Search Engine Turns Into A Stickybeak

PRIVACY activists are ringing alarm bells after Google unleashed a fleet of camera-equipped cars to photograph entire Australian cities for its online mapping site.

Imagine Traffic Taking A Breather

NO CARS in the CBD. It may sound radical, but it is a regular practice in more than 1500 cities around the world, according to the World Carfree Network.

Magic Million Around The Corner

Australians are buying new cars at a record rate despite the threat of another interest rate rise and increasing petrol prices, writes motoring editor Joshua Dowling.

Calling Clients To Account

MY FIRST job was filling cars at a Moorabbin petrol station at the age of 14 and my next job was working part-time at a metal shop, also in Moorabbin, when I was 15.

Australian Cars Lose To Japanese Invasion

IN A first for the Japanese car giant, Toyota has beaten the new monthly car sales of Holden and Ford combined as Australia's manufacturers struggle against a wave of imported vehicles.

Tough Tracks No Hurdle For The Grand Prix's Realist-in-chief

With the Melbourne Grand Prix on financially shaky ground, its new chief executive has a hard job in front of him - but he's unfazed, as Peter Wilmoth reports.

Fuelled Up And Belching, But Main Parties Look The Other Way

In Europe, car advertisements may soon carry warnings about fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions. In Japan, one in five cars is a hybrid. In the US, Congress wants to significantly tighten fuel efficiency standards.

Nrma Books In For Service

NRMA Motoring and Services will set up a new car servicing centre at Kotara that will handle up to 40 cars a day, it announced at its annual general meeting in Newcastle yesterday.