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VOLKSWAGEN – DOPING SCANDAL AGAIN?
The recent revelations and subsequent admissions by Volkswagen in Germany smack of the East German doping predications of the 1970’s. Inspired by the need to provide low emission vehicles, particularly in the USA, Volkswagen have admitted that they ‘scammed’ the …
VOLKSWAGEN “DIESELGATE” COULD HAVE CAUSED 106 DEATH
The following story was posted online this morning through www.autoguidenow.com It’s bloody typical of the USA that when a company that isn’t one of its own does something wrong, that they lambast them. Associate Professor Noelle Selin from M.I.T suggests that …
US INVADES GERMANY AT FRANKFURT
Fiat Chrysler parts division Mopar dropped three custom fitted Jeeps into the Frankfurt Motor Show last week. This incursion amply demonstrated to show goers and a worldwide audience on the internet how far you can go to personalize your Jeep. …
TOP 10 MOST RELIABLE AND LEAST RELIABLE CAR BRANDS 2015
Whilst this report is in context of the American market, it’s an interesting exposé as of the twenty brands featured, as 9 of the 10 brands featured in the “most reliable” are available in one model or another in the …
WHAT’S A POLLEN FILTER? – SERVICE MY CAR
A filter for pushing flowers through A bee uses this to make more honey A beekeepers tool None of the above Actually a pollen filter is or should be known as a cabin air filter – it’s just ‘sexier’ for …
PART OF THE UNION
Whenever I read or hear about union activism my thoughts go back to a song. A song? In 1973, UK band the Strawbs released a ‘funny little song’ as part of their album, “Bursting at the Seams”. Now I’m pretty …
INSIDER TRADING
If you’re involved in a stock brokerage business or buying or selling on the ASX or NYSE and you use privileged or confidential knowledge that’s not generally available to the market, you could expect to be a guest of the …
GUESS WHO BOUGHT A JEEP?
My good mate Pope Francis (Frank to his friends) turned up in Washington today after spending some time with the people of Cuba. And for all those Pope watchers out there who think that the Vatican takes a Pope Mobile …
Local Area Marketing advice with a small investment?
Hi, I’m Bob Aldons and I’m about to tell the Volkswagen dealers listed below how they can achieve increased traffic through phone enquiries, internet enquiries and by customers visiting their showrooms – or maybe I won’t – LOL Of the …
BRIGGS ON A MISSION
I had the opportunity to speak with Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs recently. The telephone call was facilitated by Luke Horwath, the Federal Member for Petrie, my local guy. I had an interesting conversation regards the changes in importation of vehicles …
AMIDST INTERNATIONAL DRAMA VOLKSWAGEN DEBUTS EUROPEAN TIGUAN AT FRANKFURT
GEN 2 TIGUAN EXPECTED IN AUSTRALIA IN 2016 Volkswagen has lifted the covers from the next generation Tiguan at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This is a preview production version of the replacement for the model that first debuted in 2007. …