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NEXT CAR'S NEWSLETTER
13th FEBRUARY, 2004


WELCOME
to our newsletter #1




FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

Friends,

It's been a delightful experience working these past few months towards our goal of having a well planned and well laid out automotive website. Our plan is centred around our "easy reading" format. Happy with our site's development, we began promoting the site in late January. Now we're getting feedback from all around the nation and, even, two e-mails from foreign readers! There's no boundaries on the world wide web. And there's no boundaries in our quest to make your automotive reading time as interesting and as enjoyable as possible. We'll have plenty of topics coming along as time unfolds.

Your feedback is always welcome.

We trust you'll enjoy this first newsletter.

Warm regards,
Stephen Walker

The Editor - working day and night!
Stephen Walker - Editor
road testing the Ford Focus ST170
earlier in the year




In this issue:
  • The Editor's Desk
  • Contents
  • Looking back - Holden HD series
  • This week's news
  • Pick of the week
  • Trivia Quiz - how well do you know your cars?
  • Housekeeping
  • Trivia answers   (just so you can double-check!)




    • Holden Special sedan - HD series from 1965
    1965 Holden Special sedan - HD series

    LOOKING BACK

    With a completely new body, Holden's longest and widest yet, the HD offered big increases in passenger and load space, higher equipment levels, larger, self-adjusting brakes, optional front discs, new balljoint front suspension, alternator and two-speed Powerglide auto transmission. It also gave buyers the greatest choice yet: eight models, an expanded option list and three engines, including the powerful, twin carburettor 2.95 litre 'X2' version of the 179 ci 6, which developed 105kW.
    Base price when new: £1160 ($2,320).
    Total number built: 178,927.





    THIS WEEK'S NEWS SUMMARY


  • Larry Perkins plans a busy year
  • Audi introduces more new models to Australia
  • Saab revises the 9-3 and the 9-5
  • Mazda announces their MX Flexa concept car
  • Kia display a surprise new ute
  • Free Trade Agreement between Australia & USA excites GM
  • MG Rover Australia to import 2 exotic cars, the Noble M12 and the Pagani Zonda
  • Mini releases details of their long anticipated Cabrio
  • Jeep introduce a 4-cylinder Cherokee
  • Skoda is about the produce it's 1,000,000th Octavia
  • Worldwide sales increase for Peugeot-Citroen Group in 2003
  • Will our utes go to America?
  • Renault announce details of the "Wind", their new concept car

    All these stories can be accessed
    from our NEWS PAGE.
    Simply click on the link above.





    • EDITOR'S
    PICK OF THE WEEK

    After reading the news of this week, which story did you appreciate the most?   For me, I must say I really enjoyed reading about Skoda's good fortunes. Everyone knows about Skoda's robust cars of the past, so it delighted me to read of the brand's success with next week's milestone being the production of the 1 millionth Octavia. A great achievement given the history of the former eastern bloc. Skoda is now controlled by Volkswagen and it seems they are doing a great job!

    2004 Skoda Octavia
    2004 Skoda Octavia




    TRIVIA QUIZ


    How well do you know cars?

    1. In which country are Skoda cars produced?
    2. Which Pontiac model had a version known as "The Judge"?
    3. Who made the "Fulvia"?
    4. Auto Union became which marque?
    5. Was there a panel van in the Holden HD series?





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    TRIVIA ANSWERS


    1. In which country are Skoda cars produced?
        Czech Republic   (formerly Czechoslovakia)
    2. Which Pontiac model had a version known as "The Judge"?
        GTO
    3. Who made the "Fulvia"?
        Lancia
    4. Auto Union became which marque of today?
        Audi
    5. Was there a panel van in the Holden HD series?
        Yes



    That's it for this week ...... have a great weekend!

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