Motor Show: adults $12, times
Friday 27 Feb 1998: 5pm - 10pmSaturday 28 Feb to Sun 8 March: 10am - 10pm,Monday 9 March: 10am - 6pm.
Good food can be had at the many "Southbank" cafes
and restaurants near the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
As usual, the show overlaps with the Australian Formula One Grand-Prix
held at the Albert Park Lake circuit (Sunday 8 March 1998).
The stuff of fantasies -
Lamborghini
Diablo VT roadster all-wheel-drive
- 5.7L V12, 390kW, 607Nm, and only $598,429+orc.
Melbourne's
Four Wheel Drivers got get their first look at the Lexus LX470 4x4
[here],
Toyota (or is it Lexus)
enlisting the help of mountaineer Tim McCartney Snape
who abseiled from the roof to remove the covers.
Mercedes Benz had the
M-class,
Mitsubishi the
Challenger,
Suzuki the new 1998
Vitara,
Subaru the turbo
Forester
to be released later this year,
and Land Rover the
Freelander
(there was one at the New Images show in 1997 and also at the 1998
4WD Field Day).
Below - at the Ford stand; it must have been a very good year.
Right - Chris K', alias Kia, whips the press into line
for Hyundai Automotive chief executive Mr.C.K.Liew.
Mr. Liew went on to stress that
Hyundai
was in good shape despite the Asian financial crisis and was not cutting
back on research projects and future plans.
On the stand was the FGV-1 hybrid car -
the wheels are driven by an electric motor
but a small petrol motor cuts in to provide
extra power for overtaking
and to charge the batteries to provide petrol powered range.
Mr. Liew announced that Hyundai would have at least three new cars in
Australia by the time of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games -
a people mover,
a new flagship saloon and
a recreational four-wheel drive
to compete with
Honda CRV
and
RAV4.
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