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IAN KIERNAN CHAIRMAN OF CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA

Four Pint-sized Roadsters

Looking for wind-in-the-hair thrills but don't want to mortgage the house? Cameron McGavin puts four attractively priced roadsters under the microscope.

Latest From The Dream Factories

Concepts from lightweight roadsters to boulevard cruisers turned heads - and environmentally friendly cars took a back seat. By Joshua Dowling and John Lamm. Unveiling the Mercedes-Benz baby roadster, Jurgen Hubbert said: "Car factories need to become dream factories in order to survive in t

Germans Go Wild About High-speed Hardtops

After a rash of '90s roadsters comes the heatstroke - bred-to-race coupes are bursting out of the factories, reports Georg Kacher. Coupe-crazy Germany is at it again, working on new high-performance hardtops. The sleek Mercedes SLC, based on the SLK sports car, and the butch BMW Z3 GT, a race v

Hairy-chested Honda

WHATEVER the world's car designers are smoking, we'd like some. Two years ago the only proper sports car around was the Mazda MX-5. It's still the benchmark, but suddenly we're being buried in small, stripped-out, in-your-face roadsters. Giving a mega-boost to the value of Fuji and Kodak shares a

Roadster Will Be Bmw's Flagship

BMW has demonstrated its heritage with the design of its long-awaited roadster, to be called the Z3. The car will be launched at the Detroit Motor Show in January next year and will be available in Australia from March. And while the car has links with previous BMW roadsters - with its swoopin

Mg Among Exciting Roadsters At Geneva

THE MG is back and is coming to Australia but don't hold your breath. In a surprise announcement on the heels of the unveiling of the new MGF two-seater at the Geneva Motor Show last week, Rover Australia said it would be ``the first of many Rover cars to be again available here". It was

A Serious Fun Machine

ONCE upon a time there were small cars, medium-sized cars, big cars and sports cars. Today, there is a car for every conceivable purpose. There are micros, minis, family cars, executive expresses, off-roaders of every size, sports sedans, roadsters ... The master of providing models for ev