We just wanted to remind our members that they do have access to a unique promotional code that delivers a discount off the retail pricing of Thrifty car rental.  Naturally most of our members will have already bought cars but often this sort of discount is useful for trips away as well as for one off journeys where a different car is needed.

So here is the current Thrifty Discount Corporate Code – CD 4908003767

The discount codes are also handy for buyers who are ......

I’ve posted a bit about some of the most economical cars in Australia in the small and medium range, which got me wondering about which car really is the most economical – and, for that matter, the fastest, the cheapest and the most expensive.  And if it’s world records we’re after, then the obvious place to go is to the Guinness World Records books and website to have a look.  I’ve done my best to find the records for proper production cars ......

Not so long ago, I had lots of fun working out Aussie’s most economical cars, and now I thought I’d tackle the mid-sized car bracket. 

Generally, if you have a small family, a medium-sized new car will fit the bill best.  You don’t want something that struggles to cope with the kids and luggage, yet you probably don’t want to run to the expense of paying for the extra gas that bigger, thirstier cars always require.  The following mid-sized motorcars are available in Australia ......

Perhaps you’ve just taken part in our interactive myth-busting quiz?  If so, how did you do?  If you haven’t yet, STOP, don’t ready any further  - take part in the MythBuster Quiz here and then come back to this page for the breakdown.

Let’s run through the questions and answers below along with some often surprising background to the results.  We’d also love to hear some of your automotive myths so please let us know in the comments section below!

1.  The very first car ......

Buyers of new cars often weigh up the merits of two-wheel-drive vehicles, full-time four-wheel-drive vehicles and part-time four-wheel-drive vehicles (substitute all-wheel drive if you prefer in this last one). While this article won’t help you decide on which one, it might make you grateful that there isn’t another choice knocking about (or at least give you a good laugh). At one stage, inventors were toying with the idea of the one-wheel drive and considerable work was done in this in the University of ......

The purpose of any trip into the abyss of the Peak Hour traffic is to in fact arrive, hopefully safely and with a little more to give over the next 12 hours of your day, than a sad regurgitation of your trip around the water cooler.

So why do so many of us arrive so angry?

Is it that we just can’t rise early enough to arrive on time?  Are we so highly strung that we lose the plot when we are armed with a ......

The theme song of the 1980s TV show Fame implied that fame would make you live forever. Unfortunately, some celebrities (but not all) seem to have taken that a bit too literally and seem to neglect a number of basic safety precautions when it comes to driving and motoring. The years of the motorcar have seen a number of high-profile fatalities courtesy of a motor vehicle. Here’s a selection, plus how they could have been prevented:

Isadora Duncan: This dancer shocked the stuffy Victorian ......