Australian motorists who buy European brands are unwittingly buying some of the world’s worst cars, says the car buyers’ bible, The Dog & Lemon Guide.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:
“Australian motorists think they are buying an upmarket vehicle when they buy a European brand. However, European vehicles are often poorly built, unreliable and expensive to fix.”
Matthew-Wilson quoted […]

New Zealand motorists who buy European brands are unwittingly buying some of the world’s least reliable cars, says The Dog & Lemon Guide and the Consumers’ Institute.
Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:
“New Zealand motorists think they are buying an upmarket vehicle when they buy a European brand. However, European vehicles are often poorly […]

Here’s the experience of one Dog & Lemon Guide reader, Laurence Scott, who reported the following after buying a Citroën C5:
“I wish I had seen your article before I purchased the first piece of junk. You would think in this day and age that you can buy a car and live happily ever after (WRONG).The […]

There are a number of different surveys that look at all aspects of car ownership.
Because each survey asks different questions, it gets different answers. For example, in terms of customer satisfaction in Germany, Porsche comes tops. That’s because the survey asks: “Do you like owning and driving this vehicle?”
However, if you ask: was your Porsche […]

New Zealand should treat alcohol in the same way it treats other addictive drugs, according to a leading road safety campaigner.
Clive Matthew-Wilson, whose pioneering work on crash testing and seatbelts led to major changes in government policy, said today:
“It’s time to stop blaming the victims and start restricting the easy supply of alcohol, especially to […]