Category: Australia

Report: Pontiac G8 will spawn wagon, sport truck

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Wagons/Estates, GM, Pontiac, Holden, Australia

Automotive News is reporting what’s been suspected all along: GM will bring a both a wagon and a Ute to the U.S. after the launch of the G8 next year. Citing three sources intimate with the project, the report goes on to say that the two models will […]

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Posted in Australia on Nov 19th, 2007, 10:05 am     

Australia: Nissan Patrol DX set to go Walkabout

Filed under: SUVs, Nissan, Australia
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Automakers making rough-and-ready versions of their SUVs is nothing new, but it’s clear that some of these are more serious than others. Nissan Australia has whipped up a machine that falls solidly into the latter category with the special-edition Patrol DX Walkabout. In Walkabout trim, Nissan’s venerable off-roader […]

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Posted in Australia on Nov 12th, 2007, 7:49 pm     

Aussie’s anti-speeding campaign causes road rage instead

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Marketing/Advertising, Safety, Driving, Australia

So, this guy in Australia is all offended because he was mocked in a manner promoted by an anti-hoonage advertising campaign. He was so offended, in fact, that he hurled a water bottle at a woman’s car and promptly got himself charged with malicious damage. Since nothing can […]

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Posted in Australia on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:38 am     

Chevrolet Special Vehicles debuts in Middle East with the CR8

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, GM, Holden, Australia, HSV
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The Middle East is a key export market for GM’s Holden division, as LHD versions of the Commodore, Caprice, and Statesman sedans are sold there under the Chevrolet Lumina and Caprice nameplates. Until now, the highest-performance vehicle exported to the […]

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Posted in Australia on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:38 am     

The rocky road to the Holden VE Sportwagon

Filed under: Wagons/Estates, GM, Holden, Australia

You’d think after looking at it that the Holden VE Sportwagon was one of those no-brainer vehicles that was a production lock from the moment it was a twinkle in some designer’s eye. According to GoAuto, that wasn’t exactly the case. The outgoing VZ wagon was a fleet darling, beloved […]

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Posted in Australia on Nov 7th, 2007, 11:38 am     

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