A few months ago we listed our all time car TV ad favourites. It seems that many agrred with us, though some had other ideas. We’ve just come across two new car ads from Europe that we thought were great fun.
The first one is for Volkswagen, and the message is ‘no matter how harshly you treat a vee-dub it can take the punishment’. A great and very funny way to make the point here.
The second commercial is also amusing and a ......
As predicted, the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Julia Gillard initiative announced prior to the last election has finally crashed out of political contention. The Gillard Government announced today that it was to be abandoned due the the budgetry restraints imposed by the cost impositions from the Queensland flood disasters.
This is by no means unexpected as many criticised the initiative when it was first announced as being ineffective and a highly priced way of improving the environment.
From Private Fleet’s point of view we did not ......
The Federal Chamber Of Automotive Industries (FCAI) have just released figures and data on sales of motor vehicles in 2010 – and they make interesting reading, even to the layman.
Million Barrier Broken
2010 showed an increase of 10.5% on 2009 and posted the second highest sales on record at 1.03 million passenger cars, SUV’s and commercial vehicles for the year. That’s nearly 100,000 more new vehicles than the year before. There ......
Eleven for Eleven
We are in for a bumper year of new car launches as manufacturers emerge from the GFC with new models to tempt buyers. We’ve searched through all the P.R. releases to come up with what we think are the eleven most important releases for 2011. See if you agree.
The Locals
This is not, strictly, a new car launch, yet it is probably the most important development for the ......
There has to be a number of things on the mind of a car manufacturing high flying exec. But one of the forefront thoughts a top “car buff” would have to be pondering over is what effects the booming Indian and Chinese economies will have on their car industry closer to home. Leading motor industry managers and experts have recently spent time together at Barcelona’s IESE discussing and mulling over this big topic. But also a talking point was the consideration of the ......
It’s not often we get to sample ultra high performance, ultra expensive cars – but last week we did, courtesy of a Lucky Door Prize.
Our prize was “Your choice of any new Jaguar for a weekend with a full tank of petrol” supplied by Alto Jaguar in Sydney.
So we chose the all new Jaguar XJ luxury saloon, and they gave us just that, but with an added bonus – equipped with the ......
Things looked to be pretty much the “same-same” at the Detroit Motorshow, which kicked off early January 2011. That is until you get a little closer to the action.
Interestingly, in the Toyota corner the wraps have come off the new Toyota Prius C. This is a timely show for the Prius C, as fuel prices continue to soar around the globe.
Hyundai has got another big tick in the box with its great looking new Hyundai Curb Crossover vehicle. This promises to be a ......
