Marie Claire Australia — December 2017

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THE WAY: RISKY DRIVER BEHAVIOR WHEN “FOLLOWING A FRIEND”’,

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

G E T L O S T

Never follow a friend

in your car to the

same event. A new

study* has found

that drivers who

follow another car to

the same destination

are more likely to

drive dangerously

while trying to

keep up with the

lead car. Google

Maps, people!

on the road

GO THE DISTANCE WITH OUR COOL-GIRL CAR GUIDE

It was an older model –

rather than the harder-to-

steal new editions – of the

Toyota HiLux ute that took

spot number three on the

list. HiLuxes manufactured

between 2004 and 2011 were

the third most stolen vehicle

in the country last year.

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Reliquia, $149,

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Adam Selman x

Le Specs, $129,

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Mimco, $199,

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METALLIC 3

FRAMES

CAR: Ferrari GTC4Lusso

ROUTE: Falls Creek, Vic

REVIEW: It often seems to be

forgotten that sports car lovers

have families, too. This can make

their glamorous lives difficult,

because it’s hard to jam your two

children into your curvalicious

machine to do the school run.

Fortunately, the Italians with

their OTT price tags, have come

to the rescue with a new four-

seater Ferrari, the GTC4Lusso.

We decided to put this

unusual Italian stallion to the

family test by piling a six-year-old

girl and a 10-year-old boy in the

back and taking a trip from

Melbourne to Falls Creek. It must

be said, the car struggled to

satisfy the luggage criterion, with

the boot straining to hold our

suitcases and kid travel gear.

Designed to be quieter than

normal Ferraris so as “not to scare

the children”, the giant V12 engine

still made the little ones gasp as it

roared up the mountain. The kids

particularly enjoyed the fact that

the entire roof is a sheet of

“panoramic” glass, which has the

effect of making the back seats

feel airy and fabulous.

The verdict? Ferrari has

finally made life easier – and

still hugely enjoyable – for

families who’ve got a spare

$578,000 to spend on a new car/

giant Italian fashion statement.

Theoretically, modern cars

• with their immobiliser keys
  and remote controls – are
  hugely difficult to break into.
  Yet in Australia last year,
  more than 54,000 vehicles
  were snatched – that’s 148
  every day. Many of them
  were older cars. So which
  ones are the thieves finding
  easiest to get away with?

According to research

by Compare the Market,

the Nissan Pulsar was the

most stolen car in Australia

in 2016 – but it was only

those built between

1995 and 2000 that were

targeted (they didn’t

have immobilisers).

It may not be a sales

leader anymore but the

Holden Commodore is

still popular with Australian

thieves. The 2006-2013

Commodore was the

second most stolen vehicle.

Older Commodores came

in fourth and fifth on the list.

A REAL STEAL

NISSAN

PULSAR

HOLDEN

COMMODORE

TOYOTA

HILUX