This Month
Full speed ahead for Transurban despite traffic chaos
The traffic jams surrounding Sydney’s new Rozelle Interchange haven’t bothered Transurban investors, with the stock rising 7 per cent since it opened in late November.
- Jenny Wiggins
Rozelle road designs kept from public view
Infrastructure Australia did not see final plans for the Rozelle Interchange and councils and communities had no access to details before the controversial project caused gridlock.
- Jenny Wiggins
Labor hits family-friendly hybrids with luxury car tax
Popular models such as Toyota Klugers will be included in a new definition of fuel efficiency and face a 33 per cent tax.
- Jacob Greber
Golden times for the used car market are over
The average time taken to sell a secondhand vehicle in Australia is at its highest level in a year, and values keep dropping.
- Simon Evans
How to avoid breaking the budget on a new car
Getting behind the wheel of a new vehicle amid a cost-of-living crisis is tough, but you have options.
- Nina Hendy
Collecting classic cars for fun - and profit
Most cars will depreciate over time, but keen investors know that certain models will always buck that trend.
- Nina Hendy
How Lamborghini plans to make EVs sportier
Electric sports cars are just at the beginning of their development and will eventually obliterate lap records with new levels of control and precision.
- Tony Davis
How Australia’s ‘massive traffic muck-up’ stalled Sydney
The NSW government says it has “no intention” to change how lanes are configured on Sydney’s Anzac Bridge despite fury from residents stuck in traffic.
- Jenny Wiggins
$3.9b traffic jam as toll-paying WestConnex motorists get right of way
The NSW government is limiting traffic from public roads in favour of WestConnex under a deal struck with Transurban last month.
- Jenny Wiggins
November
The AI tech that’s sorting fruit and veg amid labour shortages
Vision AI’s technology to sort fruit and vegetables faster has been picked up by manufacturers.
- Nina Hendy
- Exclusive
- Conflict of interest
Deloitte accused of double-dealing Honda sellers
Honda dealers are suing their parent company, and say auditors Deloitte used their confidential accounts data to help the car manufacturer buy them out cheaply.
- Jessica Sier
Exclusive Sydney car club faces collapse as it posts $770,000 loss
The warning comes after eight directors resigned this year from the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and its prior auditors, Walker Wayland, quit.
- Lucas Baird
Flyers for EV outfit GoZero hit inboxes; 50pc margin uplift predicted
GoZero is forecasting a “strong profitable growth profile”, underpinned by government and commercial contracts.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix
What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?
- Phillip Coorey
Make EV drivers pay or face cost-of-living backlash, Labor told
The federal government is reluctant to bring in a road-user charge for electric cars because it believes ownership rates of low-emission vehicles are still too low.
- Jacob Greber and Gus McCubbing
Bosch parks Bendix Brakes on the sale block; MacCap hired
It is not known how advanced the MacCap-led process is, however, sources suggested it was well-progressed.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
The first Rolls-Royce built just for two costs $10m-plus per seat
The luxury car company harks back to the coach building days with its bespoke Droptail, even more exclusive than its usual luxury vehicles.
- Tony Davis
Afghanistan’s supercar makes its global debut – after going viral
It’s clear this car is different to the dozens of other vehicles on display at the Doha edition of the Geneva International Motor Show.
- Linda Lew
September
$2 a litre here to stay as petrol pump records tumble
Record petrol prices are likely to rise even further and motorists should get used to paying more than $2 a litre as global oil prices continue to climb.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Your Ferrari could be gone in 60 seconds
Gangs are taking advantage of weaknesses in vehicle security and insurers are increasingly wary of modern prestige marques. Here’s what you can do.
- Chris Bryant
