Articles by James Lisle

James Lisle

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James Lisle (aka J3) likes all things cars.

Cynical and enthusiastic in equal measure, James loves to clamber into anything with a steering wheel and a decent amount of grunt.

Although it may seem the J3 glass is half empty on first acquaintance with a new ride, he maintains a balanced approach and will happily lose himself in technical details relating to even the most common, mass market models. Bore and stroke ratios, specific output stats, and thermal efficiency figures are his guilty pleasures.

This guy tested Holden's AFM to see if it really does save fuel

By James Lisle · 14 Mar 2018

If you're like me, you've probably wondered if Holden's 'Active Fuel Management' system actually works. Because while cylinder deactivation technology sounds good in theory, there's a difference between theoretical expectation and practical performance. AFM, or 'Active Fuel Management', is Holden's own

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Volkswagen Kombi Camper confirmed for Australia

By James Lisle · 07 Mar 2018

Volkswagen Australia has confirmed it is bringing the classic 'pop-top' Kombi Camper back to the local market in the second half of 2018.

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The Volkswagen Kombi could be one of the most personified cars ever made

By James Lisle · 06 Mar 2018

I know it sounds dumb - to say such a thing about a car that has half a gazillion nearly-identical brothers and sisters - but really, when was the last time you saw two lookalike Kombis side-by-side?

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Forget the Dinosaurs - Jurassic Park: The Lost World had the best car sequence ever

By James Lisle · 01 Mar 2018

Sounds dumb, I know. But apart from the presence of Vince Vaughn, the cliff scene in 'Jurassic Park: The Lost World' is just about perfect.

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Hyundai Tucson 2018 spied testing

By James Lisle · 26 Feb 2018

Hot on the heels of this week’s Santa Fe reveal, spy photos have surfaced of two Hyundai Tucson development mules undergoing cold weather testing in Scandinavia.

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Halfway Hangs is the perfect entry point to the Australian drifting scene

By James Lisle · 20 Feb 2018

Halfway Hangs might be relatively small, but it's a sleeping giant ready to explode in a tire frying smoke-bomb.

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Here's how to not react when you aquaplane

By James Lisle · 13 Feb 2018

Aquaplaning on the highway is a scary thing.

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Remember when Land Rover restored someone's 1957 Series 1 for Valentine's Day?

By James Lisle · 13 Feb 2018

What's the best thing you've done for someone on Valentine's Day?

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Want a Ranger with more bite than a Raptor? Here's how

By James Lisle · 09 Feb 2018

As with most things in the world, you can always make something good even better. Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd have noticed by now that the newly revealed, performance-orientated Ranger Raptor has been getting a bit of a kicking. A hard one. "It's reduced towing capacity is a joke", "Why is the engine

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Discover the 'Car Enthusiast' species in this hilarious Planet Earth-style documentary

By James Lisle · 05 Feb 2018

Let's be honest - the Car Enthusiast is sometimes a difficult species to understand.

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