Heavy Motor Accident Assist for vehicles over five tonnes will be rolled out to Australian customers of Zurich Australian Insurance from July 1 2016. The move comes as Zurich further invests in its commercial motor and fleet offering.
While new passenger car sales continue to tumble in Japan, used sales are on the way up - the first rise in years.
Jeep has proven to Japan that all American vehicles aren’t gas-guzzling, planet-killing monsters. Chrysler’s Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk has slipped under Japanese green car limits - the first petrol-engined American car to do so.
All but a lucky few got to drive Ford’s legendary Mustang when the long-awaited right-hand-drive versions slid into Australia. Most were sold by time the boat arrived, and lots of disappointed Muzza fans haven’t been happy campers since.
Embattled German carmaker Volkswagen has sold fewer of its own-brand cars this year after its emissions cheat scandal. But while global sales are down, rising demand in China helped soften the blow.
Dodgy Queensland backyard car dealers have been caught in a sting by the state’s Fair Trading Office. Compliance spot checks were carried out at southeast Queensland locations as part of an MTAQ operation.
Clever car technology in years to come will either be annoying or amazing - but two of the world’s biggest corporates are hoping for the latter.
Online shopping has well and truly moved on from putting a few products online with a shopping cart set-up and hoping for the best.
UK car dealers will be crying into their warm pints over the latest automotive study’s results show $25.9bn (£14bn) is being diverted from their back pockets.
Tesla’s may have just shown off its new toy - but it’s still missing the mass-market sweet spot by 160km.