Posted on January 19th, 2012 • by Bill Cawthon
Writing in The Age, Tony Davis picks the ten cars most significant in Australian motoring history. Among these is the Valiant Charger, a muscle car built at Chrysler’s Tonsley Park plant from 1971 to 1978. The Charger was very popular and won Wheels magazine’s “Car of the Year” award in 1971. After production ended, a [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2011 • by Bill Cawthon
Australian automotive guide Drive has named the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with the common-rail diesel its four-wheel-drive Car of the Year. The Jeep beat last year’s winner, the Land Rover Discovery 4. “It’s now pretty good,” noted one one judge. “They’ve fixed the interior, and it doesn’t have that plastic garden furniture feel to [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
The Melbourne Jeep Owners Club (MJOC) will be hosting the National Jeep Jamboree Victoria 2010 from September 30 to October 3 at Lardner Park in Warragul, Victoria. At the National Jeep Jamboree Victoria 2004, MJOC welcomed 600 visitors and nearly 300 Jeep vehicles set the bar for Jeep events in Australia, with over 600 people [...]
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