AP Eagers says it expects to achieve a record underlying profit BEFORE tax of up to $104 million for 2014. The automotive business also announced earlier that it expects to achieve national vehicle sales of 1.1 million units this year.
Commercial vehicle journalist Geoffrey Paradise has been appointed as senior manager, public affairs at Daimler Truck and Bus, part of Mercedes-Benz Australia Pacific The role spans the full Daimler Truck and Bus portfolio, including Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus, Freightliner Trucks, and Fuso Truck and Bus.
Volkswagen Australia has unveiled pricing and specs for the new Tiguan SUV compact range with a raft of new standard technology, and a new diesel engine model - while also delivering a new R-Line model.
Joining the Golf, Beetle and Touareg R-Line models, Volkswagen Australia has today expanded its lineup of R-Line vehicles to include Golf Wagon and Tiguan models.
Ford’s Broadmeadows Assembly Plant 1 has officially kicked off Job 1 production for what they are calling ‘the best ever Falcon FG X and SZ Territory MkII’ models which are available from December 1, 2014.
A move by new car dealerships to block independent mechanics from accessing information, tools and computer programs needed to repair new vehicles has been slammed by the auto industry.
At an exclusive invitation-only event at The National Gallery of Victoria, a Mercedes-Benz SL has been wrapped with a Jean-Paul Gaultier design - including a personally signed bonnet - and unveiled to a capacity crowd.
Australia’s peak body representing motoring consumers, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA), has come out today expressing its deep concern that car brands and their franchised dealers have launched a code of practice which will be detrimental to consumers.
"We are understandably perplexed that AAAA appears to be abandoning the process,” says a joint statement from FCAI and AADA on the 'voluntary ‘code of practice’ to allow independent repairers access to vehicle data.
The Australian Automobile Association has called on the FCAI and the AADA to reconsider their stance on the question of allowing independent mechanics fair access to vehicle information, as to not do so would be detrimental to consumers.