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GPS buyer's guide

Prices for GPS devices and apps have come down in the last year and many of us are looking at jumping on the bandwagon. We take a look at how it works, why you should (or shouldn't) buy a GPS, as well as key features to look out for.

Commodore back to the USA as a cop car

Holden's Commodore — actually the long-wheelbase Statesman model, if we're being pedantic — is headed back to the United States as a cop car.

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Reviews

  • Lexus IS250 Sports Luxury (2009)

    What the IS250 lacks in badge snobbery, it makes up for in good looks, rock-solid quality, neat handling and serenity enough to becalm a frazzled monk. While stuffed with tech, it isn't quite as up-to-date as we'd have liked.

  • Honda Civic Hybrid sedan (2006)

    Identified by the dinner plate wheels and skinny tyres, this greener Civic features a 1.3-litre engine mated to a battery pack and electric motor to return an official combined rating of 4.6L/100km and 109g of CO2 per km.

  • Honda Civic Sport sedan (2006)

    The Sport version of the Civic sedan features a bigger 2.0-litre heart, as well as the futuristic styling and dashboard, MP3 capable CD stacker and auxiliary jack seen elsewhere in the range.

  • Honda Civic VTi Sedan (2006)

    Featuring a space age dash, distinctive styling, MP3 capable CD player and an auxiliary jack, but no direct iPod access, this generation of Civic rescued the nameplate after years in the automotive wilderness.

  • Honda Insight (2010)

    It looks like a Prius, but Honda's hybrid Prius fighter is cheaper, simpler and winning plaudits around the world. Shame it won't be here until late this year, at the earliest.

  • BMW M5 sedan (2005 E60)

    BMW's uber-sports sedan, the M5, offers near-supercar levels of performance, yet it allows you to take four of your nearest and dearest along for the ride. The 373kW V10 engine propels it from standstill to 100km/h in just 4.7 seconds.

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Features

  • Electric car round-up

    Years after GM killed off its EV1 electric car, car makers are finally rolling out electric cars again. We take a look at three EVs on sale overseas and one that's available locally.

  • Q&A: Craig Lowndes talks tech

    At the announcement of his association with Symantec as an Internet safety ambassador, we sat down with V8 Supercar driver Craig Lowndes to talk tech and cars and car tech.

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  • Toyota says electric cars too pricey, for now

    Electric vehicles are clearly the favoured technology for concept cars at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week. But Toyota, the leader in hybrid cars, thinks that the high cost of the Lithium-ion batteries will keep electric cars from penetrating the mass market for another decade.

  • Better Place's software tells you where you can go

    Better Place founder Shai Agassi is ready to show off his software industry experience to improve electric vehicles. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the electric car service company will show off in-car software designed to ensure that electric car drivers have enough charge to keep driving.

  • Better Place to test electric taxis in Tokyo

    Beginning in 2010, Better Place will test its battery-swapping service with electric cars used as taxis in Tokyo.

  • Fisker hopes to impress the Karma police

    Among the different alternative-fuel strategies playing out, Henrik Fisker is betting big on plug-in hybrids. At a recent dinner speech, he said plug-in hybrids will be the dominant type of car for the next 10 to 15 years.

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