Photo: Rolls-Royce It’s relatively common for automakers to offer cash incentives designed to move inventory. Not enough people buying Nissan Altimas at full price? Just knock a few thousand dollars off the price and see what that does. Your typical Altima buyer actually has to think about money, though. A Rolls-Royce buyer, on the other … Read more
The future of personal transportation, cars and trucks and bikes and scooters, is electric. We know this now, and we’ve known it for some time, but automakers, despite all that knowledge, have dragged their feet on actually producing electric cars. Instead, when mandates came down from on high demanding more battery-powered cars, automakers simply shelled … Read more
Image: Mazda We know that, for the most part, most American car buyers are pretty boring; it would be nice if most of the general public were enthusiasts like us. Every so often though, there are glimmers of hope that there are more people who enjoy buying and driving something they enjoy rather than just … Read more
A popular restaurant chain has shut suddenly in South Australia, with a note farewelling customers left on the door. The Bavarian restaurant at Tea Tree Plaza Westfield, in Adelaide’s northeastern suburbs, shut on New Year’s Day, devastating many fans of the chain. A sign on the front door wished customers goodbye and thanked them for … Read more
2023 has officially come to a close, which means it’s time for us to dig through yearly sales reports for fun tidbits. For example, did you know that despite Chevrolet killing off the Bolt, sales increased 63 percent compared to 2022? Or that Miata sales were also up nearly 50 percent? What’s less fun, though, … Read more
The reborn Fisker produced just over 10,000 cars in 2023, delivering around 4,700 units of the Ocean crossover to customers across 12 markets worldwide (including some right-hand-drive countries) following the first deliveries in June. Fisker says it is already a revenue-generating company, despite supply chain issues and other challenges, and now it has launched a … Read more
Remember when you were eight years old, and you finally got to go to your first big auto show? The sights, the sounds, the oddly-musty smell of the convention center — all incredible, memorable experiences. There’s one, though, that stands above them all: Camp Jeep. Contrary to reports, the iconic Camp Jeep isn’t disappearing any … Read more
Ford has confirmed that it’s going to be raising prices for its base-model 2024 F-150 Lightning by roughly $5,000. This isn’t the first time Ford has toyed with the pricing for its electric pickup truck, but with its biggest competitor, the Tesla Cybertruck, still undergoing countless delays and still more expensive than the Lightning, Ford … Read more
Popular Australian craft beer company Wayward Brewing Co. is on the brink of collapse. The company’s owner, Peter Philip, revealed the brand, founded in 2012, is facing significant financial losses. Wayward opened a brewery and taproom in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Camperdown in 2015 and has become popular among craft beer lovers. Watch the … Read more
A terminally ill Victorian woman with stage-four breast cancer has been fleeced out of her entire life savings by a heartless scammer. Carolyn Coster, from Traralgon in West Gippsland, had been at La Trobe Regional Hospital in December last year when a PET scan revealed her cancer had metastasised to her bones and was at … Read more
