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February 2007 News Index

 

 

 

 

 

Renault at the Geneva Motor Show
27th February, 2007
For Renault, there are fresh developments among existing models at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, with the arrival of the Clio Rip Curl, Clio Renault F1 Team R27, Scénic Conquest, Mégane Renault Sport dCi and Espace Tech Run ..... more

American Car Makers Applaud US President Bush's Commitment to Alternative Fuels
27th February, 2007
American car manufacturers have commended the US President, George W Bush, for continuing to encourage the development of alternative fuel vehicles and alternative fuels ..... more

EDAG Show Stopper
26th February, 2007
Based on the Porsche Cayenne, the EDAG SUV makes a desirable car even more eye-catching with a dramatic lowering and re-shaping of the high-performance vehicle, itself based on the over-achieving Volkswagen Touareg ..... more

Europe's New Fords
26th February, 2007
The dramatic, all-new Mondeo, Ford of Europe's most technologically-advanced car ever and the redesigned C-MAX will take centre stage on the Ford stand in Geneva ..... more

Mercedes-Benz builds new Pullman State Limousine
25th February, 2007
Mercedes-Benz engineers are currently developing a new, prestigious luxury limousine with integrated protection for governments, businesses, monarchs and heads of state ..... more

Audi's New Coupes Arriving Soon
25th February, 2007
The A5 successfully unites the acclaimed Audi design language and thrilling dynamic driving performance and combines generous refinement with the brand’s characteristic quality and sophistication ..... more

Nissan Pioneers Fuel-Cell Limo
23rd February, 2007
Nissan delivered to Kanagawa Toshi Kotsu the latest version of the X-Trail fuel-cell vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells to be used as part of their chauffeur-driven hire-car fleet ..... more

Ferrari Relay Passes Through Japan
23rd February, 2007
With just a week to go before it arrives in Australia, the Ferrari 60th Anniversary Relay has passed through Japan ..... more

Iced Saab
23rd February, 2007
Saab customers, VIP guests and dealers from all over the world are being greeted with ‘a cab on the rocks’ when they arrive for the Saab Ice Experience event at Sweden’s world famous ICE HOTEL ..... more

World premiere in Geneva: Smart Fort Wo BRABUS and BRABUS Xclusive
23rd February, 2007
At next month's Geneva Motor Show, Smart will be presenting the two BRABUS variants of the new Smart Fortwo to the public for the first time ..... more

Kia ex_cee’d Cabrio Concept
23rd February, 2007
Kia’s all-new ex_cee’d cabrio concept car will be premiered at the 77th Salon de l’Automobiles in Geneva, Switzerland ..... more

Suzuki Previews Fuel Cells At Melbourne
22nd February, 2007
Its futuristic Ionis concept car is powered by a fuel cell and features sophisticated drive-by-wire control systems in a sleek, futuristic body ..... more

World premiere of the VW Passat BlueMotion in Geneva
22nd February, 2007
The new VW Passat BlueMotion – no other vehicle of its size consumes less fuel! ..... more

Nissan’s Trio of New Models
22nd February, 2007
Nissan will unveil three new models (Dualis, Micra and 350Z) at next month’s Melbourne Motor Show ..... more

Citroen C-Metisse Named Concept Car Of The Year
22nd February, 2007
Citroen will be presented with the Louis Vuitton Classic Concept Award for 2006 at the Geneva Motor Show in March ..... more

Peugeot To Present New 207 At Melbourne Motor Show
21st February, 2007
Peugeot will launch its new 207 hatchback range onto the Australian market with both diesel and petrol engines at the Melbourne Motor Show, next month ..... more

Honda Hydrogen Power For Melbourne
21st February, 2007
The future of motoring will be on display at the Melbourne Motor Show in the form of a new Honda that consumes only hydrogen and emits only water vapour ..... more

Lotus Europa Now Available
21st February, 2007
The Lotus Europa S, which went from concept to production in just 28 months, is now available in Australia ..... more

Suzuki SX4 Sedan To Debut In Geneva
21st February, 2007
Suzuki's stand at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show will feature the world debut of the SX4 sedan ..... more

Maserati Reveals The New GranTurismo
21st February, 2007
Maserati has taken the wraps of the GranTurismo, which will make its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March ..... more

Mitsubishi's Concept-Sportback for Melbourne
21st February, 2007
Mitsubishi announced yesterday that the company's Concept-Sportback from 2005 will be displayed at the Melbourne Motor Show from Friday 2nd March 2007 ..... more

Audi To Unveil Three New Models
20th February, 2007
The new Audi TT Roadster, Audi S3 and Audi A6 Allroad Quattro will all be revealed to the Australian public on the opening day of the Melbourne Motor Show ..... more

Value-Packed Holden Epica Pricing Announced
20th February, 2007
The 2.0-litre Epica CDX manual variant will retail from $25,990 (RRP), the 2.5-litre CDX automatic from $27,990 (RRP) and the 2.5-litre CDXi automatic from $30,990 (RRP) ..... more

Jeep Adds V6 Petrol Engine To Grand Cherokee Line-Up
20th February, 2007
Just quietly, Jeep has come bottom of the class (so to speak) in arguably the world’s largest ever study into car reliability ..... more

Volvo XC90 V8 Sport & XC90 Executive
20th February, 2007
Originally not intended for Australia, the Volvo XC90 V8 Sport is now available locally as a $5,000 package above the recommended retail price of the XC90 V8 ..... more

Mazda CX-9 For Melbourne Motor Show
20th February, 2007
Mazda will give Australians a preview of its seven-seater CX-9 SUV at the Melbourne Motor Show when it opens at 5 PM on 2nd March, 2007 ..... more

How Low Can You Go?
20th February, 2007
The World's Lowest Car, the 54.3 cm British-built "Flat Out", is headed for the Melbourne Motor Show, which runs from 2nd to 12th March, 2007 ..... more

Corvette Z06 with RHD
19th February, 2007
The 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, is now on sale in Australia through Performax International, offering unprecedented capability and technology, making it one of the best-value performance buys among the rarified ranks of the world's fastest road cars ..... more

New Mini For Australia
19th February, 2007
The new Minis are arriving in Australia ..... more

New VW Touareg Released in Europe
19th February, 2007
In just four years, about 300,000 car drivers worldwide chose to drive a new Touareg. Right out of the gate, the Volkswagen advanced to become one of the most successful luxury SUVs ever ..... more

Facelift for Mercedes-Benz G-Class
19th February, 2007
Mercedes-Benz has refined its European cross-country classic, the G-Class, yet again ..... more

Le Mans classic in the Audi museum mobile
19th February, 2007
What is surely the world's toughest and most fascinating motor racing event will be held for the 75th time in 2007. Lap after lap. Around the clock. Reason enough for the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt to dedicate a special exhibition entitled "24 heures" ..... more

Ferrari Parades For Sydney And Melbourne
19th February, 2007
A total of 120 classic and modern Ferraris are set to parade through Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday 3rd March (Melbourne) and Sunday 4th March (Sydney) to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Italian car maker ..... more

UK MG Owners Looking Forward To The Marque's Return
18th February, 2007
After many in depth conversations with Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) a ‘trusted partnership’ has grown between the UK based MG Owners Club and NAC where the Club has been able to advise on MG’s rich heritage ..... more

Aston Martin Celebrates Flagship Vanquish Model
18th February, 2007
Just 40 examples of a new Vanquish S Ultimate Edition will be handcrafted at the company’s Newport Pagnell production facility in Buckinghamshire ..... more

Lotus For NSW Police
16th February, 2007
Lotus Cars Australia has donated a special new recruit to the NSW Police Bankstown Local Area Command with the delivery of a high performance Lotus Exige ..... more

Three All-New Jeeps Make their Australian Debut
16th February, 2007
The all-new Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited (four-door) will spearhead the show, providing a prequel to the brand’s product offensive which will see the range grow from four models to seven this year ..... more

HRT's New VE Commodores
16th February, 2007
The most successful team in Australian Touring Car history, the Holden Racing Team, today unveiled the cars it hopes drivers Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly can claim back the V8 Supercar Championship with - the new generation Holden VE Commodore ..... more

Mercedes-Benz Vito Van Range
16th February, 2007
With the present model entering its fourth year, the Vito embodies all of the characteristic engineering, safety and comfort the three-pointed star is famous for. This popular one-tonne van range starts 2007 with a host of enhancements and revisions ..... more

Dodge Nitro Makes Australian Debut
16th February, 2007
Featuring unusual styling (some may say ugly) and a flexible interior design, the Nitro will come with a choice of petrol and diesel engines ..... more

Fastest Ever BMW Convertible Now on Sale
16th February, 2007
BMW’s fastest ever soft-top, the new BMW M6 Convertible, has arrived in Australia with the first customer cars just delivered ..... more

Saab 9-5 BioPower 100 Concept Premieres at Geneva
15th February, 2007
Saab will give sustainable motoring a performance boost at next month’s Geneva Motor Show when it unveils its latest BioPower technology – the first production-based engine to be optimised for pure bioethanol (E100) fuel ..... more

Flux Wins Peugeot Design Competition
15th February, 2007
Driven by the desire to design a car that would give an enjoyable experience to each of its occupants, Mihai Panaitescu, a Romanian design student studying in Turin, designed the Flux ..... more

Hummer H3 Arrives In July!
14th February, 2007
The wait is over – Australian customers can now order the new Hummer H3 with the model line-up, pricing, retail network and management team confirmed ..... more

Dodge Demon Demands Attention!
14th February, 2007
The Dodge Demon Roadster concept car, which will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, is a compact, nimble, two-seat rear-wheel drive “roadster with attitude” ..... more

All-New Mazda 2 Around The Corner
13th February, 2007
Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of the all-new Mazda 2 (known as the Mazda Demio in Japan) at the 77th Geneva Motor Show ..... more

Revised Nissan 350Z Coming
13th February, 2007
Nissan will be showing, at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, the updated 350Z which will reinforce its credentials as a pure sports car with thrilling, involving performance ..... more

Land Rover Legend Lives On
13th February, 2007
Customer demand for the Defender continues and overnight, in England, saw a substantially revised new model for 2007 roll off the production line at Solihull ..... more

Aston Martin Tests Ten
12th February, 2007
The full range of Aston Martin racing cars tested together for the first time at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track in the South of France on the 9th and 10th February, 2007 ..... more

Mazda's 800,000th MX-5
12th February, 2007
Total production of Mazda’s Roadster reached 800,000 units on 30th January, 2007 ..... more

Chevrolet Corvette To Pace 2007 Indy 500
12th February, 2007
A 2007 Chevrolet Corvette convertible will pace the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday 27th May, 2007 ..... more

New Fiat Ducato Arrives In Australia
12th February, 2007
The Ducato has a tough task ahead, as Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen continue to satisfy customers and drivers, alike, with the new Transit, the new Sprinter and the LT ..... more

Citroen C-Crosser To Be Unveiled in Geneva
11th February, 2007
Citroën’s bold, innovative and versatile C-Crosser is to make its World Motor Show debut at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show next month ..... more

Land Rover Discovery Van For UK
11th February, 2007
In response to customer demand, Land Rover has announced that it is to launch a commercial derivative of the award-winning Discovery 3, which will go on sale on 19th March, 2007, in the UK ..... more

New Peugeots for Geneva Motor Show
11th February, 2007
The Geneva Motor Show is always an important event for Peugeot and this year the brand will be revealing no less than three new body styles of the 207 range, along with its new sport utility vehicle (SUV) – the 4007 ..... more

Subaru ‘Boxer’ Turbo Diesel For Geneva Debut
9th February, 2007
The world’s first horizontally-opposed turbo diesel engine makes its debut at the 77th Geneva Motor Show next month on the Subaru stand ..... more

VE Goes Stateside
8th February, 2007
Holden today confirmed the VE Commodore SS would be exported to the United States in 2008 to take its place among General Motors' flagship high performance vehicles ..... more

Ford Taurus Returning To North America
8th February, 2007
Ford Motor Company announced, overnight, that it is bringing back the well-known Ford Taurus name to North America and introducing a new name – the Taurus X – for its new wagon and returning the Mercury Sable to the line-up as 2008-models ..... more

Honda Hybrid Concept for Geneva
7th February, 2007
The current Honda Civic Hybrid uses petrol as its primary fuel source. Our Editor has his fingers crossed that Honda will switch to diesel as the primary fuel source, thus avoiding a wasted opportunity ..... more

Alfa Romeo Scoops Top Design Award
7th February, 2007
The world’s leading designers have voted the Alfa Romeo 8C as the 2006 Production Car Design of the Year with an overwhelming 73 per cent of the votes cast ..... more

Caparo T1 for Melbourne
7th February, 2007
A British-built sports car that looks and goes like a Formula One car for the road will be an attraction at the Melbourne Motor Show ..... more

Suzuki 2006 Global Sales Announced
7th February, 2007
Suzuki has released its global sales figures for 2006 with the result being a total of 2.174 million units sold worldwide, an increase of 8% from 2005 ..... more

Mazda to Exhibit Hakaze Concept Car in Geneva
6th February, 2007
The Mazda Hakaze is a four-seat coupe-style compact crossover SUV designed at Mazda’s European Design Centre and aimed at people in their thirties and forties who lead active, adventurous lifestyles ..... more

quattro for one in three Audis
6th February, 2007
One in three Audi models (worldwide) is fitted with quattro four-wheel drive: in 2006 Audi recorded an all-time highest quattro installation rate of 33.1 percent ..... more

Caterham Powers Up
6th February, 2007
Caterham’s legendary Seven family is boosted this month with the arrival on the UK market of the brand-new 150 bhp Ford Sigma engine to deliver a rasping 270 bhp per tonne ..... more

Holden Epica Makes Its Debut
5th February, 2007
Pricing will be announced in due course but Epica will be aimed at the value end of the mid-size sedan segment ..... more

Unique Ferrari 612 To Celebrate 60 Years
5th February, 2007
Ferrari is to build sixty 612 Scagliettis to celebrate its 60th Anniversary ..... more

2006 Best Ever Year For Holden In Middle East
4th February, 2007
Holden has achieved its best ever year of sales in the Middle East, exporting over 31,000 new cars to the region in 2006 ..... more

Limited Edition MX-5 Hits The Road
2nd February, 2007
This month Mazda adds more exclusivity and desirability to its MX-5 sports car by introducing a Limited Edition model ..... more

Old Fire Appliance Rescued
2nd February, 2007
In England, the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service have restored back to its original condition a vehicle from its historical fleet, a Dennis F7 Pump Escape Fire Appliance ..... more

BMW Announces Prices for the New X5
2nd February, 2007
Priced from $85,000, the new X5 will make its Australian debut at the Melbourne Motor Show on Friday, 2nd March, 2007. Customer deliveries of the BMW X5 diesel and V8 petrol models will commence the following month ..... more

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition
1st February, 2007
The new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition displays thoroughbred motor-racing credentials. Featuring more than 300 modified components, the super sports car serves up a boost in output, more dynamic chassis tuning, improved aerodynamics and distinctly sporty interior appointments to thrill even the most demanding of sports-car enthusiasts ..... more

New Phase II Renault Scénic Range
1st February, 2007
A new seven-seat Grand Scénic, Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) as standard on all models and subtle styling enhancements have been added to the trademark innovative design of the Renault Scénic with the release of the Phase II Scénic range ..... more




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