Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and safe jounrey on your holiday travels. Be safe!
Life behind our Caboolture Dealership
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Merry Christmas from our Staff and Great Wall Motors
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| Mr Jianli Guo - General Manger of Asia-Pacific Region, Mr. Zhang Kaijun - Manager of Technical Service Division, Assistant of Australian Region Inter Trade Division, representing Great Wall Motor Company Limited, and Mr Chris Beecham, Dealer Principal |
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| Our wonderful Staff, thankyou for your support and committement to excellance |
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| Patty & Chris Beecham, Dealer Principal - wishing you all a happy, peaceful Christmas. |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A real flying car - too cool!
To those that don't recognize Steve Saint, he's the son of Nate Saint, one of five missionaries killed by the natives in Ecuador in the fifties. Nate's wife and the mother of a young Steve later went into the jungles to witness to those same native tribes who had killed her husband. They accepted her and Steve as they lived among them for years and witnessed the eventual conversions of the tribal members to Christianity, including the actual ones that killed her husband. Steve spent years developing this auto-airplane to be used in the jungles and any other place where there are no airports nor roads to villages and camps. As he mentions, it can be fitted with pontoons or ski runners to operate in snow or on water.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Flex Ethanol Australia brings waste-to-ethanol plant a step closer
Making the announcement to Melbourne business leaders at the American Chamber of Commerce today, Holden Chairman and Managing Director Mike Devereux said the new company would be an important step towards building Australia’s first commercially viable second-generation ethanol plant.
“I’m pleased to announce today we’ve reached the next and most important milestone in this project. A new company called Flex Ethanol Australia will be formed, supported by GM, to take the project to the next stage of commercialisation,” Mr Devereux said.
He said the plant, earmarked for Victoria, would be capable of turning up to a million tonnes of household rubbish and building waste into more than 200 million litres of ethanol a year.
The ethanol produced by the plant would be used in a range of ethanol-blend fuels, including the alternative fuel known commonly as E85, which contains a mixture of up to 85 per cent ethanol and 15 per cent regular petrol. The fuel is sold at Caltex service stations as Bio E-Flex and can be used to power vehicles flex-fuel vehicles in Holden’s recently launched VE Series II Commodore range.
Mr Devereux said the launch of the first Australian-made cars capable of running on high-blend ethanol fuel, as well as Holden’s involvement in the second-generation ethanol plant demonstrated the company’s commitment to sustainable motoring through the development of renewable fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security.
He said both Holden and Caltex were committed to giving drivers the choice to use a fuel that is up to 85 per cent renewable, with the potential to reduce their vehicles’ ‘well to wheel’ CO₂ emissions by up to 40 per cent.
“Our vision is that this technology, and the shift towards ethanol-based fuel, in time, could cut Australia’s dependence on petrol by up to 30 per cent and make a major contribution to sustainable motoring and greenhouse gas reduction,” he said.
Mr Devereux said one of the first projects undertaken by Flex Ethanol Australia would be a comprehensive trial at Coskata’s facility in the US, to test the suitability of Australian-specific household waste, for ethanol production.
VE Commodore wins People's Choice Award for 8th year
Holden’s highly acclaimed VE Commodore, spearheaded by the new Series II range, has won the carsales.com Ltd People’s Choice Award in the large car category for the eighth consecutive year.
Carsales.com Ltd, Australia’s number one automotive classifieds company, announced the award today after online car buyers voted for their favourite vehicles using one of its many websites, including carsales.com.au, CarPoint.com.au and Redbook.com.au.
Carsales.com Ltd Chief Executive Officer Greg Roebuck said the awards were the only popular poll where car buyers determined the winners themselves.
“Commodore has taken out the Large Car category every year since our awards were instituted. Holden is a household name in Australia and a key part of the automotive landscape,” Mr Roebuck said.
“That Commodore continues to dominate the large car marketplace is testament to the ability of the model range to engage with both fleet and private buyers alike.”
Holden Executive Director for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales, John Elsworth said the award reflected Commodore’s capacity to cater for a wide variety of motorists.
“Customer accolades are the ultimate recognition and reflect the fact that Commodore has been the bestselling vehicle in Australia for the past 14 years,” Mr Elsworth said.
“Our entire approach to Commodore has been about making a great car even better. It’s about introducing more improvements more often and getting technology into the car that our customers need and want. “That’s what we have done with the VE Series II range. “Our customers have been telling us they want to see our models refreshed with greater functionality. “We have listened and responded in a way that continues to position Commodore as the smart choice for Australian motorists.”
Votes for the People’s Choice Awards were collected from the Carsales Network websites between 1 November, 2009 and 31 October, 2010. Commodore’s win capped off a successful awards period for Holden which also saw the Captiva range claim the People’s Choice award for Australia’s most popular medium-sized SUV.
Carsales.com Ltd, Australia’s number one automotive classifieds company, announced the award today after online car buyers voted for their favourite vehicles using one of its many websites, including carsales.com.au, CarPoint.com.au and Redbook.com.au.
Carsales.com Ltd Chief Executive Officer Greg Roebuck said the awards were the only popular poll where car buyers determined the winners themselves.
“Commodore has taken out the Large Car category every year since our awards were instituted. Holden is a household name in Australia and a key part of the automotive landscape,” Mr Roebuck said.
“That Commodore continues to dominate the large car marketplace is testament to the ability of the model range to engage with both fleet and private buyers alike.”
Holden Executive Director for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales, John Elsworth said the award reflected Commodore’s capacity to cater for a wide variety of motorists.
“Customer accolades are the ultimate recognition and reflect the fact that Commodore has been the bestselling vehicle in Australia for the past 14 years,” Mr Elsworth said.
“Our entire approach to Commodore has been about making a great car even better. It’s about introducing more improvements more often and getting technology into the car that our customers need and want. “That’s what we have done with the VE Series II range. “Our customers have been telling us they want to see our models refreshed with greater functionality. “We have listened and responded in a way that continues to position Commodore as the smart choice for Australian motorists.”
Votes for the People’s Choice Awards were collected from the Carsales Network websites between 1 November, 2009 and 31 October, 2010. Commodore’s win capped off a successful awards period for Holden which also saw the Captiva range claim the People’s Choice award for Australia’s most popular medium-sized SUV.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Supporting our local communtiy
Beecham Motors is proud to once again support Connections Inc with new Great Wall vehicles.
Connections Inc. lifestyle support service is a progressive community organisation which provides strengths based and recovery focused support to adults affected by mental illness who live in the Sunshine Coast and Caboolture area.
The support which is provided by a team of lifestyle support workers, is flexible and responsive to fluctuating needs, and guided by a client driven individual support plan.
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| (L-R) Dale Roche, Jenny Ellement, Karen Thomas-Goldsmith and Robert Miller. Photo Jason Dougherty / Caboolture News  |
Connections Inc. lifestyle support service is a progressive community organisation which provides strengths based and recovery focused support to adults affected by mental illness who live in the Sunshine Coast and Caboolture area.
The support which is provided by a team of lifestyle support workers, is flexible and responsive to fluctuating needs, and guided by a client driven individual support plan.
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