Tips, news and autopart reviews

You are browsing the archives of- Tips, news and autopart reviews.

Hennessey Performance Upgrades the 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo The very famous tuner Hennessey who is in talks these days because of its Venom GT, has bought another delight for the admirers of its performance engineering. A small but a notable upgrade from Hennessey now boosts the  Porsche Panamera Turbo to gain a total of  50-hp [...]

Now that our three-month long term review of the Toyota Prius has completed, one of the main features that we felt lacking in the Toyota Prius has been added. Toyota has today announced its third-generation Prius hybrid environmentally friendly car will be come with the option of bigger wheels and tyres. Adding a much needed [...]

21 year old Canberra P-plate driver Joanne Gross has recorded one of Australia’s highest ever blood-alocohol readings – a staggering 0.385 per cent. The result, 19 times the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit for a P-plate driver in the ACT, followed a road side breath test where police say Ms Grosse was so drunk [...]

BMW chairman, Mr Norbert Reithofe, has told UK magazine Autocar that the German brand will be introducing a small, front-wheel drive model to fit between the BMW 1-Series and MINI lineup. “We will be extending the BMW and MINI brands into the small car segment with new models and variants,” said Mr Reithofer. The news [...]

The pick of the CX-7 bunch Model Tested: 2010 Mazda CX-7 Classic (FWD); 2.5-litre, four-cylinder, petrol; five-speed automatic; five-door SUV: $33,990* Entry price, ride, equipment, practicality, style, quality Handling at the limit, fuel economy CarAdvice Rating: Front-wheel-drive, all-wheel-drive, diesel, petrol, turbocharged, naturally aspirated – the four model CX-7 range literally has something to suit everybody. [...]