Media Releases

The government’s proposed new motorway is an act of insanity, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today,

“For the last three decades governments have been building motorways in order to solve Auckland’s traffic congestion, and the congestion has only become worse.”

“Building more roads will simply encourage further use of cars at a time of high oil prices and global warming. It will also worsen the country’s trade deficit as we import more cars and more fuel to power them.”

The closure of the Mitsubishi Motors plant is one more nail in the coffin of the Australian assembly industry, says a leading car expert.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, believes that Ford & Holden will also stop manufacturing in Australia.

“Both Ford & General Motors are in serious trouble globally. Therefore, it seems inevitable that their Australian car assembly operations will be phased out.”

There is credible scientific evidence linking lunar cycles and antisocial behaviour, according to a leading road safety researcher.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide, said today:

“I’m not saying you can blame car accidents and crime solely on the full moon. I am saying that numerous scientific studies have shown a clear link between lunar cycles and alcohol consumption, road accidents, and crime.”

General Motors is either deluded or deceitful in its promotion of electric cars as the way of the future, says the car buyer’s Dog & Lemon Guide.

Responding to General Motors’ statement that “a switch to electric cars is inevitable,” Dog & Lemon Guide editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said today: