What will you buy in 2020?

What will you buy in 2020?

22 Dec 2013 by Chris Riley

Fast forward. The year is 2020. The last Falcon left the production line over four years ago and it was joined by the last Commodore not long after. Toyota's local operation has also been looking ...Read more
Holden manufacturing history | mega gallery

Holden manufacturing history | mega gallery

11 Dec 2013 by Malcolm Flynn

Holden may have started out making horse accessories in 1856, but we all know it as the manufacturer of many of Australia's favourite cars.  From the 48-215 unveiled by PM Ben Chifley in 1948, to ...Read more
Exclusive: future Holdens less Australian than a Camry

Exclusive: future Holdens less Australian than a Camry

2 Dec 2013 by Joshua Dowling

Holden says it’s as True Blue as football, meat pies and kangaroos -- but a secret document has revealed the cars it plans to build with more than $275 million taxpayer dollars will be less ...Read more
Devereux was unique

Devereux was unique

28 Oct 2013 by Joshua Dowling

Having been born in England, raised in Canada, and starting his career in Detroit -- before doing a stint in the Middle East ahead of his Holden assignment -- you’d think Mike Devereux had seen it ...Read more
Car sales hit the brakes in September

Car sales hit the brakes in September

3 Oct 2013 by Joshua Dowling

New-car buyers hit the brakes in September and another 1.1 million-plus annual sales record is now under threat. Industry analysts are trying to determine what caused the September slowdown after six ...Read more
Price cuts push 1000 per cent sales boom

Price cuts push 1000 per cent sales boom

26 Sep 2013 by Daniel Bishop

As the Australian car sales race heads into the final quarter lap for 2013, most eyes are on what will be the top car. But further back in the field, there’s been a big improvement for several ...Read more
Korea is beating Japanese brands

Korea is beating Japanese brands

25 Sep 2013 by Paul Gover

That might sound like a silly answer to a serious question, but it's the best solution for optimum shopping in the back end of 2013. You see, Korea now makes better Japanese cars than the Japanese. ...Read more
Car sales stall with $160 million wiped in August.

Car sales stall with $160 million wiped in August.

4 Sep 2013 by Joshua Dowling

The record pace of the new-car market stalled in August with an estimated $160 million worth of sales wiped from the charts following the Rudd Government’s changes to Fringe Benefits Tax announced in ...Read more
Save thousands in small car price war

Save thousands in small car price war

20 Aug 2013 by Craig Duff

The sharpest knife is wielded by Proton, whose Preve sedan is now the cheapest small car in the country. Proton marketing general manager Billy Falconer says the cut -- which amounts to a 15 per cent ...Read more
Holden recalls 11,500 Cruze over crash risk

Holden recalls 11,500 Cruze over crash risk

20 Aug 2013 by Karla Pincott

The recall is for a defect that means the Cruze’s supplementary electric vacuum pump could fail when the engine is cold, reducing the vacuum and undermining the brake system. The notice warns that ...Read more
New PM vows to help car manufacturers

New PM vows to help car manufacturers

1 Jul 2013 by Phillip Hudson

As Holden warns that car-making costs are unsustainable and the industry demands a new plan to save 16,000 positions, he vowed to make jobs and living standards the top priority of his resurrected ...Read more
Council will buy only Aussie-made cars

Council will buy only Aussie-made cars

16 May 2013 by Madeline Healy

Darebin Mayor Tim Laurence's council car is a Holden Cruze, but he said only about 50 per cent of the city's 10,0120 small vehicles were made locally. In a bid to support Melbourne's car ...Read more
Australian car sales riding high

Australian car sales riding high

5 Feb 2013 by Joshua Dowling

So much for the push towards greener cars. In automotive terms Australia is about to become the 51st state of the USA.Australians are moving closer to North Americans in their taste in vehicles. For ...Read more
Holden Cruze Sportswagon

Holden Cruze Sportswagon

12 Nov 2012 by CarsGuide team

The much anticipated sibling to the locally-made Cruze hatch and sedan will join the popular line-up early next year delivering a highly specified, flexible and safe, stylish vehicle.Cruze Sportwagon ...Read more
Walkinshaw Cruze video

Walkinshaw Cruze video

18 Aug 2012 by CarsGuide team

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Holden recalls nearly 10,000 Cruzes

Holden recalls nearly 10,000 Cruzes

27 Jun 2012 by Karla Pincott

Following a similar recall in the US, 9547 loally-built Cruzes have been recalled to fix a defect that could see oil dripping from the engine and catching fire if it contacts hot engine parts.The ...Read more
May sets new car sales record

May sets new car sales record

5 Jun 2012 by Mark Hinchliffe

The lift comes as manufacturers offer sweeteners such as hefty discounts or free on-road costs in the end-of-financial-year sales war. Read more
Opel cuts will not slow launch

Opel cuts will not slow launch

19 Mar 2012 by Craig Duff

"It's business as usual," Opel spokeswoman Michelle Lang says of the Australian launch schedule, due some time in the second half of this year. It is the Opel business itself that is worrying parent ...Read more
Mining boom may cut used car prices

Mining boom may cut used car prices

8 Mar 2012 by Mark Hinchliffe

The latest VFACTSs report has found the resource states - in Queensland and Western Australia - are driving a sales bonanza in new cars bought as rentals, meaning there should soon be a flood of ...Read more
Holden Cruze global unveiling

Holden Cruze global unveiling

21 Feb 2012 by CarsGuide team

The wagon will join Holden's Cruze line-up within a year, and will be imported as the third Cruze variant.It aims to combine the practicality of a wagon with high-tech features and sporty style -- ...Read more
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