SUBSCRIBE FREE: www.GoAutoMedia.com ADVERTISE: Steve Butcher Ph: 0419 562 110 [email protected]May 23, 2012 No. 631 Go AutoNews John Mellor’s Australia’s No.1 Automotive Industry Journal 70,000 Readers Weekly THE NEW CASTROL PROFESSIONAL RANGE IS NOW BETTER THAN EVER. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE. EXCLUSIVE By RON HAMMERTON Holden’s hi-tech VF Holden’s hi-tech VF Crash warning system among tech treats for 2013 Commodore and Chevrolet SS INSIDE PRIUS V WAGON HITS THE ROAD A COLLISION warning system, blind-spot alert and keyless remote engine start are among the hi-tech features set to make their Holden debut on the company’s new-generation VF Commodore and its American export offshoot, the Chevrolet SS, that are both due in showrooms next year. Electric power-assisted steering and an electric park brake are also included in the new Australian-developed large car that will carry the Commodore badge through to about 2018, and perhaps for the last time. Lighter and more frugal than the current VE Commodore that was introduced in 2006, the VF will employ a host of fuel- saving measures, starting with a greater use of thin, high-strength steel. Despite speculation that the new Commodore would use aluminium in its sheetmetal, GoAuto has been told that steel is being employed on the skin of camouflaged prototypes now roaming Victorian roads, in both left- and right-hand-drive forms. GM chairman and managing director Mike Devereux told the first Alternative Fuels Summit in Brisbane last year that GM Holden had targeted “mid-eights” fuel consumption for the VF, thanks partly to a federal government Green Car Innovation Fund co-investment grant of $39.8 million to develop methods to cut the car’s mass and aerodynamic drag. Ultra-light plastic moulded door trims, a plastic spare wheel holder in the boot, revised suspension components and featherweight headlight assemblies are among a vast number of components redeveloped by engineers to help cut fuel economy by a minimum seven per cent while also improving performance of the new model. The pre-crash system is probably GM’s Forward Collision Warning System that debuted on the GMC Terrain SUV in the US last year. It uses a single digital camera mounted at the top of the windscreen and sophisticated computer algorithms to detect an imminent frontal crash and warn the driver. On the Commodore, it is expected to be standard equipment on upper-spec models, including the Chevrolet SS bound for North America in late 2013. FULL STORY: CLICK HERE Chevrolet SVO in frame – next page
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“Prius V will compete in multiple
segments with its combination of size,
versatility and fuel effi ciency in a mid-
size package,” he said.
“We see Prius V as an alternative to
small or mid-size sedans and wagons
as well as compact SUVs and crossover
vehicles – with fuel economy few of
them can match.
“With the added cargo space, the
Prius V might also make an ideal light
delivery vehicle for fl orists and small-
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The Prius V is powered by a
73kW/142Nm 1.8-litre Atkinson Cycle
petrol engine matched with a 650-volt
electric motor producing 60kW/207Nm,
giving a maximum combined output of
100kW, the same as the regular Prius.
Helped by a slippery 0.29 drag
coeffi cient, the Prius V achieves class-
leading claimed fuel economy of just
4.4 litres of 95 RON premium fuel per
100km on the combined cycle – half a
litre more than its smaller Prius siblings,
both of which record 3.9L/100km.
CO2 emissions are listed at just 101
grams per kilometre, compared to 89g/
km in the regular Prius hatch.
Unlike other Prius models, the Prius
V features a more advanced (and
expensive) lithium-ion battery pack
rather than the regular Prius nickel-
metal hydride system.
The space-saving battery pack –
the fi rst of its kind in a Toyota sold in
Australia – is mounted beneath the
centre console, helping to free up the
necessary room for a third row of seats.
Power is channelled to the front
wheels via an E-CVT (continuously
variable transmission) with three modes
– EV, Eco and Power.
Like the regular Prius, the V can
operate at speeds of up to 50km/h in full-
electric mode, albeit with a maximum
range of 2km. The car also employs full
EV mode at start-up and when in reverse.
The Prius V is marginally larger in all
departments than its Prius hatch sibling,
being 135mm longer at 4615mm, 30mm
wider at 1775mm wide and 100mm
taller at 1590mm high, riding on an
80mm longer wheelbase of 2780mm.
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Public EV charge station opens at Port MelbourneHQ ahead of Volt launch
Holden Volt in chargeHolden Volt in charge
By HAITHAM RAZAGUIHOLDEN moved a step closer to
launching the Volt range-extender
electric vehicle with the unveiling last
week of a public charging station on
the forecourt of its Port Melbourne
headquarters.
The company joins Nissan and
Mitsubishi in installing public charging
points at their Australian headquarters,
with Nissan setting up charging points
for Nissan Leaf drivers at its HQ at
Dandenong, Victoria, and Mitsubishi
establishing a fast-charger for i-MiEVs
at its Tonsley Park offi ces in South
Australia.
A driveway to the charging point
gives 24-hour access to Volt customers
via a swipe card.
Sydney-based EV infrastructure
supplier ChargePoint installed six
additional charging stations around
Holden’s headquarters, as well as
the Lang Lang proving ground, all
supplied by renewable electricity
from Origin Energy.
Federal climate change, energy
effi ciency, industry and innovation
minister Greg Combet was driven up
to the charging station in a Volt so he
could be the fi rst member of the public
to plug in a car.
He described the Volt as “the motor
vehicle of the future that is being
delivered now by General Motors”.
“It brings together many of the things
that we need to meet as a nation in the
years ahead – cleaner energy sources,
cleaner motor vehicles, advanced
engineering work and ensuring we are
utilising renewable energy,” he said.
“I congratulate the engineering work
that General Motors has put into the
development of the Volt and I look
forward to its take-up within Australia.”
Holden’s charger is a level-two
3.3kW unit, which takes less than four
hours to recharge the Volt, providing
an electric-only range of up to 80km,
extended to 600km when the 1.4-litre
petrol generator engine kicks in.
The Volt, which will go on sale in
Australia by the end of this year with
an expected price of between $50,000
and $60,000, can also be plugged into
a standard 10-amp outlet – unlike the
i-MiEV and Leaf – which charges it in
less than six hours at a cost of about $2.50.
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LEXUS Australia says it is still
awaiting approval from head offi ce
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ES to Australia, even though the right-
hand-drive version of the luxury sedan
has been given the green light for
production next year.
Local Lexus CEO Tony Cramb has
made no bones about his desire to
restore the front-drive ES to Aussie
showrooms, slotted between the
smaller IS and larger GS, both of
which sit on rear-drive platforms.
The proposal seemed in peril when
Japan – one of the world’s biggest
right-hand-drive markets – decided
against taking the ES, despite the fact
that it is manufactured in Japan for
global markets.
But collective pressure from other
RHD markets – including India –
ensured that cars with the steering
wheel on the right would be restored to
the range and manufactured alongside
the left-hand-drive model that is
primarily aimed at North America.
In Australia, the ES was squeezed
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The latest ES was unveiled at the
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Nissan locks in Almeralight sedan for August
By MIKE COSTELLONISSAN Australia has announced
it will launch the Almera light-size
sedan in August, around two months
later than expected.
The Micra-based sedan, which had
been set to arrive by mid-year, will
be the fi rst of three new sedan models
launched by Nissan Australia over
the next 18 months, followed by the
reborn Pulsar small car and mid-size
Altima.
Local specifi cation and pricing for
Almera will not be confi rmed until
launch, but Nissan Australia claims
the entry-level light car will be sharply
priced and offer “exceptional” interior
space.
Expect the range to be powered by
the same 75kW/136Nm 1.5-litre four-
cylinder engine as used in the Micra
ST-L and Ti, with pricing starting well
below $20,000.
The Almera measures 4495mm long,
1695mm wide and 1445mm high, and
rides on a 2535mm wheelbase. The
Micra, by comparison, is 3780mm
long, 1665mm wide, 1525mm high
and has a 2435mm wheelbase.
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By HAITHAM RAZAGUIMITSUBISHI has moved to increase
production of the new Mirage light car
at its Laem Chabang production facility
in Thailand as a response to higher
than expected demand, just weeks after
deliveries began in the country.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia corporate
communications manager Caitlin Beale
told GoAuto that Mitsubishi has taken
around 20,000 orders for the Mirage in
Thailand – the fi rst country to receive
the redesigned model – since the books
opened on March 28.
The Mirage factory’s annual capacity
of 150,000 units can be expanded to
200,000, but the current rate is not clear.
Ms Beale said Mitsubishi was
expecting to sell 2000 Mirages per
month in Thailand alone and that the
factory has enough capacity to cope
with the glut of orders.
She agreed the boost in production
was necessary to enable Mitsubishi
to cater for existing orders while
satisfying ongoing demand in Thailand
and ensuring supply for the forthcoming
rollout to markets.
The Mirage will be rolled out to other
members of the Association of South
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) before
shipments to Japan start in July, while
the Australian launch is scheduled for
January 2013.
According to the Bangkok Post,
around 3000 Mirages were produced
in the fi rst batch and production will
be gradually increased to meet demand
from domestic and export markets.
Mitsubishi describes the Mirage as its
global compact car, designed to meet
the needs of fast-growing emerging
markets and as an environmentally
friendly entry-level car for developed
markets like Australia.
In Australia, the Mirage will replace
the discontinued Colt and is expected
to compete on price against low-
end hatchbacks such as the Nissan
Micra (from $13,490), Holden Barina
($15,990) and Hyundai i20 (from
$15,490).
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By RON HAMMERTONRENTAL company purchases of sport
utility vehicles have more than doubled
in a year in Australia, with a record
3555 SUVs registered to rental fl eets
so far in 2012.
The SUV rental infl ux spiked in
March when sales shot up to 1622
units, a rise of almost 150 per cent
over the same month last year, offi cial
VFACTS fi gures show.
The April increase was a more
modest 12.9 per cent, to 638 vehicles,
but rental fl eet SUV purchases are
still running 109 per cent ahead of last
year’s four-month tally.
This compares with a year-to-date
increase of 25.6 per cent for SUV
private buyers and a 21.3 per cent gain
in business SUV purchases.
Rental company purchases still only
account for 3.7 per cent of the 94,775
SUV sales in Australia so far in 2012,
but SUVs have moved ahead of light-
commercial vehicles (LCVs) on rental
company purchase books this year,
3555 to 1736.
LCV rental fl eet sales have fallen
11.7 per cent – a drop that might be
attributed to a shortage of Thai-built
utes in local stocks in the wake of last
year’s devastating fl oods.
By contrast, SUVs have been fl ooding
into Australia, with a strong Australian
dollar and ever-expanding model line-
up driving a buyer’s market – and
happy hunting for rental fl eet buyers
looking for hot deals from stressed car
companies looking to meet sales targets.
The rise in rental company interest
in SUVs also refl ects the community’s
growing interest in these vehicles,
which now account for more than one
in four vehicles registered in Australia.
So far this year, SUVs have taken a
27.9 per cent chunk of vehicles sales
– up 4.3 percentage points – while
traditional passenger vehicles have
slipped 2.9 percentage points, to 53.1
per cent.
Since 2009, SUV rental sales
volumes have had a wild ride, plunging
from a high of 5535 units in 2008 to a
low of 2910 in 2009 – a drop of 47.4
per cent – at the height of the global
fi nancial crisis, and then soaring 135
per cent to 6858 vehicles in 2010.
Last year, sales edged up 13.9 per
cent to a record 7812 units for the full
12 months – a fi gure that appears to
be in danger of being surpassed well
before the end of this year.
The spike in March SUV sales to
rental fl eets might by partly explained
by an end-of-Japanese-fi nancial-year
sales push by Japanese motor companies
looking to maximise volumes.
A scan of the top fi ve rental company
websites indicates that Nissan,
Mitsubishi, Toyota, Subaru and Ford
are the brands most mentioned under
the SUV tags, with nameplates such as
Nissan X-Trail and Dualis, Mitsubishi
Pajero and Outlander, Toyota RAV4,
Kluger, Prado and LandCruiser,
Subaru Forester and Outback, and Ford
Territory among those listed.
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SUVs strengthen, LCVsstruggle in volatile localrental fl eet sales market
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