Drive Thru: MINI John Cooper Works
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Drive Thru, MINI, Reviews | 7 Comments »When something meets your expectations so well, have you ever been left feeling almost let down? Equally, when something does meet your expectations so well, can you be anything other than impressed? These were questions I was asking myself a ...
Top Gear Australia to premiere on 29 September
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | 4 Comments »Ladies and gentlemen start your televisions! SBS has announced a premiere date for the Australian production of Top Gear—7:30pm Monday 29 September. Series 1 will run for 8 episodes. Many fans of the original UK version of Top Gear remain skeptical ...
Audi R8 GT3 - purpose built customer racecar
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Audi, Motorsports | 5 Comments »Remember when you were a kid and you had your dream car, a car, that in your mind, you would take from the factory and make it the fastest damn thing the world had ever seen. Well Audi has gone ...
Fifth Gear - Series 14, Episode 3
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Fifth Gear | No Comments »A much better showing from the lads at Fifth Gear this week. The shootout saw Jason Plato pit der neue Passat R36 Estate against der neue Audi A4 3.0TDI Estate. TheR36 is Volkswagen's most powerful and quickest production car to ...
Computer generated renderings of the 2010 Golf GTI
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Volkswagen | No Comments »LeftLaneNews has just published some computer generated renderings of the 2010 GTI. While not official—we'll have to wait for the upcoming Paris Motor Show for that—their images certainly do look convincing. Assuming these graphics are on the money, it is ...
Mechanics mangle Monaro
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Holden, News | No Comments »In a story that is sure to send shivers down the spine of AUSmotive readers The Daily Telegraph reports of a shocking tale of Heartland Holden employees joyriding and crashing a customer's car. Residents close to the Parramatta dealership were ...
Top Gear Australia audience call
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | 1 Comment »The debut of Top Gear Australia is getting closer by the day. So much so that SBS has started an audience call for Series 1. If you are over 18, can easily get yourself to Top Gear Australia's Sydney studio ...
Next generation Golf GTI spied
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Volkswagen | No Comments »The next generation Golf VI GTI has been spied in testing. With the recent release of information on the broader Golf VI range only the front grille and rear light/bumper treatment needs disguising in this test mule. It is expected ...
BMW M3 race version
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in BMW, Motorsports | 2 Comments »Regular trawlers of motoring websites will know information on this BMW M3 race version is not new. This does not mean its late arrival on AUSmotive is any less worthy however. A replacement for the awesome BMW M3 GTR the ...
Top Gear tea break - Porsche Carrera GT
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Top Gear | No Comments »Here at AUSmotive we love Top Gear and we love nice cars. Very nice cars. To celebrate the recent arrival of the official Top Gear YouTube channel here is a Top Gear tea break. Set aside a few minutes—7 minutes ...
Ford Australia boss resigns
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Ford, News | 1 Comment »Ford Australia has been shocked by President Bill Osborne's sudden resignation. He will leave the company in September. See GoAuto for more detail. Ford Australia Statement John Parker, Ford Motor Company Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific and Africa, today announced that ...
Pay attention - It could save your life!
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in News, Safety | 4 Comments »If you believe the shock tactics of many state governments around Australia all it takes to be a safe driver is to make sure you stay under the speed limit. That's it! An over simplified view, perhaps, but filed in ...
Shift into Top Gear on YouTube
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 2 Comments »Our favourite television show now has an official YouTube presence. Epic! Thing is though, this will be excellent when you need a helping hand to get your motoring related fix across the line. Watch the intro clip above explaining what ...
Golf GTI Pirelli treads down under
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Volkswagen | 2 Comments »Although not officially confirmed, it is believed that Volkswagen Australia will soon have a limited edition Golf GTI Pirelli in a showroom near you. The GTI Pirelli was first announced at the Wörthersee show in 2007, and launched for UK ...
Fifth Gear - Series 14, Episode 2
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Fifth Gear | No Comments »So the next episode of Fifth Gear has been and gone and if you can't wait for it to air on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel, here's a quick recap. Tiff brings back the shoot-out, starting with Mazda's revised RX-8 up against ...
