petrolhedonist
There's nothing the correct application of technology can't fix
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If you’re expecting an autonomous car to take the drudge away from tomorrow’s Monday morning commute, you’re going to be disappointed… For a long, long time. Autonomous might be the buzz word that’s beset the automotive world of late but for the foreseeable future, it’s fool’s gold. Proponents will say (correctly) that much of the…
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Daylight saving. Footy finals. Decent weather (at last) and the occasional hint of Xmas decorations… Already! I know! The signs are there and it’s time to get out of the house – and even the suburbs. Scratching those itchy feet is an occupational hazard at this time of year, so we’ve come up with a…
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If your Father’s Day treat to dad (or yourself) is a classic car, then it’s likely the best part of the experience is already over… Finding and buying a classic car can be fun… A crusade with a beautiful (perhaps) shiny prize at the end. But living with a classic car is a view best…
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But it can… And Aussies are buying into the love affair that are SUVs… Australians love the great outdoors It’s a cliché but if Aussie new car buying choices are anything to go by, it’s an ever more robust one! Sport Utility Vehicles (say it with a yank accent for a hint of the now-ubiquitous…
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There’s an electric car in your future. Perhaps a fuel cell vehicle, which turns hydrogen and air into electricity, or, more likely in the short term, a hybrid electric vehicle that uses electricity in urban areas and cranks over a conventional engine on the highway. Or it could be a pure electric car. A car…
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The plan was fraught with danger. Take three tiny cars to one big mountain and expect them to take on 40 faster racers and survive for 12 hours… What could possibly go wrong? Plenty. But it didn’t. And in the end all of them were running at the chequered flag for the 2014 Bathurst 12-Hour.…
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Built to take on the likes of Mazda’s CX-3 and give the Italian brand a foothold in the burgeoning small SUV segment, Fiat 500X shares little other than its name and face with the 500 hatch. Built on the same mechanicals as Jeep Renegade, it delivers a choice of petrol engines and front or all-wheel…
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Did you know Italian supercar maker Lamborghini is owned by Volkswagen? Well, striuctly speaking it’s owned by Audi, but that brand in turn is part of VAG, the Volkswagen Audi Group… This stunning Miura is part of the Volkswagen Museum collection at Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the home of VW. Petrolhedonist visited the museum recently… You…
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The inability to merge is a trait that pervades too many Australian drivers. Get stuck in a couple of lines of traffic and the chances are there are nufties arguing over who should go first as two lanes become one somewhere up ahead. And it’s not like they’re the automotive equivalents of Chip and Dale…
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Must be the sunshine — albeit diffused and weak on the first day of winter. Or perhaps it’s just the fact it’s the last day of the working week… Whatever the reason (perhaps they’re just taunting me on my day off), there’s a surfeit of Porsche drivers posing in Melbourne this morning. So far I’ve…
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