Track day report - Spa Francorchamps
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News, Renault | No Comments »There's track days, and there's track days. Sure, Eastern Creek is good, and Wakefield Park is not too bad either. However, in our wide brown land you just can't hit the road for a couple of hours and arrive at ...
MINI John Cooper Works teaser ad - version 2
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »Following on from MINI's first teaser for the "Not extreme enough" MINI John Cooper Works campaign is this second effort. Looks like they put a bit of elbow grease into this one.
Next-gen Audi RS4 and RS5 expected to keep V8 engines
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Audi | No Comments »A recent report published on the independent Audi website Fourtitude claims the next model RS4 and RS5 (B8-based) will use V8 engines. There has been a lot of speculation about the powerplants for the upcoming über-Audis, with some suggestion of ...
2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed - image gallery
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News | 2 Comments »I just stumbled across this excellent image gallery (54photography.com) from the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Put the kettle on, set aside a 10 minutes or so and enjoy the slideshow. There's some fantastic images in there, covering a big ...
Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 6
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | 2 Comments »The final episode of Series 11 already! Yes, I'm afraid that's it for a few more months. The show kicked off with James May testing a couple of Japanese oddities from well known manufacturer Mitsuoka. Hmm, fair enough. Richard Hammond ...
Audi adds new cab to its ranks
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Audi | No Comments »Audi Australia has just launched its newest addition to the A3 range—the all-new A3 Cabriolet—and they're pretty chuffed, by the looks. Audi Australia's managing director, Joerg Hofmann, says "The A3 Cabriolet clearly reflects Audi's brand values of sporty, progressive and sophisticated—with ...
Renaultsport Mégane R26.R
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in News, Renault | 3 Comments »The Renault Mégane III is due for release later in the year, so before saying au revoir to the current Mégane II le chaps from Renaultsport have seen fit to strip out the R26 (sorry, the Renaultsport 230 F1 Team ...
Porsche ownership of Volkswagen draws closer
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in News, Porsche, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »Plans by Porsche to take full control of Volkswagen have drawn closer with a recent ruling from the European Commission declaring "the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition". Although, the deal is not sealed yet. The German government and the ...
MINI John Cooper Works teaser ad
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in MINI | 1 Comment »This teaser ad for the new MINI John Cooper Works may start off slowly, but builds to a great climax. Enjoy!
Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 5
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Top Gear | No Comments »Jeremy Clarkson couldn't get enough of the Nissan GT-R so he kicked off Series 11, Episode 5 by showing us all why the beefy R35 is proving to be a pain in the neck for the big German bahnstormers (see ...
MINI John Cooper Works
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in MINI | 1 Comment »UK press details of the new MINI John Cooper Works have just been released. See below for more images and snippets from the very lenghty press document. Quite a few reviews of the car have popped up on the net ...
Volkswagen wants slice of American pie
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in News, Volkswagen | 2 Comments »Volkswagen AG CEO, Prof Martin Winterkorn wants Volkswagen to be the "biggest European carmaker" in the United States, selling as many as 800,000 cars every year by 2018. To help achieve that goal Volkswagen AG announced today they will be ...
Top Gear - Series 11, Episode 4
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear | 1 Comment »This week's episode of Top Gear saw Jeremy Clarkson make a bold claim. He reckons the Alfa Romeo 8C is "the best looking car ever made". I disagree. Sure, the side profile is stunning, but I just can't see much ...
2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »Last weekend the Duke of Richmond opened up his estate once again for the 18th consecutive Goodwood Festival of Speed. The lads from CarAdvice.com.au were there, check out their report, with heaps of great up close pictures, HERE. For more info ...
High resolution Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black images
Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Mercedes Benz | No Comments »Staggering. That's probably the best way to describe the performance figures of the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series. Peak power from the 6.0 V12 is 493kW (670hp) and torque is electronically limited to 1000Nm. Helped along by a couple of ...
