Cold War legacy a haven for nature
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 18, 2008
ONCE the Iron Curtain was synonymous with death and oppression. It was festooned with mines, tripwires, barbed wire, watchtowers and guards paid to shoot human prey.
But this no man’s land was also home to an astonishing variety of wildlife flourishing where the barrier separated communist East from capitalist West. Now, if plans stay on course [...]
Treading Lightly
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 20, 2008
Subaru’s third-generation Forester ups the ante in the small
soft-roader segment.
Joshua Dowling discovers which one is best.
A NEW Subaru Forester has just gone on sale at a time when sales
of soft-roaders are exploding.
We’re keen to see how the Forester compares with its likely
rivals, so we’ve assembled the top five sellers out of a field of
more than [...]
Bon Voyager
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 12, 2008
The new Chrysler people mover is built for comfort, Ian Porter
reports.
AS THE financial crisis spreads from Wall Street to the world
banking system and then to the suburbs of Melbourne, families will
be reconsidering their annual budgets, particularly their holiday
spending. Those budget considerations - and, perhaps, a heightened
environmental awareness after Earth Hour - could see fewer families
boarding [...]
Room to move
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 7, 2008
The new Hyundai Elantra shows definite improvement over its
predecessors.
HYUNDAI’S fourth-generation Elantra gave the Korean brand a much
improved model in the highly competitive small car segment when it
arrived as a sedan in August 2006. But the company’s global
best-seller was slow to gain momentum here. It has also been
somewhat overshadowed by the chic i30 Euro-hatch variant since [...]
Room to move
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 6, 2008
The new Hyundai Elantra shows definite improvement over its
predecessors.
HYUNDAI’S fourth-generation Elantra gave the Korean brand a much
improved model in the highly competitive small car segment when it
arrived as a sedan in August 2006. But the company’s global
best-seller was slow to gain momentum here. It has also been
somewhat overshadowed by the chic i30 Euro-hatch variant since [...]
Drive Life
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
It’s not every day a revolt affects how a car is designed
but that is how the Nissan Dualis was created.
When Nissan stylists were drawing up the company’s next-generation
soft-roader almost four years ago, green groups were calling for
four-wheel-drives to be banned from the streets of Paris.
Denis Baupin, the deputy mayor of Paris and a Green Party
councillor [...]
Split personality
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
Nissan’s Dualis is a soft-roader but not as we know it.
IT’S not every day a revolt affects how a car is designed but
that is how the Nissan Dualis was created.
When Nissan stylists were drawing up the company’s
next-generation soft-roader almost four years ago, green groups
were calling for four-wheel-drives to be banned from the streets of
Paris.
Denis Baupin, [...]
New wave of civilised European diesel
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 18, 2008
SAAB 9-3 VECTOR TID
SPORTCOMBI
The price: From $54,900
Vital statistics: 1.9-litre, four-cylinder turbo-diesel (110 kW,
320 Nm), six-speed auto, front-wheel-drive.
WHY WE’RE DRIVING IT
The 9-3 is only the second car (Saab’s 9-5 was the first) to
offer E85 motoring in Australia. But we’re driving the diesel,
which produces fewer emissions and achieves better fuel economy
than the E85/petrol motors. The common rail [...]
New wave of civilised European diesel
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 17, 2008
SAAB 9-3 VECTOR TID
SPORTCOMBI
The price: From $54,900
Vital statistics: 1.9-litre, four-cylinder turbo-diesel (110 kW,
320 Nm), six-speed auto, front-wheel-drive.
WHY WE’RE DRIVING IT
The 9-3 is only the second car (Saab’s 9-5 was the first) to
offer E85 motoring in Australia. But we’re driving the diesel,
which produces fewer emissions and achieves better fuel economy
than the E85/petrol motors. The common rail [...]
Soundstreams premieres first Cree opera
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
The very first operas, four centuries ago, were based on Greco-Roman myth. So an opera based on First Nations myth, with its similar conflicts between god and human, isn’t too much of a stretch.Tomorrow and Saturday, Soundstreams premieres Pimooteewin (The Journey), the offspring of composer Melissa Hui and playwright Tomson Highway. At a seminar at [...]