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Poll: Does product placement work?

After watching the latest Bond film, we're beginning to wonder whether Bond's so angry just because of all the products he's meant to spruik. We wonder whether he's reading this story right now on his Intel-inside PC...

20/11/2008 04:53 PM

Poll: Is Top Gear Australia in with the sharks already?

It was always going to be a tough field to plough: re-mixing the BBC's hugely successful Top Gear into something uniquely Australian. Based on the evidence of the first show, we're not convinced they've succeeded.

30/09/2008 01:47 PM

Poll: Rate Ford's FG Falcon

At the 2008 Melbourne Motor Show, Ford presented its upcoming Falcon to the public for the first time. We'd like show-goers to give us their opinion.

03/03/2008 12:29 PM

Get a Nokia with your Renault

Renault has announced a special edition of its Twingo small car, the Twingo Nokia, complete with complementary 6110 Navigator and naff decals.

05/10/2007 10:47 AM

CNET.com.au rides with Craig Lowndes

It's been a week since Craig Lowndes took us around Eastern Creek Raceway -- hitting 270km/h in the process -- and we're still tingling.

22/06/2007 04:54 PM

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New Mazda3 hatch and sedan now both revealed

Mazda has now revealed both the sedan and hatch versions of its popular 3, prior to it going on sale next year.
Porsche Panamera merges sedan and hatchback

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Next Lexus RX sports iDrive/MMI/Comand-style controller

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Bye bye Nissan 350Z, hello 370Z!

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Oi!: Poll: Does product placement work?

After watching the latest Bond film, we're beginning to wonder whether Bond's so angry just because of all the products he's meant to spruik. We wonder whether he's reading this story right now on his Intel-inside PC...
Modified Audi A4 achieves world record on alternative fuel

A modified Audi A4 B7 Quattro has achieved a world speed record of 327.2km/h running on an alternative bio-gas fuel processed from grass.
Cadillac's Aussie comeback mixes art and science

Cadillac is returning to these shores from early next year but land yachts and seats fit for Elvis' waistline are off the agenda.
Pagani Zonda C12S Roadster

If you think Ferraris and Lamborghinis are pretty out there, then the Pagani Zonda will reset your boundaries. And if you have a wheelbarrow of cash in the backyard you can now drive one on Aussie roads.

New Mazda3 hatch and sedan now both revealed

Mazda has now revealed both the sedan and hatch versions of its popular 3, prior to it going on sale next year.
Bye bye Nissan 350Z, hello 370Z!

It's unmistakably a Z-car, but it's shorter, more feline and less butch — the new Nissan 370Z is set to debut at next month's Los Angeles Motor Show.
Lamborghini thrusts its four-door Estoque forth

Lamborghini has been teasing us over the last couple of weeks with teaser shots of its latest concept car. Now the company has let the bull into the china shop: a four-door sports car called the Estoque.
Porsche Panamera merges sedan and hatchback

Porsche has just unveiled a four-door sedan-hatchback mash-up, the Panamera, which will take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, Astona Martin Rapide and the Lamborghini Estoque.
Next Lexus RX sports iDrive/MMI/Comand-style controller

Lexus unveiled the updated RX range of soft-roaders at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. The new vehicles feature updated powertrains and new designs, as well as being the first Lexuses to sport an iDrive/MMI/Comand-style interface.
Michelin moves the motor to the tyre

It might sound counter-intuitive but if the future of the car is electric, then we could well see the motor move from the front of the car to the wheels. Well, that's what Michelin, Heuliez and Orange have in mind.
Poll: Does product placement work?

After watching the latest Bond film, we're beginning to wonder whether Bond's so angry just because of all the products he's meant to spruik. We wonder whether he's reading this story right now on his Intel-inside PC...
Modified Audi A4 achieves world record on alternative fuel

A modified Audi A4 B7 Quattro has achieved a world speed record of 327.2km/h running on an alternative bio-gas fuel processed from grass.
Cadillac's Aussie comeback mixes art and science

Cadillac is returning to these shores from early next year but land yachts and seats fit for Elvis' waistline are off the agenda.

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New Mazda3 hatch and sedan now both revealed

Mazda has now revealed both the sedan and hatch versions of its popular 3, prior to it going on sale next year.
Porsche Panamera merges sedan and hatchback

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