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To understand the Infiniti Q60 Red Sport look in the boot. Er, trunk.
If you want to understand Infiniti’s Q60 Red Sport look no further than the boot – the inside of it actually. There, mounted on the lining of the boot lid […]
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Suzuki Baleno GLX Turbo: Rod and Sheryl beg to differ.
He says: There are two ways to figure value for money with the GLX Turbo. The first is to put it against the GL. Six grand more for an additional […]
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Fiat Abath 124 Spider: Making an MX5 more fun.
He says: I have always loved Mazda’s MX5 and the 124 is an MX5 with a more powerful Fiat motor, tighter suspension and styling that reflects the original Fiat 124 […]
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What you can learn from Singapore taxis.
My chemistry teacher was one of the most conservative people I’ve ever met, and yet he drove a station wagon that was bright red. This confused me because it seemed […]
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Saving fuel, a drop at a time, in a Subaru XV.
Peugeot has a great idea for its stop/start system in the 508 – a little timer that keeps track of just how much time you spend in each journey with […]
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Obscene number plates and why you won’t see them in Perth.
Number plates are becoming, well, a tad obscene. Not in the words being presented, which are usually vetted by the authorities (Western Australia has decided to skip general distribution of […]
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Can you spot the significance of this photograph?
Take a good look at this photograph. It’s a picture of the first-year mechanical apprentices entering the NRMA’s car servicing centre apprenticeship program this year, and of the 14, […]
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They don’t build ‘em like they used to. Good thing too.
Here’s a sobering fact. If you drive a car made prior to the turn of the century and run into something hard, like a tree or a bus, you’re four […]
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Here’s the dirt on American roadbuilding
The roadbuilders in Omaha, Nebraska, have come up with an interesting way to deal with potholes. It could be roughly summarised as: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Instead […]