Rimowa Luggage has a reputation of invention and luxury. Metal trunks were a Rimowa first in 1937, and Polycarbonate luggage started with them in 2000. Both safe and gorgeous in form, one could travel like a celebrity with a Rimowa case, ...
Holden/HSV tuner Walkinshaw Performance has launched its first supercharged packages for the VF Commodore and Gen-F, offering peak outputs just shy of 500kW and 1000Nm. The Walkinshaw W457 package boosts output of the Holden ...
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Kia Australia has launched its first performance model with the introduction of the Kia Cerato Koup Turbo. The last of the Cerato family, the Koup is available in four configurations comprising two engines and two transmission choices. ...
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The new Nissan X-Trail, Pathfinder Hybrid and Pulsar SSS sedan have been confirmed for Australian showrooms in the second quarter of 2014 as the Japanese car maker continues the renewal and diversification of its local line-up. Nissan has ...
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Australian botanical extract manufacturer, Native Extracts announces what they describe as a 'world breakthrough' in that their advanced 'cellular' extraction process stabilises vitamin C for extended periods in an aqueous matrix, ...
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Cotton Australia and Cotton Incorporated announced a joint program to raise awareness of the responsible growing practices among cotton producers in Australia and the United States. Called Cotton LEADS, the program is aimed at textile ...
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According to report, BlueScope Steel announced on Monday that it planned to acquire Arrium’s OneSteel division for sheet and coil procession and distribution businesses. BlueScope would pay AUD23.1 million and it is expected that it ...
In the third quarter of the current year, the global iron ore production of Australia-based Rio Tinto, the world's second biggest iron ore producer, increased by two percent to 68.3 million mt compared to the third quarter of 2012, setting ...
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SMILOG has partnered with Vocollect, becoming a Vocollect Total Solution Provider (TSP) in Australia. This partnership means that SMILOG can now provide the full range of Vocollect hardware and software solutions across its Australian ...
Up to 100 workers at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing plant will be made redundant next month as the local car maker reacts to a drop in export orders. Toyota Australia says reduced demand from export markets has made it ...
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The landscape outside Seville ishellishly hot and dominated by dust. Yet it’s here amid the dry brush and sharp rocks that Hyundai’s WRC test drivers are toiling stoicly on their i20 rally car without an air-conditioned ...
CarAdvice spoke with Hyundai WRC team principal Michel Nandan at the WRC test sessions in Spain about the challenges of developing a new motorsport program and Hyundai’s use of Australian Chris Atkinson as a factory test driver. CA: ...
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Mazda Australia has ruled out selling locally the diesel or hybrid version of its third-generation Mazda 3, which is due to go on-sale early next year. Although the Australian arm of the Japanese brand admits the diesel in the outgoing ...
Mazda Australia reckons the third-generation Mazda 3 can steal back the title of Australia’s best selling car from the Toyota Corolla next year. After two full years (2011 and 2012) as the country’s top selling car, the Mazda ...
The sporty Hyundai Accent SR hatch has joined the local division’s updated city-car line-up. Previewed by a concept at last year’s Sydney motor show, the new Accent SR is unique to the Australian market and becomes the third ...
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