Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, with information on the 2018 Jeep Wrangler fresh off the press. I’m indebted to my industry colleagues from Autoweek for this story, the first one since the embargo by Jeep USA was lifted. In fact, Jeep flew a bunch of journos to New Zealand
SKODA KODIAQ is News Corporation’s Car of the Year Hi, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy here talking about Skoda Kodiaq. It wasn’t that long ago when if someone mentioned Skoda, car people would laugh uncontrollably muttering something like “You bought what?” I know from my own perspective as a former
Hello, Bob Aldons, The Car Guy with a follow up from my previous post on the 2018 JL Jeep Wrangler. As I mentioned, some international journalists were flown to New Zealand to be the first to test drive and write on the JL Jeep Wrangler. Can you imagine a better
Hello and welcome. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy with the press release from Audi on the exclusive Audi R8 V10 plus Coupe Neuberg Edition. There’s a lot to be said for an Audi R8 let alone this Audi R8 V10 plus Coupe Neuberg Edition. Build quality will be excellent, engine
Dan Neill, a writer for The Australian, is one of those lucky bastards that get invitations to view, drive and write on some of the world’s great cars. Unfortunately, Dan met Mr. Pagani in Monterey USA rather than his atelier in Modena. And again, unfortunately, I’m not on the list
In a recent interview with Australia’s GoAuto at the launch of the Audi RS3 Sportback, Audi indicated that they were moving away from a ‘sell at any cost’ business model to ‘broader goals’. Audi Australia Marketing and Communications Director Anna Burgdorf said that the luxury market was showing signs of
New Mazda6 Unveiled at Los Angeles Motor Show Hello. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy reporting on Mazda6 at the Los Angeles Motor Show, opening to the public on December 1st. When I started in the car business in February 1978, Mazda was but a small player in Australia. Shortly after, late
Jeep Wrangler gets more engine options and off-road capability than ever before — and it should be nicer on-road to boot I’m a Wrangler fan. Since 2003 when I took on the Chrysler Jeep franchise here in Redcliffe, through Northstar Motor Group, there’s never been a vehicle to compare. And
Hello. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, writing to you on Queensland Election Day 2017. Infiniti has struggled somewhat to get a foothold in the Australian luxury car market. Why? Their quality is world class, they have great designers and engineers, but still the volumes probably required have escaped them. I
Now here’s the thing. Here in Queensland, registration costs are simply based on the number of cylinders, not what you do with your vehicle. Some time ago, I wrote a paper on what I’d like to see happen to the registration costs of vehicles in Queensland. With the Queensland Election
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