When Uber arrived in Australia, I was a shareholder in a local taxi company. For no other reason than I needed the money to –reinvest in my car dealerships – Northstar Motor Group – I pulled my $750,000. By accident it was the best move financially I ever made, as the value of that company […]
Uber set for driverless Volvos – They’re at it again Read More »
The Volkswagen Golf has always been fun to drive — now the interior’s fun, too Before I comment on this report, I want to get something off my chest. I read a report on GoAuto News Premium last night about comments that Volkswagen Australia CEO Michael Bartsch had to say about his Australian dealers. Bartsch
2018 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI AND R FIRST DRIVE Read More »
It will be interesting to see the take-up of the new Mercedes-Benz X-Class after initial interest. The X-Class, really a Nissan Navarra is priced from around $52,000 drive away in Queensland with a 2.3-litre diesel engine, manual transmission and an alloy tray body up to around $70,000 for a double cab auto. A similar Nissan sells for
Mercedes-Benz X-Class – Pricing announced Read More »
Jeep has released (almost) all of the details on the new Jeep JL Wrangler at Sema My sincere apologies for the problem with my story on the new Jeep JL Wrangler last week. Gremlins got into my WordPress site and whilst I posted a pic and link to the story through Hootsuite, something happened so
10 THINGS ABOUT 2018 JEEP JL WRANGLER Read More »
The Koenigsegg Agera RS breaks another high-speed record NOVEMBER 6, 2017 There are fast cars and then there are FAST cars. Volkswagen division Bugatti has held a couple of crazy land speed records for a while until Christian von Koenigsegg’s company decided to put an end to Bugatti being on the top step of the
WATCH: THE KOENIGSEGG AGERA RS HIT 457.5KPH Read More »
You only know how good your insurer is when you make a claim – my experience with RACQ Insurance Update 5th November 2017 – I’m very pleased to advise that my claim with RACQ Insurance has been sorted. After a month of backward and forwards with the claims department, I managed to contact the
RACQ Insurance – Claims Experience – Update 5th November 2017 Read More »
“There’s got to be a morning after” was a song by Maureen McGovern for the movie The Poseidon Adventure way back in 1973. I’m thinking that the employees of GMH, Ford, Toyota must be humming that same tune this morning. Good morning. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, reporting to you on the closure of
GMH, Ford, Toyota – Gone from our shores Read More »
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. And when I saw it,
Nissan Patrol – In Their Own Words Read More »
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 sure that an outstanding vehicle
Vehicle Recall – Don’t Buy One That’s Not Done Read More »
Mercedes Project One – 1,000-PLUS HP, 0-124 MPH IN 6 SECONDS, 217-MPH TOP SPEED SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Hi. , The Car Guy coming to you with the story about Mercedes Project One Hyper Car. Thanks to the folks at Autoweek and particularly Jake Lingeman for the words and AutoWeek for the pictures. As I’m sitting
Let’s Talk About Sex Baby – Mercedes Project One Read More »
