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Melbourne International Motor Show, p3
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Nissan's
Hypermini is electric-powered.
It is also p. d. ugly which is a pity
(Merc' can make the Swatch car look reasonably nice, for example).
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Scene stealer on the Porsche stand
is the latest incarnation of the
911 Turbo (right),
this with a 3.6 litre turbo-charged engine (flat-6 as always)
producing 309kW and driving a 6-speed manual gearbox and
a four wheel drive transmission.
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911 Turbo (4x4)
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Rover's return
to Australia is in the shape of the
Rover 75
saloon, powered by a 2497cc V6 engine.
The Connoiseur model (au$60,500) has leather trim and walnut
"everywhere".
The car is of medium size with
good interior room and reasonable leg room in the rear seats.
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Toyota are going to release an updated RAV4 later this year
but only have the current
RAV4
on the stand which is looking quite dowdy compared to the likes of the
CR-V.
The Avalon
sedan, to go on sale in July, was also unveiled.
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Toyota MR2
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Volvo
has a new version of the
V70
station wagon available in 4x2 or 4x4.
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VW
are pushing the new Bug/ Beetle hard.
It is front engined and front wheel drive and owes a lot to the VW Golf.
Is there is even a hint of Audi TT styling?
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Rob Hulls, the Victorian Minister for making things,
tries to convince motoring industry representatives that
the Melbourne Exhibition Centre should be called Brack's Shack
since Labor's election victory.
There are risky times ahead for manufacturing -
car firm mergers, GST, changes in world trade.
He made much of the (Vic' built) Toyota
Avalon
sedan, launched
at the show, and of the Access-II fuel efficient demonstrator vehicle
being built locally for a world tour from ~May.
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