Increasing Cost of Unique Cars – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
ANYONE into cars seems to love a healthy debate and robust discussion around the prices paid for our beloved machines. No matter what type of car you’re into it has been impossible to dodge the topic of car prices through the last few years, as they seemingly overtake property as the hottest investment this side […]
History of.. The Triumph Sports Car – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
On two wheels or four, the Triumph name evoked visions of everything British and created a vehicular dynasty that spread around the world. 2023 marks the 100th Anniversary of Triumph as a car manufacturer and 121 years since the brand made its first motorcycle. Today it is the cars that hold our interest though, ranging […]
History of.. Car Logos – Jaguar, Ferrari, Citroen, Holden & more – Enthusiast Motor InsuranceOF SUCCESS
The badges that make instant recognition of the world’s most prominent automotive brands so easy have also become metaphors for the cars they represent. Watch a Formula One race telecast and the commentator may reference a battle between the ‘Prancing Horse’ and ‘Three-Pointed Star’. Viewers with any awareness of the sport will know that the […]
Alternatives to Petrol Cars – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Every few months, the doomsayers find ways to flood media outlets with gloomy tales of a world in which carbon-based fuels have disappeared and we are left queuing for our turn at the fast charger or waiting for hydrogen that may never materialise. One day of course, it will become harder to buy petrol and […]
History of. The Fibreglass Car – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Fibreglass is a product that many of us would associate with surfboards or uncle’s fishing dinghy, but not with cars. Not a lot of Australians have owned a car made from Glass Reinforced Plastic (aka GRP), but many of the limited production vehicles made here and overseas used it for partial or complete car bodies. […]
History of.. The Muscle Car – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
North America’s love affair with fast and powerful cars began long before the market saw its first ‘muscle’ machines. The attraction began during the era of Hollywood superstardom, when movie icons would be photographed beside their expensive and immensely powerful Duesenbergs, Packards, Cords and Cadillacs. At the same time and on other side of the […]
History of.. Car Features: AC, Airbags, Cruise Control – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Look back into automotive history and you will find cars that, in dealer-speak, were known as Poverty Packs. These were the stripped out, utterly basic versions of popular models that enabled manufacturers to claim a price advantage over competitors. Cars available FROM that eye-catching low price got there not because of what they had but […]
History of : The Datsun – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Nissan is one of Japan’s oldest car manufacturers, dating back past the 1930s which is when the company began building local versions of the British Austin Seven. Its Datsun branded cars remained for 30 years a bastion of conservative design but then the 1960s arrived and Nissan discovered ways to deliver enjoyment – even excitement […]
10 Tips to Reduce Petrol Costs – Sunday Driver Video with Josh James
Save Money As You Drive At no time in Australian history have automotive fuel prices reached the levels of mid-2022. People who use fuel want the price per litre to be reduced and some even say they will trade a vehicle that uses lots of fuel on one that is more economical. However, there ways […]
History of.. Car Fashion Choices : Tail-Fins, Chroma Flair (Harlequin) Paint, Wire Spoke Wheels – Enthusiast Motor Insurance
Fads, trends, phenomena. Whatever term you choose, the desire of humans to follow fashions and try to fit in has existed for centuries. If you wore a perfumed wig in the days of Shakespeare or danced the Charleston during the 1920s, you were under the influence of a trend or fad that would in time […]