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Saturday’s Age again contained a very positive road test of a Peugeot. This time it’s the 5008GT, which scored 7/10.

LAEL’S LACONIC LAP OF THE GREAT DIVIDE Sunday 20 May Meet at the Three Sugars Cafe in Warburton at 10am for coffee or a late breakfast. Ay 11 we will set out and drive through Reefton and Cambarville to Marysville for lunch at the Marysville Bakery. Yummo! More details in May Torque. If you plan … Read more

The current issue of Wheels magazine contains a “hot-hatch magatest”, in which the 308 GTi 270 ranks third out of 12 cars, behind only the Hyundai i30N and the Honda Civic Type R. In the test, at the Haunted Hills track in Gippsland, the 308 came out ahead of (in order) VW Golf R Grid … Read more

Hi folks, We still need your help on Sunday 6 May at METEC driver training centre, 112 Colchester Rd Kilsyth, to help run PCCV’s khanacross.. A coffee van will be attending from 8:30 to just after 10:00am & sausage sizzle by Croydon Men’s Shed from about 8:30am through the day. All coffee & food will … Read more

The Gippsland members of PCCV are having a coffee morning followed by lunch at the GREEN OLIVE restaurant in Traralgon on Wednesday May 16. The invitation to join in is extended to all interested PCCV members and this would be great opportunity to catch up with country members that you don’t necessarily get to see … Read more

Our scheduled guest speaker for the 4 May meeting, Russell Stuckey of Stuckey Tyres, is not able to make it so we are bringing in the back-up team. First we will hear Phil Ward talk about, and show photos of, his 203, RD203, which has quite a history. As well he will tell of his … Read more

Once again, a Peugeot has been very favourably reviewed in The Age Drive section. This time it’s the front-wheel-drive 5008 Allure, which gets very positivecomments in the “Whar car should I buy?” column, where it is up against the Honda CR-V VTi-L 2WD and Skoda Kodiaq 132TSI 4×4. This follows praise in recent weeks for … Read more

Attention all members: As you know, your car club, the PCCV, is holding a Khanacross at the METEC facility, Bayswater North next Sunday 5 May 2018. We have received a large number of entries from PCCV members and from members of other Clubs. To make the event a success we need a good number of … Read more

A professional historian, Helen Doyle, is doing a history of the West Heidelberg industrial are for the Banyule Council and she is looking for photos of the Continental & General/Renault Australia factory. Internal and external photos are needed. If you can help of advise her where to find some, please email Helen at helendoyle@bigpond.com

CALLING ALL PCCV MEMBERS! THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A UNIQUE SOCIAL CELEBRATION FOR BASTILLE DAY HAPPENING ON 15 JULY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ON EMAIL, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE DETAILS IN TORQUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SOCIAL OCCASION WHERE … Read more