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2012 Kia Cerato Review

February 20, 2012 Joel Helmes

2012 Kia Cerato Road Test and Review… I might be starting to sound like a broken record but I continue to be really impressed with the cars Kia has on offer in 2012. I thought […]

2012 Honda Jazz Review

February 1, 2012 Joel Helmes

The Honda Jazz is very much the entry level Honda, a five door city car with a starting price of just under $18,000. I must admit I had never really taken too much notice of the […]

2012 Honda Odyssey Review

January 25, 2012 Joel Helmes

It’s funny when I mentioned to a few people that I was going to drive the Honda Odyssey they all said the same thing – “you’ll like it, it drives just like a car.” Well […]

2012 Audi A1 Sport Review

January 19, 2012 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Audi A1 Sport… The baby Audi is a three door hatch powered by a 1.4 litre turbo and supercharged petrol engine. It’s a car that’s perfect for people who want terrific […]

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer VRX Review

January 11, 2012 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer. In recent months I have driven pretty much every car in the Mitsubishi range and there’s one thing that really stands out and that’s just how consistent the […]

2012 Kia Sportage diesel Review

January 2, 2012 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the diesel version of the Kia Sportage. This review starts with an obituary, I am pleased to say that the old Kia, the Kia that didn’t have a great reputation, is dead and buried. […]

2011 Holden Captiva 7 V6 Review

December 15, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Holden Captiva 7. There are three reasons why Australian’s buy the Holden Captiva, price, price and price. Sadly the Holden Captiva 7 is just not a very good vehicle. It should be […]

2011 Hyundai i45 Review

December 7, 2011 Joel Helmes

2011 Hyundai i45 review filed by Joel Helmes. I’m going to earn my money with this review! You see I am not sure whether I can call the 2011 Hyundai i45 a great car or […]

2011 Toyota Rukus Review

December 5, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes drives and reviews the Toyota Rukus. Huey Lewis famously sang “It’s hip to be square” but I’m not sure that the Rukus is as hip as it is square. That’s not to say […]

2011 Holden Caprice V Review

December 1, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Holden Caprice V. I can’t help but feel the demise of the Ford LTD a couple of years ago hasn’t been a good thing for the Holden Caprice. There used to be a […]

2011 Holden Commodore SS V review

November 24, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Holden Commodore SS V. One of the joys of checking out a different car each week is simply the diversity between all the different vehicles. Really, even with dozens of manufacturers […]

2011 BMW M135i Coupe Review

November 17, 2011 Joel Helmes

BMW 135i M Coupe Review, Road Test The 135i is the baby BMW, a two door coupé with two reasonably sized seats in the back. Being the M Sport version its been tweaked for performance, my test […]

2011 Holden Commodore SV6 review

November 9, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Holden Commodore SV6. I must admit I haven’t driven a new Commodore in about a decade, in terms of how a Commodore feels really very little has changed. That is a […]

2011 Holden Captiva 5 Review

October 14, 2011 Joel Helmes

Joel Helmes reviews the Holden Captiva 5. A couple of months ago I drove the Captiva’s bigger brother the Captiva 7, if you remember there were a few issues with that vehicle that I didn’t […]

Chery J11 recalled over side-impact safety concerns

September 27, 2011 Joel Helmes

Concerns that the Chery J11 may not provide adequate protection in the event of a side-impact have prompted an Australian recall of the model. Affecting a total of 1664 Chery J11 vehicles sold in Australia […]