Drop The Flag, Raise The Bar

With the $2 million Bugatti Veyron, the maker of the people's car sets the controls to 'ultimate'.

Reborn Fiesta Calls For A Party

The next-generation Ford Fiesta baby car has been revealed ahead of its Geneva motor show debut next month, reports Jez Spinks.

Forget Hitchhikers, This Is One For The Family

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DRIVING LATELY VOLVO XC70 The price From $58,950. The diesel engine adds $2000. Vital statistics 3.2-litre V6 petrol (170 kW/320 Nm), 2.4-litre in-line five-cylinder turbo-diesel (136 kW/400 Nm), six-speed automatic, no manual.

Improving But Can Still Do Better

The car Hyundai i30. The price $21,490 (as tested $23,280). Vital Statistics 1.6-litre, four-cylinder turbo-diesel (86kW, 255Nm), five-speed manual.

Motser Boxer

IT might not be the most exclusive car in the world, nor the fastest, but when you hear that Porsche's latest customer-racing model, the 911 GT3 RSR, is hand-built and will go to just 35 buyers, you get the idea it is something special.

Ford Reveals Its Latest Weapon In The Large-car War

FORD has released the latest addition to almost half a century of large-car heritage in a bid to reverse declining sales in the segment.

Subaru's Diesel Running Hot

JAPANESE car maker Subaru may introduce a diesel-powered version of its WRX hot hatch.

Bravo For The Ritmo

FIAT has released its new small-car contender - a rival to European hatches such as the Volkswagen Golf.

Gt Cobra Earns Its Stripes

The car Ford Falcon GT Cobra. The price $65,110. Vital statistics 5.4-litre V8 (302kW, 540Nm), six-speed automatic.

Mitsubishi Moves On

YESTERDAY'S news that the Japanese car giant Mitsubishi is to close its Adelaide manufacturing plant at the end of next month was hardly surprising. Its gloomy inevitability could be compared with a car running out of petrol: gradual loss of power and speed, and a full stop. The company's announcement, after discussion at a board meeting in Tokyo, will cost the jobs of 1000 workers at the Tonsley Park plant, as well as threatening several hundred jobs at car parts factories around Australia. It ...

World First For Australia

Thompson Coupling is a breakthrough in engine power transfer.

Mitsubishi Ready To Axe Plant - And 2000 Jobs

MITSUBISHI Motors is on the brink of a decision today to close its Australian car-making factory, prompting last-ditch lobbying by the federal and South Australian governments to save the Adelaide plant and more than 2000 jobs.