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Hyundai Santa Fe – Plush and Punchy
If you ever wanted proof of the value of first impressions, walk up to the new Hyundai Santa Fe, open the driver’s side rear door and take a peak. The measured opulence of the interior invariably forces a comment from the most hardened motorist. It did from me, and I’m pretty hard to impress. Hyundai…
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Isuzu D-Max Trifecta – X-Rider; X-Terrain; Blade
Isuzu Australia’s Mark Harman stuck me in a back-to-back procession of D-Max diesel double cabs over the Christmas/New Year period, allowing a widescreen view of the product differences, and some hints of the target markets each derivation is aimed at. Priced from $67,426 to $78,688 the spread of just over $11,000 allows several levels of…
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Turn it on, push the throttle, brace yourself
Hyundai Kona Electric The metallic grey paint job didn’t help. Neither did the ordinariness of the dog kennel-on-wheels SUV outline. The absence of a grille and aero type wheel covers also triggered the thought that the Kona Electric wasn’t quite ‘all there.’ Once inside, the impression improved as the cabin was replete with features and…
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Mack Rig Stretches Productivity
Some road trains seem to merge into the bush and desert as they recede in your rearview mirror. Not so GTS Freight Management’s PBS triple rig. Headed by Mack’s most muscular Super-Liner, the A-B-triple setup is all-black from the truck’s bumper to the back trailer’s bump stop, with dramatic deep purple highlights all along the…
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Ferrari 296GTS – Blistering Speed in a “Moving Sculpture.”
Eight years ago I drove Ferrari’s “moonshot capable” 488 GTB supercar and said it drove like a road-going F1 car. Well, now I’ve driven one better – the 296 GTS. It’s lighter, faster, and in the opinion of almost every enthusiast who sees it in the steel and carbon fibre – the most attractive Ferrari…
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Last of the V8s
They’ve been on the market now for a year or so, and Scania’s V8 engine line-up is proving to be very popular among linehaul operators, particularly with the explosion in multiple trailer operations. After driving a B-triple rig from Kalgoorlie to Perth with the 660hp and 3300Nm R-Series I can see why. So can Scania’s…
All Wheels Motoring
Get Behind The Wheel – Cars and Trucks
This is me . . .
Cars, buses, heavy duty trucks; on or off-road. On the track when I’m lucky and plenty of time on proving grounds around the world.
Join me behind the wheel . . .
David Meredith
Writer & Journalist