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Electric vehicles: Another place where the Kiwis are murdering the Australians
There were 219 electric vehicles registered in Australia in 2016 making EVs the nichest of niche markets. In New Zealand they sold 1513, almost seven times more. And the market […]
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Navigation – getting what you pay for.
I went to the launch of Hyundai’s new Elantra a while ago, held at a golf resort in the north-east of Tasmania, miles from anywhere. It was there that I […]
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Either learn to live with start/stop tech or move to America.
Start/stop technology is a bit like broccoli; we know it’s good for us but we avoid it if we can. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. It’s […]
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Self-driving cars have more fender-benders.
Many years ago I became stuck fast in a line of traffic because the guy in front was obeying the law. It got very ugly. I was in a queue […]
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Turning your car into mobile headphones
There’s a truth to car audio that most car manufacturers just don’t get; good installation trumps good equipment every time. I listen to lots of car audio systems and they […]
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Cars for the successful – and smart
There are traditional measures of success and one of them has always been your car. And by this measure Australians are doing very well indeed; the luxury car market has […]
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Why the Strahan-Queenstown road is so good
There’s a story the locals love to tell about the road that joins Strahan, the stunning west coast Tasmanian port, with Queenstown, the rough-hewn mining town 41 kilometres away. Until […]
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Why turbocharging is good for you
Turbocharging was once synonymous with smoking rubber and race driver wannabes but in recent years it has become a major tool in saving fuel and reducing emissions. Mothers, pensioners and […]
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The head at last says yes to an Italian car
All of a sudden it makes sense to buy an Italian car. Maybe I should have ended that sentence with an exclamation mark. For years Italian cars have been […]