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4 Wheel News July... 2001
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30 November - 9 December 2001:
Essen Motor Show (.de)
29 November - 2 December 2001:
4WD and Adventure Show,
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Brisbane, Qld -
[Chris]
www,
[see 2000]
9-11 November 2001:
4WD and Adventure Show,
McCallum Park, Victoria Park, Perth, WA -
[Chris]
www.
Oct -->
25 - 28 October 2001:
National 4x4 Show, Melbourne Exhibition Centre,
(with Fishing and Great Outdoor Expo').
[x-refs].
Tel:03-9421-4490.
12-14 October 2001:
4WD and Adventure Show,
Ellis Park, on the corner of West Terrace and
Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide -
[Chris]
www
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12-21 October 2001:
90th Sydney Motor Show,
Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour -
"an estimated 55 new, upgraded and
previewed production and concept vehicles."
e.g. Mazda RX8,
Nissan ``Z'' car &
X-Trail 4x4,
Volvo
concept
cars, and
VW Microbus.
The
new Mini
and the Rover
75 wagon
will go on sale.
The new Ford
Explorer 4x4
will go on sale in November.
October 2001: London Motor Show,
Earls Court -
org'
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16 September 2001:
The Williams BMWs of Juan Pablo Montoya and
Ralf Schumacher finished 1st and 3rd in the
Italian Formula One Grand Prix with the Ferraris of
Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher 2nd and 4th.
14 - 16 September 2001:
Goodwood Revival Meeting, historic racing cars,
Goodwood, near Arundel, UK,
[www]
8-9 September 2001:
Beaulieu International Auto-Jumble (UK).
3 September 2001:
Colin Hunter and Bronwyn Humphrey in a Jeep Wrangler won the production
class of the 2001 Sunraysia 500,
Round 3 of the Australian Off-Road
Championship at Mildura last weekend. [-Jeep]
2 September 2001: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) won
the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
David Coultard (McLaren Mercedes) was second and
Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) third.
This takes Schumacher's career total to 52 F1 GP wins,
one more than Alain Prost's.
Juan Manuel Fangio won 24 GP (but there were fewer races back then), and
won 5 world championships. Schumacher was won 4 championships including
this year's.
2 September 2001:
Lindsay Fox Auto Collection
in the Docklands, Melbourne, open open for Fathers' Day,
2 September 2001:
Heavy rain in the Flinders Ranges,
South Australia, has cut roads and stranded walkers.
1-2 September 2001:
National 4x4 Show & 1st British Off-Road Motorsport Show
(supported by Off Road Motorsport magazine) takes place
1st-2nd September 2001 at Trentham Gardens, near Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
www,
[email]
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25-26 August 2001
European Truck Trials, Mohelnice (CZ)
[www]
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26 August 2001, Australian Safari winners:
Autos B. Garland (NSW) and H. Suzuki (NSW) Holden Jackaroo 4x4;
Motorbikes A. Caldecott (SA) KTM 660 Rallye;
www.
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| Right: Peter Brock at a water splash.
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- 22 August 2001, email from
Neil & Megs
Offroad Promotions
- " . . . Queensland Mud Drag Championships . . .
events to be held close to Brisbane . . .
put the 8th & 9th of September aside . . ."
19 August 2001, Australian Safari International, day one:
Auto division, 1st, D. Harringon and B. Bennett (Nissan Patrol ute).
Moto (bike) division: 1st, A. Caldecott (KTM 660 Rallye).
19-26 August 2001:
A 3700km rally for cars and light 4WDs
is part of the Australian Safari International
cross country event in the N.T. this year.
The new division joins those for modified 4WDs and for motorcycles.
18 August:
Bruce Garland (Holden Jackaroo 4x4)
won the auto-4x4 division of the `prologue', and
Stephen Greenfield (Honda XR650) won the Moto Division (bikes), of
the Australian Safari International.
19 August 2001: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) won
the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix and
thus the world championship with four races still remaining in
the 2001 season.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) was second in Hungary, and
David Coulthard (McLaren Mercedes) third.
17 August 2001:
A cold front brought strong winds and low temperatures
to Victoria, with snow down to ~ 900 metres, and similar
weather to continue into the weekend.
Some houses lost roofs and trees came down.
Take a chain saw if travelling on forest tracks.
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August 2001: Concept 4x4s from
Mitsubishi,
Nissan
and
Saab
to be at the Frankfurt Motor Show in
September.
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- 12 August 2001, from
Steve
Pickering:
- Important news on
Fraser Island. Track closures are planned for early
September. Details can be found on the Queensland Government website.
The QAFWDC is pushing for support to prevent these closures and is
asking that 4WD'ers join them in a protest rally next Saturday
morning if at all possible, and if not then to encourage people to
contact the
[minister]
regarding these track closures.
- QAFWDC Protest Fraser Island Protest Convoy:
- Keith Ross (QAFWDC President) has organised a protest rally to show
various people from Government the support for leaving the island as
is with no restrictions.
- Meeting at the Boondall Entertainment Centre.
Meeting time 6.00am Saturday morning 18/8/01.
Leaving at 6.30am sharp.
Returning Sunday Afternoon Approx.3.00pm
Travelling in convoy all the way to Fraser Island.
- There will be Free Barges to and from the island (with a small
account keeping fee of 3.85 per person)
Free Camping at Orchid Beach Camping Area and Waddy Point Camping area.
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Numbers must be to Keith Ross no Later than Thursday 16/8/01
For any further information and to get the numbers to him, please
contact Keith Ross
[email]
or fax:3277-0069
- Hon Dean Wells MP,
Member for Murrumba,
Minister for Environment,
17th floor,160 Ann Street, QLD 4002 CDE D53
tel:3225-1800,
fax:3229-6920,
[email]
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* August 2001:
"The Land Rover Discovery II has been
named as 'Best 4x4 off-roader'
in the Auto Express New Car Honours for 2001." [-Landrover].
The Discovery beat the Mercedes M-class and the Mitsubishi Shogun [Pajero].
6 August 2001:
There has been ~20cm of snow recently at Falls Creek and at
some other resorts, so there seems to be some cover at the higher resorts.
August 2001:
Mitsubishi
Motors will continue building the Magna
in Adelaide "for a while",
i.e. at least past a face-lift or two, or even until the
election after the coming one!
(Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in Japan.)
To be honest, it doesn't make much economic sense
(lots of other sense of course) to have GM, Ford, Toyota
and Mitsubishi building cars in such a small market, and
if the Australian dollar gets strong again it could be curtains
for Mitsubishi in Adelaide.
4-5 August 2001:
European Truck Trials, Osnabruck,
[www]
4 August 2001: Winter continues warm and dry in Australia
with virtually no snow in the Alps, except for some very
limited man-made snow at some down-hill ski resorts.
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August 2001:
The Daily Telegraph (28/7/'01) reports that
The European Union Commission has accepted
car makers voluntary proposals to improve pedestrain safety
aspects of cars:
Between 2005 and 2012 improvements to the design of the fronts of cars
will be phased in.
Rigid Bull Bars will not be sold or fitted from January 2002
[this is in Europe but see
[here]].
Running lights (remember Volvo!) will be fitted from October 2003.
ABS brakes will be standard from 7/2004.
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Safety,
Fronts,
and
Bars
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29 July 2001:
German Grand Prix, Hockenheim:
1. Ralf Schumacher, Williams-BMW;
2. R. Barrichello, Ferrari;
3. J. Villeneuve, BAR-Honda;
4. Fisichella, Benetton;
5. J. Button, Benetton;
6. J. Alesi, Prost.
28-29 July 2001: European Truck Trials, moved to
Steinbourg near Saverne (F).
This is the site of 4x4 Club 'vallee de la Zorn' and was already
in 1990 and 1993 a venue for EuropaTruckTrial.
[www]
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July 2001:
XII Raid de Inverno, Campos do Jordão, 183 km from São Paulo,
Brazil
[(click)]
- Julio Florez.
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27 - 29 July 2001:
Ateco Warn Challenge, hosted by the Yarra Valley 4WD club
(Vic', .au). This event is designed to test competitors and
vehicles to their limits in extreme conditions over three gruelling days and
nights. More information about the event can be found from the [Yarra Valley
4wd
club]
8_Jun_01 Tony_Robinson workcover vic gov au -->
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24 July 2001:
Jeep
is claiming that it is the 60th anniversary of the Jeep.
Well it is and it isn't.
It is the 60th anniversary of the Willys Overland Jeep,
which eventually begat Daimlerchrysler Jeep, but the original
Bantam Jeep
came along in 1940.
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23 July 2001:
Ford Australia is importing
F250 and F350
4×2 and 4×4 light trucks into Australia again.
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23 July 2001, Mitsubishi:
"Four-times FIA World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen and co-driver Risto
Mannisenmaki won the 2001
Safari Rally [Kenya] today after a convincing performance
in their Mitsubishi
Lancer
Evolution. In doing so Tommi shares the accolade
of being the world's most successful rally driver - with 23 World
Championship rally victories - alongside the semi-retired Juha Kankkunen,
Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart team-mates Freddy
Loix and Sven Smeets finished a fine fifth, fourth of the registered
drivers, after a determined drive beset with problems." [...]
Results,:
1. T.Makinen/ R.Mannisenmaki
Mitsubishi 8hr 58.37s,
2. H.Rovanpera/ R.Pietalainen
Peugeot 9hr 11.14s,
3. A.Schwarz/ M.Heimer
Skoda 9hr 16.12s
WRC for Drivers, standings:
1. Tommi Makinen 40 points,
2. Colin McRae 30 points,
3. Carlos Sainz 26 points.
15 July 2001: British Grand Prix:
1. M. Hakkinen, McLaren Mercedes;
2. M. Schumacher, Ferrari;
3. R. Barrichello, Ferrari.
July 2001: VW lights up the Passat with a
[4-litre W8].
13 July 2001:
PSA Peugeot
Citroen
and
Toyota Motor Corporation
have agreed on joint development and production of small cars
aimed as entry-level vehicles for Europe -
4-seat, 1-litre petrol or 1.4-litre diesel, ~ 300,000 vehicles/year, see
[www].
July 2001:
Toyota announced on 19th June that production of the Brazilian
Bandeirante 4X4
will end. This confirmed speculation in the auto' industry
over recent months.
Production of the Bandeirante will end in November 2001, the
month in which the company will commemorate the vehicle's 40th
anniversary. According to Toyota's previous announcements, the
Bandeirante's diesel engine would not comply with legislation
to come into effect in 2002.
The Sao Bernardo do Compo factory will turn to making components for
the Corolla (Indaiatuba, Sao Paulo) and Hilux (Argentina) factories
- Julio Florez,
Brazil.
8 July 2001:
Beaulieu 4x4 Show, Beaulieu, Hampshire (UK).
7-8 July 2001:
European Truck Trials, Pecs
[www]
6-8 July 2001:
Goodwood Festival of Speed.
5 July 2001: Limited edition Daihatsu
Terios
Aero from au22,750.
3 July 2001: Saab (.au)
has recalled 691 Saab 900 models sold in Australia.
It has been discovered that electrostatic discharge
[low humidity, nylon underwear... zap]
may cause the passenger airbag to deploy in some model-year 1998 cars.
1 July 2001, French Grand Prix:
1. Michael Schumacher, Ferrai.
4. D. Coulthard, McLaren Mercedes -->
July 2001: New model
Audi A4
on sale in Australia.
July 2001:
VW Bora V6
4-motion arrives in Australia.
July 2001: Pablo Requena sends some pictures from
Granada,
Spain.
30 June - 2 July 2001:
16th Annual New England 4x4 Jamboree
[email]
hunnewel@ctel.net -->
July 2001, right:
The Ford Falcon 6 Wheel Micro (6x2),
a 4-berth Winnebago motorhome on a
Falcon
chassis. The Falcon 6 is available with either a
6-cylinder or a V8 engine, automatic or manual gearbox.
Prices start at 76,530 () and get you shower & cassette toilet,
quick recovery hot water, and LPG stove and grill. See
[www]
30 June - 1 July 2001:
European Truck Trials Roppen
[www]
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