Holden's Surprise In Birthday Cake

The automotive world fires its biggest guns at the national motor shows and the Melbourne expo was no exception. Brent Davison reports.

Holden Hands Over A Present

The automotive world fires its biggest guns at the national motor shows and the Melbourne expo was no exception. BRENT DAVISON wraps it up.

Roaring Forties

What kind of automotive diversity can you get for your money? Bruce Newton samples four very different cars priced under $40,000.

Sonata Breaks New Ground

Once upon a time Hyundai was Australia's standing automotive joke. No more, says Brent Davison after previewing the new Sonata range.

Traditional Rivals Shape Up

While the two automotive giants continue to trade blows, the public is the real winner, says David Morley.

Ion Shares Speed Off After Winning China Contract

The share price of automotive parts supplier Ion rose sharply yesterday after the company revealed a new contract to supply automatic transmissions to China.

China Deal Drives Up Ion Shares

The share price of automotive parts supplier Ion rose sharply yesterday after the company revealed it had won a contract worth at least $180 million to supply automatic transmissions to China.

Big Telstra Payout On The Cards

One way to keep investors happy is to throw money at them instead of at clever salesmen.

Ion Keen To Calm Market After Buyback Backlash

Directors of automotive parts and transport group Ion went into damage control yesterday after a $55 million capital raising sparked a major sell-off of the company's shares.

Holden Deal Gives Ion A Differential Revenue Spin

Automotive parts and specialised transport group Ion has scored a significant win by snatching the contract to supply the rear differential for the next Commodore range, set for release in 2006.

Motoring Giants Help Carry National Forge

Holden and Ford and two big car-parts makers have stepped in to underwrite temporarily the automotive parts operations of National Forge, which is in receivership.

Ion Snares Albury Btr Plant

Shares in automotive parts and transport group Ion Ltd are likely to rise this morning after the company yesterday announced another keenly priced acquisition.

C5 Serves Double Duty

CITROEN has long been regarded as a pioneer of the automotive world.

Alfa, The Practical Fashion Accessory

FINALLY, the waiting is almost over. On Tuesday Ateco Automotive's Alfa Romeo Australia division officially launches its latest arrival, the 156 Sportwagon. As the name suggests it is a sporting station wagon and the first Alfa Romeo station wagon to go on sale in Australia since the 33 all-wheel

Holden Coupe In Hot Demand

Holden dealers' phones have been running hot with buyers demanding to be put on the waiting list for a new two-door Commodore coupe. The top-secret Holden was unveiled at the Sydney Motor Show and instantly created an automotive sensation the likes of which we haven't seen for many years. It seem

Holden Thinks V Big

WHEN a company like Holden goes for the cheque book the rest of the automotive world takes cover. Holden went for the cheque book a few years ago and it was a signal that something big was happening at Fisherman's Bend. That `something big' was the new VT model Commodore, released a few weeks

Techno Superhighway

Expect radar cruise control, obstacle detection and electronic chaffeurs to appear in the near future, writes John Carey. Luxury cars are automotive technology's most fertile field. It is among the six-figure pricetags that bright ideas stand the best chance of production. The relatively wealt

Ferrari's Finger On The Future

A gear changing system adapted from Formula One makes PETER McKAY - or any driver - the swift and efficient equal of a GP champion. Porsche and Audi have Tiptronic semi-automatic transmissions, BMW's M3 has its sequential gearbox and now Ferrari is poised to equip its best-selling F355 with digi

32 Years ... To Be Precise

Among many acts marking the end of an era, the hair-raising Bridgestone team is making its final lap at the Showground. By Tony Davis. Among the animals, vegetables and minibuses departing the Sydney Showground for the last time at the end of this year's Royal Easter Show is an automotive icon

Big Ballyhoo, Little Package

IN 1993, Nissan's Micra overcame a form of automotive apartheid to win Europe's Car of The Year gong. Not only was it small in the world's most competitive small car market, but it was Japanese ... Every maker from Fiat to Ford devotes huge European resources to producing good little cars. Dem