The Petrol summit won’t make petrol cheaper…
Mr Howard played down the possibility of significant price falls as more biofuels - including ethanol-petrol blends and biodiesel - were used.
“We’ve never represented this as being some kind of comprehensive answer to dearer petrol,” he said. “It can make some contribution over time, but it should not be seen as some magical answer.”
…but it will prop up the sugar-cane industry.
Mazda’s MPS 6 is launched with a price of $48.600 for the basic spec car and $54,600 for the leather pack, undercutting the RX-8.
If I had that much cash, I’d be hard pressed to chose between the two.
I don’t mind the look of the 380 but I’ll reserve judgement for seeing one in the flesh. The base-spec cars look a little under-wheeled on their 16″ rims but that’s easy to fix.
Every Magna (post the original ones) I’ve been in has been very good and certainly above the quality of the same years Falcadore. I don’t care for their feel-free steering but their handling is “safer” feeling than pre-BA Falcons I’ve driven (whether that’s inherrent understeeryness I’m not sure).
If they sell these to people who would have bought an Accord Euro or Mazda6, instead of targeting fleet sales and Falcadore buyers, I think they’ll do well.
Of course, overcoming 20 years of prejudice against Mitsu’s and 10 years of heavy discounting will be the hardest part. Shame.
Today is obviously the end of the embargo on the new Mitsubishi 380 so it’s all over the ‘net and the papers.
See it at:
On the whole impressions are positive. Here’s hoping that they sell a heap of them.
This is cool. An Australian dude has inveted a tilting vehicle that seems to be farily simple and narrow enough to be sensible. Videos if you click through to the link.
Awesome.
If I had all the money in the world I probably wouldn’t be blogging. If I had a lot more money than I do, I’d probably be buying my wife a Mazda6 wagon to cart the kid around in.
Seeing as I don’t, a Volvo 240 wagon looks good for the next car.
Carpoint has the specs of the new Daewoo Holden Viva. At about 21k on-road they’ll be good value. Whether they’ll be good cars is something that will have to wait until the roadtests start coming out.
There is a truly enormous lot of photos from the Fast Fours Jamboree in Queensland at HiOctane. Don’t look if you have work to do.
Swade at Trollhattan Saab might well be the most passionate and prolific single marque car blogger on the ‘net. Even if you aren’t in to Saabs, check out his site.
Interesting editorial over at The Truth About Cars on GM’s expansion into China. Short version: Robert Farago thinks it’s a bad idea.
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