Audi’s successful Drive Experience kicks off this week for its 2013 season with 30% more courses, due to the popularity of the 2012 season. After 15 years as an invitation-only, dealer-based program, the new Audi Drive Experience was re-launched in 2012 with a $6.8 million fleet of 40 cars.
BMW's X5 M Sport Limited Edition is on sale now from $99,900 drive away. Adding to the M Sport's enhancements are 20” M double spoke alloy wheels, M leather steering wheel with gearshift paddles and chrome tail pipe finisher from the M Sport range.
The director of consumer affairs Victoria has issued a public warning to consumers and businesses about the conduct of Champion Caravans and its operator Tony Giannakos.On the website www.championcaravans.com, Champion Caravans and Giannakos offer to build and manufacture caravans for consumers.
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has released new analysis showing governments are failing their communities, following an increase in the number of people killed on the nation's roads during 2012.
After finishing the year with record new car sales in 2012, the market looks likely to remain strong in 2013.An estimated 642,000 Australians intend to buy a new car over the next 12 months, according to Roy Morgan research.This figure, for December, is the third consecutive month of improvement.
Holden has embarked on a major sponsorship deal with two of Australia's major football codes.
In another case of winning huge amounts of free publicity for an already-expensive Superbowl advertisement, VW appears to have played the game very well with this year's effort.The company gained incredible success in the past with its kid Darth Vader and fat dog/Star Wars parody efforts.This time around, there has been controversy over the ad for the new VW Beetle, which sees a white man with a Jamaican accent and happy outlook attempting to cheer up co-workers.
Sime Darby Motors Group is the new importer of the Citroen brand in Australia, effective today (February 1). Citreon joins Peugeot Australia and Ssangyong under the Sime Darby Motors Group umbrella, and complements the company's recent foray into the Porsche Centre Parramatta retail operation.
Honda's 2013 Civic hatch is priced from $20,650 (MLP) and receives a number of upgrades. The 13YM Civic Hatch is available in three variants: VTi-S, VTi-L and VTi-LN.
Consumer confidence has risen to 121.7pts (up 1.8pts since January 19/20, 2013) and is now 4.7pts higher than at the same time a year ago.