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Driver reported over high-speed crash at Elizabeth
Police have reported a man for numerous traffic offences after a high-speed crash at Elizabeth last month.
It will be alleged that about 7.40pm on Monday 11 January, a Subaru Liberty sedan was being driven at high speed on Philip Highway at Elizabeth South, when it collided with a Nissan station wagon, causing minor damage to the vehicle. No one was injured in the Nissan.
The Subaru did not stop, and continued north on Philip Highway where it was detected by a fixed speed camera at a school crossing, travelling at 193km/h in a 60km/h zone.
New-car sales posted their third month in a row in positive territory as COVID-19 travel restrictions eased and dealers continued to fill backorders in January 2021. Former favourite Holden also appe .
Following a pretty miserable year in 2020 for the new car market in Australia, 2021 has kicked off with a positive. An 11.1 per cent positive, to be exact. New vehicle registration figures, in the form of January 2021 VFACTS, show the local market is on the mend.
Consumers purchased 79,666 new vehicles in January, which is up 11.1 per cent on the 71,731 units registered in January last year. Our guess is this positive trend will continue throughout this year against the low numbers recorded throughout 2020, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At the top of the charts, Toyota has once again set the benchmark. It sold 16,819 vehicles in January, up 13.6 per cent on last January. Mazda crossed the line in second spot, with 8508 sales (up 27.1 per cent), with Hyundai rounding out the top three with 5951 sales (up 9.3 per cent).
Is 2021 the year LCVs become more popular than passenger cars? Utes and vans closing gap as hatchbacks and sedans continue decline
17 Jan 2021 • 3 min read
The idea of what a ‘family car’ is has changed dramatically in Australia in recent times, with traditional passenger cars (mainly hatchbacks and sedans) quickly falling out of favour while do-it-all LCVs (primarily utes and vans) continue to prove their worth.
In fact, it’s now reached the point where 2021 could be the year when LCVs finally outsell passenger cars for the very first time. That said, SUVs will inevitably continue to be the most popular type of new vehicle, with no end in sight for their reign that began in 2017.
That’s it, 2020 is done. And we guess it’s good riddance in some senses, no thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But, according to the December 2020 VFACTS figures, which have just been released, it looks like the new vehicle industry is on the mend in Australia.
At the year’s close the overall tally stands at 916,968 new vehicles registered. That’s down 13.7 per cent. However, the percentage drop is improving. For example, in the first 11 months of the year (through November) the year-to-date difference was negative 16.1 per cent.
During December specifically, Aussie consumers snapped up 95,652 new vehicles. Interestingly, this number is up 13.5 per cent on the same month last year. We guess the devastating bushfires that were ripping through parts of the nation last December might have caused a slump.