with a diesel engine people would have laughed uproariously. Yet the latest Jaguar XF Sportbrake will soon be a major new entrant in the premium estate wagon segment in Australia. The XF Sportbrake by Jaguar keeps the curves of the large XF saloon but gradually shapes a graceful roofline to the rear without too much loss of the practicality buyers demand from a wagon. Jaguar tells us rear occupants… Read more

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SUBARU WRX AND STI UPGRADED

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Subaru WRX and WRX STI have both been upgraded for the 2018 season. Most changes are visual and some additional spec has been added to the lower cost models. Biggest news is the introduction of a new range topping model – the WRX STI spec.R, featuring Recaro seats amongst other items. There have been no mechanical changes as the already full-on engines and transmissions have proven more than adequate in the opinion of many owners. However, there’s an old saying that, “you can never have too much power” so perhaps… Read more

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FIRST DRIVE: HONDA CR-V FIFTH GENERATION

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Honda was one of the earliest players in the family SUV business and has an excellent reputation amongst existing owners. Many of them have remained loyal and moved to each new generation as they’ve been launched. This is likely to be the case with the just introduced fifth generation Honda CR-V. This CR-V moves up in size and is offered here for the first time with third row seats. One interesting feature is that ground clearance has been increased to 208 millimetres from the 170 mm of the just superseded… Read more

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QUEENSLAND’S ELECTRIC SUPER HIGHWAY

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Australia’s electric vehicle industry has welcomed the launch of the Queensland Electric Super Highway. The State’s energy minister Mark Bailey unveiled the first of many fast-charging electric vehicle stations in Cairns. Stations will eventually be rolled out at various locations down the Queensland coast to the Gold Coast. Mr Bailey said, “This fast-charging station is the first of many proposed throughout the state which will be announced by the Palaszczuk Government in coming months, making it possible to drive an electric vehicle from the state’s southern border to the Far… Read more

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2017 HOLDEN TAKES US TO THE FUTURE OF SUVS

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There’s no secret that Australians steadily lost interest in large family sedans and station wagons over the past five to ten years. To the extent that slow sales meant the closing of the Ford Australia factory and the impending shutdown of GM-Holden and Toyota factories over the next few months. Buyers deserting traditional family sixes in favour of various types of SUVs meant that Holden began to look closely at various alternatives. Everything from small front-drive tall hatches to full on 4WDs. We’ve just spent a delightful day in the… Read more