May 2018 Archives | cars4starters

Buys May 31, 2018

Factory launchpad for rest of continent

Buys May 31, 2018

Indian automotive giant Mahindra has opened an assembly plant in South Africa, which it expects to become a launchpad to supply its vehicles to the rest of the continent. The new modular…

Riley May 31, 2018

ASX: what price a diesel?

Riley May 31, 2018

What is it? The ASX has been one of the mainstays of Mitsubishi’s return to form. Basically it’s the SUV counterpart of the Lancer sedan, but like many of the vehicles in…

Bennie May 31, 2018

Why NSW will win State of Origin

Bennie May 31, 2018

I went to my doctor late last year. He politely suggested that I should go on a diet and lose a few kilos. While he never used the term obese, at one…

Riley May 30, 2018

Ford is moving its electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle business teams into a refurbished located in Detroit’s historic Corktown neighborhood. Marking a return to Motor City, the move is a strategic decision,…

Riley May 30, 2018

Tunnel to underground adventure

Riley May 30, 2018

One of the coolest things I’ve had the opportunity to do as a journalist is to drive through a disused railway tunnel under the city of Liverpool in the UK. The 2km…

Buys May 30, 2018

Outrageous Jeep quick as Lambo

Buys May 30, 2018

Jeep’s latest Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a heck of a quick machine, a super-SUV, you might say. The $135,000 machine’s 6.2-litre supercharged Hellcat motor cranks out some 522kW, or 707hp in the…

Riley May 29, 2018

Bumpity bump goes the Aircross

Riley May 29, 2018

Citroen has taken the wraps off a stylish new SUV called the C5 Aircross. A successor to the smaller C4 Aircross from 2013 the new five seater is under consideration for local…

Buys May 29, 2018

It’s the HR-V for me

Buys May 29, 2018

What is it? Every so often I hear people say they’ve found something in their car they never knew existed. Did they not read the owner’s manual? No. It seems a great…

Riley May 29, 2018

Prime time to try a Volvo

Riley May 29, 2018

In a sign of the times motorists in the UK can now book test drives through Amazon for the first time, with the help of Amazon’s delivery service Prime Now. The ‘Prime…

Burrell May 28, 2018

The Riviera that Cadillac didn’t want

Burrell May 28, 2018

Can it really be 55 years since General Motors rolled out one of the most elegantly styled cars of all time, the fabulous Buick Riviera? When they pulled the curtains back on…

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