Welcome to the Road Test
section of the Motoring Channel. Here you will find hands-on
impressions of new cars, where our team of motoring journalists road
test vehicles, giving their view on some of today's hottest products.
Our current feature review is the Ford Focus XR5 Turbo, which could well be the best hot hatch ever made.
Honda's second generation Jazz has finally arrived in Australia
and after 2.5 million sales across the globe can the new model shake
things up like its predecessor did? Feann Torr tests the 1.3-litre GLi
model and uses words like "cute" and "cheeky". Yes, we're worried...
As Peter Maniatis explains in this road test, the base model
Falcon is anything but basic: "The thought that has gone into this new
Ford has really impressed us at the Motoring Channel." With a 5-star
safety rating, this Falcon has a lot going for it.
Holden's new line of Sportwagon's were released a few months
ago, and the new Australian-built wagon has created quite a stir ever
since. We put the range topping Calais V to the test, to see how it
stacks up against the imported competition.
The grudge-match of the year plays out like this: HSV vs FPV,
red versus blue, the brawn versus the brain. Both cars are priced at
almost $80,000 and both outputs more than 300kW. But as always in such
car battles, there can only be one winner...
