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Our own Anthony Crawford took the navigators seat of the race-prepped Hyundai i30 diesel for day one, stage one of the 2010 Targa Tasmania earlier this week.

In treacherous conditions the little Hyundai i30 was quickly passing competitors who had overestimated their own ability and spun off the slick roads – even clocking speeds of over [...]

Forbes Magazine has released its annual Forbes Global 2000 which lists “the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world” based on an equal weighting of sales, profits, assets and market value.

For the automotive industry, which falls under the Consumer Durables category, Ford Motor Company has taken out the top honours with an overall ranking [...]

General Motors will introduce its Chevrolet brand in to Korea from next year.

GM Daewoo Auto & Technology President and CEO, Mike Arcamone made the announcement today at the opening of the Busan International Motor Show.
“The introduction of Chevrolet will enable us to provide our customers an array of exciting new vehicles from the brand’s global [...]

Reports from Europe have revealed that BMW is considering producing an X4, which would be a smaller version of the X6 off-road coupe.

A source from within the German luxury car brand revealed to UK website Autocar that although it is yet to be given the nod for production, the X4 is indeed being looked at [...]

According to Millward Brown’s BrandZ Top 100 survey, recent safety recalls have helped BMW to beat Toyota as the world’s most valuable car brand.

Toyota’s brand value fell by 27 per cent in the survey, but still recorded a strong US$21.77 billion (AUD$23.46 billion). By comparison, BMW fell only 9 per cent following the economic crisis [...]

According to a new report, China’s Brilliance Automotive could soon withdraw from the European marketplace.

Slow sales forced the manufacturer’s European importer, HSO Motors, to file for bankruptcy last November, the brand since managing its own distribution.
As sales dwindle, Brilliance told media it could be forced to halt all of its European sales. The brand is [...]

The 2011 Hyundai Elantra (Avante in overseas markets) has been unveiled at the Busan International Motor Show in South Korea.

The show car teams a six-speed automatic transmission with Hyundai’s 1.6-litre Gamma direct-injection four-cylinder engine for 103kW of power and 166Nm of torque. Hyundai is yet to reveal fuel economy or emissions figures but claims the [...]

The 2011 BMW M5 prototype has been spied lighting up the rear tyres as it is put through its paces on the gruelling Nürburgring circuit.

There is some method to this madness, with engineers likely using this track time to properly calibrate the stability and traction control of the new BMW M5.

The beauty of a spy [...]

The 2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has received a number of technical and standard equipment enhancements for the Australian market.

The updated C-Class range will introduce a new turbocharged direct injection petrol engine in its entry-level model, along with an all-new C 250 CGI model.
The Mercedes-Benz C 200 CGI, priced from $57,900, uses a 1.8-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol [...]

2010 Lexus GX 460

There has been customer FAQs recently released from Lexus GX 460 recall. The new reports and the declaration from Mark Templin have brought more awareness to the fresh features added to Lexus.

Photo by Mustangmatt

The new launch has been brought for over 20 years and the fresh developments have been quick along with the implemented help meant for customers. The recent help is more about meeting customers’ concerns and bringing an immediate lift to the throttled sales. But the overall focus has always stayed on bringing customer safety and proper issues meant for clients. It is important to testify through immediate concerns as well as vigorous testing that the newly developed remedies for enhancing the sales would be quicker to be placed.

The General Manager and Vice President of Lexus Group, Mark Templin, further went on to explicate in the report the new updates with their plans. So the 2010 Vehicle Stability plans and control system have become an integral part of the new implementation. The customers have been reported of the modifications and further information has always been given out to dealers.

The customers would soon be able to set up appointment with dealers in order to bring programs and explications through modifications. Lexus has also declared their newly graded performance in terms of GX bringing greater service to customers.