The Toyota Camry Hybrid has overtaken the Toyota Prius in local sales, as Toyota’s in-house battle of the hybrids ticks over 50,000 units. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has sold its 50,000th hybrid car in Australia – split ...
Tags: Toyota, Camry, Local Sales
The Fiat Freemont has launched in Australia as the cheapest mid-sized SUV available, with the front-wheel-drive, petrol or diesel, five- and seven-seat range priced from $25,990. Compared with its Dodge Journey twin, the Fiat Freemont is ...
Tags: Fiat Freemont, MID-Sized SUV
Rumours that the Audi R8 e-tron project has been killed off appear false, with new pictures surfacing of the all-electric supercar in cold weather testing. Insiders at Audi cited expensive battery technology and a lack of power as reasons ...
Tags: Audi R8, Electric Supercar
The consumerâEUR(TM)s world is changing rapidly. Till the other day, there were some premier warehouses that stocked the best quality trailer parts, truck parts, parts for boats and caravan parts. These parts included just about any ...
Tags: Trailers, Transportation
Cars are no longer objects of luxury even when the high end models are concerned. In fact, the eagerness of buying a second hand car may not turn out to be successful because of a variety of reasons and the negligible condition of the ...
Tags: Vehicle, Transportation
In the latest round of crash testing performed by the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ coupe twins, Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback and Range Rover luxury SUV have been awarded a maximum five star ...
Tags: Range Rover, A-Class
The Maserati Ghibli, the model that will become the Italian car maker’s most affordable model, has been officially revealed. Maserati will head further into German luxury brand territory with the Ghibli that will sit below the ...
Tags: Maserati Ghibli, E-Class Rival
The Ford Focus was the biggest-selling vehicle nameplate in the world last year, according to a collation of new vehicle registrations by Polk. It’s the second consecutive year the Blue Oval’s small car has proved to be the ...
Leisure Trends Group will present a webinar Thursday that will include 2012 retail sales data and a look at emerging product categories, including new technologies. LTG retail analyst JJ Rudman?will present cycling retail sales data drawn ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
Barbara Greenlee of Bothell, Washington, is the latest winner of the Liv/giant bike design contest, which the Giant USA-owned women's bike brand runs with the Young Survival Coalition. Young Survival Coalition is a global organization ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Cycling journalists Carlton Reid, of Britain, and Patrick Brady, of California, are each launching new bike books via campaigns on the crowd funding site Kickstarter.com. Reid,the executive editor of BikeBiz, the UK bicycle trade ...
The Gluskin Townley Group, publisher of the American Bicyclist Study, has hired industry veteran Al Budris to act as a sales rep for the study. "Al has been in the bicycle industry for 33 years and has literally spent his entire life ...
Tags: Bicyclist, Bicyclist Study
The Philly Bike Expo, a consumer show, will move into a larger space this year, the newly expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia. The show is November 9-10. "The Philly Bike Expo is designed to inspire, and ...
Tags: Philly Bike Expo, Bike
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend opening day of the Eurobike trade show this year, Wednesday, August 28. Merkel will take about two hours to officially open Eurobike and then tour the show. “We are very pleased that the ...
Tags: Chancellor Merkel, Eurobike
Thanks to 2012’s unseasonably warm winter, IBD sales suffered from unfavorable year-ago comparisons this February but showed strength when viewed against the more realistic 2011 period, according to data from research firm Leisure ...
Tags: IBD sales, Merchandise