The Australian newspaper is today reporting that Holden is 'playing double or nothing'  with the Federal Government - demanding an additional $265 million on top of the $275 million in taxpayer funding already pledged.

In the market for a late-model used car? Bypass the retailer, and buy from the wholesaler. The discounts are huge. In this report I take you inside a public car auction, and we track the cars all the way to used car dealerships. Find out how much money you can save, by bypassing the dealer and going straight to the source.

How Volkswagen Australia and its dealer network mis-managed public safety, destroyed brand loyalty and trust, and eroded public confidence in its cars and in its underlying corporate culture.

This is basically a textbook 'how not to' course in corporate mis-behaviour and demonstrates how little empathy exists within many corporate cultures.

One death, hundreds of outraged customers, thousands of potentially defective cars with lame duck DSG transmissions - all stonewalled by corporate denial.

Two kinds of people go to motor shows: car perves and actual buyers. Shazza and Dazza climbing through a C 63 AMG might view the experience as somewhat more entertaining than a visit to Centrelink but they don’t really constitute an asset as far as the car company exhibitor is concerned

If you’re in the market for a 'green' car, is hybrid the way to go? Does the fuel you save from driving a hybrid save you money, or just cut your emissions? Let's find out...

Negotiating with a car dealer is like swimming with sharks. The dealer will do anything to get that signature on a contract and a deposit paid. He wants to wrap you up, right now, and he has a sophisticated armada of lies and half-truths at his disposal to get you across the line

Never take the dealer's word that the price he's offering is a great deal - he doesn't want to offer you a good deal because that would mean a bad deal for him. The dealer has a considerable array or resources deployed against you

If the purchase price is too high, or the resale is too low, the funding gap – paid by you – is excessive. Sadly, people often get the purchase right, but they forget all about depreciation. It’s no good saving $10,000 up front if you lose $15,000 more to depreciation 

When you’re buying a new car, you're usually conducting three simultaneous financial transactions: Buying the new car, selling the old car and purchasing the finance. Dealers love this, because it makes them rich. You need to checkmate them on this.

Dealers buy new cars on credit. Holding those cars on the showroom floor incurs a hefty interest bill every month. Every new car dealer is motivated to sell any car on the showroom floor because the interest from holding it is literally burning a hole in his pocket

Timing is everything. Buy your next new car at the end of the month, because dealers have aggressive sales targets. The pressure to sell is immense – and it ramps right up at the end of every month. That's when you need to be in the dealership, with your finances ready

With the proliferation of diesel cars in full swing in Australia, is the time right for you to switch from petrol to diesel? Diesel's not for everyone, but sales of diesel cars are surging. Find out here if diesel is right for you 

VIDEO: Banish car ownership's big bills (or at least average them out) with this revolutionary new car ownership method. Makes it dead easy to budget the cost of car ownership.