Show Caters For All Kids

FOR car enthusiasts, motor shows are often the best way to see auto exotica, and for those considering buying new wheels often the best way to do comparison shopping.

Red-bloods Among The Green

Carmakers have embraced electricity but horsepower also shared the limelight at the 2008 Detroit auto show, reports motoring editor Joshua Dowling.

Sporty Benz In From The Cold

The SLK's foldaway hard-top and V6 power impress Toby Hagon. It's hard to gauge exactly how many people buy a convertible sports car for the looks and how many buy it for the wind-in-your-hair performance. For many, it would no doubt be a combination of both. Performance does, however, seem an

Micro Macho Terrios

Daihatsu is shrinking the 4WD style-wagon ... even further. This pint-sized, off-road flavoured five-door Daihatsu four-wheel-drive will go on sale in Australia in about June. It was discreetly revealed, wearing a badge that said MS-X97, at the Geneva Salon de l'Auto last week. The official st

Super Salesmen

SIR: Recession depth-gauge reading for this month: a novel form of selling- hand-in-the-window at any participating major intersection. For sale: squeegee-clean windscreen outside, complementary warm charitable feeling inside. Ten points for initiative ... or is that opportunism? &qu