Car Advice

General Motors' Opel to close Antwerp factory, 8300 jobs to go General Motors' European sibling company Opel will close its assembly plant in Antwerp, Belgium, by the middle of the year. Forced to downsize after GM lost US$88 billion (AUD$97.4 billion) between 2005 and 2008, Opel CEO, Nick Reilly, said attempts by GM to find an alternative to closing the Antwerp factory were unsuccessful. "In order to keep [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. General Motors’ Opel to close Antwerp factory, 8300 jobs to go Suzuki not interested in further offers from Volkswagen Suzuki's CEO is talking tough about speculation that Volkswagen will expand its 19.9 percent stake in his Japanese small car company in the future. Osamu Suzuki said he anticipates the day when the Germans come knocking on the door of his successful business and already has a response worked out. "It is only natural perhaps that Volkswagen [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Suzuki not interested in further offers from Volkswagen Honda Accord gets more safety features, new pricing in 2010 Honda’s 2010 Accord will gain curtain airbags across the entire model range. Already standard on the Accord VTi-L and V6L models, curtain airbags are now standard in the entry level Accord VTi. The extra airbags join Accord’s already impressive list of standard safety equipment that includes ABS, EBA and EBD; ESC; dual front and side airbags; and [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Honda Accord gets more safety features, new pricing in 2010 General Motors goes into SUV production overtime Facing dramatic shortages on some of its vehicles, General Motors is boosting production of its full-sized SUVs from this Friday. The Arlington plant in Texas makes the GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Tahoe and the Cadillac Escalade in both standard and hybrid forms. It had less than a 34-day supply of each SUV at the beginning of January [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. General Motors goes into SUV production overtime BMW 5 Series – 2010 First Steer Sixth gen's a charm Location: Lisbon, Portugal When attempting to replace a successful and popular car, there can be myriad challenges. When that car has been in existence for five model generations and close to 40 years, those challenges can be all but insurmountable. So when it came time to create the all-new 2011 BMW 5 Series, the [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. BMW 5 Series – 2010 First Steer BMW 5 Series Review (2010) Sixth gen's a charm Location: Lisbon, Portugal When attempting to replace a successful and popular car, there can be a myriad of challenges. When that car has been in existence for five model generations and close to 40 years, those challenges can be all but insurmountable. So when it came time to create the all-new 2011 BMW 5 [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. BMW 5 Series Review (2010) Chrysler 300C, Chevrolet Corvette auctioned as automotive world digs deep for Haiti The world's automotive manufacturers continue to raise funds in their own unique way to assist the emergency efforts in Haiti after the January 12 earthquake. More than 150,000 people have been buried in the capital Port-au-Prince alone and 600,000 are homeless. Official estimates suggest the death toll could rise above 200,000. Chrysler is doing its bit, with [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Chrysler 300C, Chevrolet Corvette auctioned as automotive world digs deep for Haiti Pontiac Vibe included in Toyota sticking accelerator recall The Pontiac Vibe has been included in Toyota's sticking accelerator recall that has affected more than 2.3 million vehicles in the US. The Vibe crossover is the sister car to the Toyota Matrix and is engineered and built in California by Toyota. General Motors spokesman, Alan Adler, said his company had not received any complaints about the [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Pontiac Vibe included in Toyota sticking accelerator recall Anti-Hoon Laws – Road Safety or Political Vote Winner? Any lingering doubt that Australian governments are exclusively PR driven were put to rest last Friday in Victoria when Tim Holding, Minister for the Transport Accident Commission, announced tough new laws to sell or crush the cars driven by so-called 'hoon' drivers. It's an election year in Victoria, and public policy is being crafted around conservative [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Anti-Hoon Laws – Road Safety or Political Vote Winner? BMW 5 Series videos released, Australian launch mid-2010 With the all-new sixth-generation BMW 5 Series just months away from its mid-year Australian launch, the Bavarians have used a press event in Portugal to release official videos of the car. Aesthetically there are few surprises given that BMW unveiled the executive saloon more than two months ago. On the whole the new 5 Series appears more [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. BMW 5 Series videos released, Australian launch mid-2010 Video: Red Bull Racing takes to the ice in Montreal The Red Bull Racing team seems to have gotten quite bored during the Formula 1 off season, resorting to some icy shenanigans in Canada with Toro Rosso pilot Sébastien Buemi behind the wheel. Marking the return of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Buemi mimicked the shape of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the frozen waters [...] Original article from: Australian Car Advice - Australia's largest independent Auto site. Video: Red Bull Racing takes to the ice in Montreal