While the first one million sales took more than 20 years, it was just nine years for the second million, eight for the third million, under six years for the fourth million and less than five years for the most recent milestone. The most popular Toyota over the past 47 years has been Corolla with 1.1 million sales, representing more than one in five Toyotas sold here. The Corolla was built in Australia from 1968 to 1999, with more than 600,000 units coming off the Melbourne production line. For the full story please visit nextcar.com.au

The new Mercedes-Benz Gullwing is powered by a 6.2-litre AMG V8 engine developing 420kW of power, making it the fastest Mercedes-Benz ever produced for the road. With a $500,000 price tag the first 30 Australians to order will take delivery in July. For the full story please visit drive.com.au

Ford Motor Company’s global chief executive Alan Mulally last week confirmed the next Falcon would end the nameplate’s decades-long run as a model designed and developed exclusively in Australia. It will instead be based on a new global large-car platform, likely to be shared with the US market’s Taurus, currently a front-wheel-drive.  For the full story please visit drive.com.au

 
If the system detects no reaction from the driver, the APDS can initiate braking as the vehicle nears the object, as well as decreasing the steering ratio to increase the intensity and quickness of the steering response. For the full story please visit themotorreport.com.au

The first Chinese-branded cars went on sale in Australia today in the form of two utes from Great Wall Motors. To read the full story please visit smh.com.au

GM Holden announced that the premium brand Cadillac will not be coming to Australia. GM Holden managing director, Mark Reuss   quoted “given the economic climate in Australia and worldwide it was not the right time to be launching a luxury niche brand here”. For more information visit http://www.caradvice.com.au/

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