Eco groups call for drastic emission cuts

ENVIRONMENTAL groups want Australia to adopt European-level mandatory targets for greenhouse gas emissions that would see levels emitted from Australian-made cars slashed in half.

Cars Toll Unhealthy

HUNTER New England Health Service staff wrote off 33 cars in the 2006-07 financial year but most of them were damaged in the June 2007 Pasha Bulker storm.

Lancer Big On Options

Some see hatchbacks as fun, versatile cars while others see them as low-budget runabouts. Mitsubishi wants to give people a choice. Brent Davison reports.

Mystery Of The Bird Saga Remains: Who Is Advising Him?

THIS isn't in defence of Greg Bird. Nor is it a castigation. Too easy has it been for too many to jump - nay leap - to conclusions since the Sunday morning of August 24 when police cars screeched into the driveway of his Cronulla apartment block as if Osama Bin Laden had just been located.

Lpg ... The Case Against

A Volkswagen executive claims LPG is unsafe and "past history". By Richard Blackburn.

Local Man Makes Good At Ford

AN AUSTRALIAN will run one of the country's three remaining car makers for the first time since 2004, after the appointment of Marin Burela (pictured) as president and chief executive of Ford Australia.

Lemon Crush

Forget the good cars. It's time to celebrate the bad and the ugly.

Greens Compromise On Premium Cars 'a Dud'

THE Greens have been "sold a pup" under a compromise deal with the Federal Government to exempt fuel-efficient cars from the proposed luxury car tax rise, according to the industry, which says a "pitifully small" number of vehicles would be affected.

Market For New Cars Shrinks

THE bubble has burst. After a strong first half of the year, the new car market slowed last month as higher fuel prices, economic uncertainty and the proposed increase in the luxury car tax took their toll.

Challenge For Industry In Ford's Loss

THE Australian car industry needs serious investment in alternate fuel technology and hybrid cars, experts have warned, after the US carmaker Ford posted record losses yesterday.

Postcodes Point To Brand Popularity

Drive has searched census data to find out what cars live where. Richard Blackburn reports.

Rudd Tempts Toyota - Now For Gm

THE Federal Government hopes to entice General Motors to make environmentally friendly cars in Australia following its $35 million deal for Toyota to produce a hybrid Camry at its Melbourne plant.

Medium Cars More Than $60,000

MERCEDES-BENZ C220 CDI CLASSIC

Receivers Sue Opes Executive For $14.23m

RECEIVERS of the failed Opes Prime Stockbroking group are suing one of the three former directors, Anthony Blumberg, for more than $14.23 million that they claim he drew from an Opes-related company.

Richo, Is This A Case Of Double Standards?

IN AN era of NRL players being hauled over hot coals for the slightest public misdemeanour, South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson has avoided sanction or any semblance of remorse for an altercation with a volunteer council worker at Gosford.

Bmw 320d Executive

While the competition has never been tougher, this BMW is still on the mark, writes Cameron McGavin.

Inquiry Into Tougher Laws For 'lemon' Cars

IF THE experiences of US motorists is anything to go by, each year Australians buy up to 15,000 new-car "lemons" - cars that dealers fail to properly repair and manufacturers refuse to replace.

In The Herald: 1980

* The silver medallist sprinter Raelene Boyle pulled out of the Australian Olympic team for Moscow, citing personal rather than political reasons. Eric McRae, a member of the Australian Olympic Federation's 11-man executive, which voted 6-5 to send a team to Moscow, also dropped out. McRae, president of the Tasmanian Olympic Council, said Australia should not be represented. "I don't believe that the Games should be held in a country at war and an invading nation," he said.

Singleton Lures Top Man From His Old Firm

STW's flagship ad agency is in turmoil as John Singleton confirmed a return to advertising by luring a senior executive away from the ad shop that bears his name, Singleton Ogilvy & Mather.

Investors, Take Note

RETIREES and investors plunged $339 million into unsecured notes issued by Australian Capital Reserve and stand to lose a lot of it following its collapse a year ago. How much they will lose is still being determined by the liquidator, PricewaterhouseCoopers. As part of that process the liquidator has been picking through the entrails of the company in the NSW Supreme Court, examining the co-founders of the group - Sam Pogson and Murray Lapham, non-executive directors of ACR, associates, as well ...