New government legislation will give Australians direct access to new vehicles with the same state-of-the-art safety technology as the rest of the world.The Road... Read more
Following the announcement in September that the South Australian government will refuse to re-register vehicles fitted with ‘alpha’ Takata airbags, the Queensland... Read more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued its latest round of safety recalls with seven separate call backs affecting 12 Mercedes-Benz... Read more
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has launched a new campaign to raise awareness for the mandatory Takata recall, which still requires... Read more
Volkswagen Group Australia will tomorrow initiate its call back program for Volkswagen and Skoda vehicles caught up in the Takata airbag recall.The first vehicles... Read more
Audi has today announced a wide-ranging Takata airbag recall, with owners of the Q5, A5 and A3 impacted.The action forms part of a mandatory safety recall required... Read more
Episode 45 - Merc X350d 4matic, SsangYong is back, and the Queen's selling her RollersIn this episode James, Matt and Tom take to the recording studio to chat about... Read more
"Oh no, I've bought a dud." This is the not unnatural reaction you may have if you receive a letter in the mail telling you your car has been recalled because there... Read more
A VIN is not a VIN number, for a start, just as an ATM is not an Automatic Teller Machine machine, so if you hear anyone mentioning such a thing, be sure to... Read more
While Nissan stuck with what had been a very successful nameplate in Australia and continued to use the Pulsar badge for its new N16 model, it was renamed the... Read more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published a revised Takata airbag recall list that includes an additional 1.1 million vehicles, with... Read more
As Honda Australia approaches a 90 per cent Takata recall completion rate, the carmaker has revealed the top 10 postcodes that house the highest number of pending... Read more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its latest round of safety recalls, with models from Ford, Mazda, BMW, Kia, Audi, Jeep, Alfa... Read more
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) has said that approximately 71.7 per cent of its vehicles caught up in the Takata airbag recall had already been rectified... Read more
Remember that old saying: “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Well, that was Honda’s approach when it released the new 4th generation CR-V in 2012.Honda was an early... Read more
Honda was already on a winner with the CR-V, but the new RE model that arrived in 2007 was a clear and welcome improvement over earlier models.The Japanese carmaker... Read more
Episode 36 - Elon and Donald need to log off, Ford buys a train stationIn this episode James, Richard and Matt discuss how Elon Musk really needs to log off (1:05)... Read more
Mitsubishi Motors Australia (MMAL) has taken out full-page advertisements in national newspapers begging for action from car owners affected by the global Takata... Read more
The Forester has been one of the most popular and highly rated SUVs on the market since it was launched in 1997.Subaru’s main challenge has been keeping it at the... Read more
The Australian government has issued a compulsory recall of 2.3 million vehicles affected by faulty Takata airbags based on information provided from the Australian... Read more