Renault has today announced that the Fluence Z.E. launch in Australia will be postponed.Renault has been working globally with the battery switch partner Better Place to launch the Fluence Z.E. in Israel, Denmark and then Australia.
BMW Group Australia today announced the departure of PR & communications manager, Piers Scott who leaves to take up the position of general manager, product and internal communications, with BMW Group UK, effective March 1, 2013.An extensive recruitment process is underway to replace Mr Scott.
Subaru have dropped the price of its entry level Liberty 2.5i by $2000 to $32,990, and its premium variant by $1500 to $39,490. A number of changes have also been made to the range's performance, efficiency, cosmetics and handling.
The Opel Australia family will receive a considerable performance boost with confirmation that the Insignia OPC and Corsa OPC will join the previously announced Astra OPC on sale from March 2013.
North Shore Volkswagen in Sydney has moved into their new purpose-built showroom in Artarmon, the biggest showroom in the Australian Volkswagen network.Combining both passenger vehicles and commercials, the showroom can display up to 45 vehicles.
With the Christmas break fast approaching, it's time to consider your strategy for selling cars over the holiday period. Pre-internet it was much harder to reach customers as dealers had to rely on newspapers and radio ads.
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe says the results of recent Fair Trading compliance checks in Dubbo, NSW, shows motor vehicle dealers need to brush up on their knowledge of the legal requirements of running a business.Of the 18 dealers visited in the Dubbo area, compliance breaches were uncovered in two thirds of businesses, ranging from failure to hold the relevant licence to falsely stating the year of a vehicle’s manufacture.In total 122 breaches were found, 33 of which attracted penalties totalling $10,890.
The appointment of William Angove as the 'Automotive Supplier Advocate', has been welcomed by the industry’s peak body, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).Angove was appointed to this newly-created position by the prime minister and the minister for industry and innovation, as part of the Australian Government’s 'automotive new markets initiative'.
Car buyers have even more choice this festive season with ANCAP today releasing 5-star safety ratings for the Kia Sorento, Infiniti FX, Hyundai Santa Fe, Mitsubishi Outlander and Citroen DS4."Just in time for Christmas, motorists can pack up their family and head off on their summer sojourns in any one of these cars, knowing they are travelling in some of the safest on the market," says Lauchlan McIntosh, ANCAP chair."Safety should be the first consideration whenever we hit the road - particularly during the busy Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Australian consumer confidence has risen to 117.4pts (up 2.4pts over the past week), the highest point since January and 6.2pts higher than a year ago - positive news for the auto industry.Driving the rise was more confidence in Australia’s economic future and also in personal…