Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with some information from Nissan Australia to coincide with the Gold Coast 600. Nissan is one of the few manufacturers promoting the use of genuine replacement parts rather than allowing the non-genuine and grey parts market to take control. As a former franchise dealer
Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with some information about the Skoda Octavia RS 245. The ‘second’ brand of Volkswagen has struggled over their time in Australia, trying to get a foothold. Skoda however shouldn’t be discounted too much – they do build a very good vehicle, albeit using Volkswagen
Hello, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with some late-breaking information from Holden Australia. Over the years Holden has used the Storm nomenclature to market limited editions of some of their model line-up Commodore, Commodore Ute and now the Holden Colorado Storm 4×4 Crew Cab based on the LTZ model. Who
The new 2018 Range Rover promises to be the harbinger of advances in Luxury motoring when it arrives in Australia late 2017 or early 2018. Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, reporting in on the new Range Rover. Frankly, I wasn’t a fan of this truly British marque for a
World-first gaming controller operated Nissan GT-R achieves 130+mph run around Silverstone Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy with this press release from Nissan. Not only did Jann Mardenborough win the Nissan GT Academy comp and get to drive for the NISMO team, but he’s also got the enviable task of
Hello, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with a press release from Holden. It’s a singular shame that General Motors Holden’s vehicle range is still lacking the quality of so many of the other brands in the market. Our Australian Holden’s are built around the world – Europe, Korea and soon
Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, responding to some irresponsible journalism from Rita Bonivento and posted on the AutoGuru website about your New Car Warranty. The Auto Guru website is privately owned it seems and is an independent workshop provider – they sign up workshops and do the marketing for them.
I helped facilitate the purchase of a 2017 Nissan Patrol to a customer a few months ago. I was a bit surprised that someone from Chinchilla didn’t want a Toyota 200 Landcruiser, but in his wife’s words – I wanted something different – everyone has a Cruiser out our way.
I was watching Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise program last Sunday (1/10/2017) where a Wheels Magazine person was discussing the 5 worst and 5 best, used cars. For anyone interested, who missed the program, here’s the list they discussed. And as importantly before you take delivery of that used car, make
Suzuki S-Cross SX4 Turbo – Road Test and Review Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with my first impressions on the Suzuki S-Cross SX4 Turbo SUV. When I first jumped in the driver’s seat, I’m wondering whether it’s just a scaled-down version of the Suzuki Vitara – the one that
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