Top Gear Australia - Series 1, Episode 1
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | 7 Comments »Top Gear Australia has arrived. It is clear, now, that the Top Gear format has been franchised, in the true sense of the word. Everything from the cast, the theme music, the set, right down to the seating positions of ...
Limited edition Peugeot 207 HDi Le Mans Series
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Peugeot | No Comments »Car companies are never too shy to let a marketing opportunity slip, and the limited edition Pegueot 207 HDi 'Le Mans Series' is certainly proof of that. Limited to just 75 models in Australia (from 2000 world wide) the diesel ...
Top Gear tea break - MkV Golf GTI redux
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Random wallpapers, Top Gear, Volkswagen | No Comments »With all the talk of the new MkVI Golf GTI, I thought it might be time to remind Volkswagen what the new model has to live up. With thanks, of course, to Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear (Series 5, Episode ...
MotoringFile lifts the lid on 2009 MINI convertible
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in MINI | No Comments »Leading MINI website MotoringFile has revealed the first images of the new R57 MINI Convertible. Most styling cues are as to be expected with the removal of the rear bootlid hinges and rollover bars—replaced with a pop-up system—being the most ...
Top Gear Australia launches this Monday
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Top Gear Australia | No Comments »A quick reminder that Top Gear Australia premieres at 7:30pm tomorrow night on SBS. Thanks to AUSmotive reader Ali for sending in this clip.
2009 MkVI Golf GTI image gallery
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Volkswagen | 5 Comments »Fourteen photographs of the 2009 Volkswagen Golf GTI—click on each pic to load wallpaper sized 2000x1320px super images.
BMW-web.tv celebrates 1st birthday
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in BMW | No Comments »Short, sweet and to the point. Here's a brief promo clip celebrating the first birthday of BMW-web.tv. Make sure you check out the site from time to time, it provides a great insight into BMW.
Details of next Golf GTI emerge
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Volkswagen | 2 Comments »Details of Volkswagen's MkVI Golf GTI have been revealed on the autocar.co.uk website. Like the regular Golf VI range the new GTI has taken an evolutionary approach with a minor reworking of the front grille treatment being the largest immediate difference ...
Random wallpaper: Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Mercedes Benz, Random wallpapers | 2 Comments »Isn't she beautful! This is a rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS which was in Australia last year competing in the Classic Adelaide rally. Based on the 300 SL, the car all AUSmotive staff agree is the most beautiful car in the ...
Mark Webber’s Singapore Grand Prix preview
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Formula 1 | No Comments »There's quite a few preview clips for this weekend's Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix out there in cyberspace. Here is Red Bull Racing's effort with Mark Webber talking us through a lap. The first F1 race to be held under lights—it ...
Ford names Geelong local Martin Burela as new President and CEO
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Ford, News | No Comments »Ford today announced Martin Burela its new President and CEO. The appointment comes after the shock resignation last month of former president Bill Osborne. Raised in Geelong, Burela started working with Ford Australia in 1984. An engineering graduate of Ford ...
Senate passes Luxury Car Tax at second attempt
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »At the second attempt, the Federal Government had its controversial Luxury Car Tax (LCT) bill rubber stamped by the Senate late last night. For vehicles costing more than $57,180 the LCT will now increase from 25% to 33%. After failing ...
Audi supercharges all new S4
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Audi | No Comments »If you're looking for a new mid-size saloon, or estate for that matter, that can take you from rest to the legal speed limit in a shade over five seconds, while using less than 10 litres of fuel per 100 ...
Fifth Gear - Series 14, Episode 7
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Fifth Gear, Volkswagen | No Comments »This episode started with a proper old skool hot hatch, the iconic Volkswagen Mk2 Golf GTI. I've been fortunate to see a great example of these up close and they really are bloody good cars. Take a well loved Mk2 ...
McLaren to light up Singapore Grand Prix
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes Benz | No Comments »In the lead up to the first ever Formula 1 night race, the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team have been busy preparing their car for the difficulties the Singapore Grand Prix will hold. They've released a teaser video so you can ...
