The widely acclaimed Nissan GT-R is acknowledged as a genuine supercar. For a fraction of the cost, it has humbled the best Porsche can offer. However, a US website has revealed the GT-R may not actually be as cheap as first thought. Edmunds Inside Line took their long-term loan GT-R in for a routine service [...]

Skoda Auto today opened a new production facility in Pune, India. The factory opened a year ahead of schedule and extends Skoda’s existing production capacity in the far east, where they have had a manufacturing presence since 2001. Skoda has a 60-strong dealer network across India. Starting in May, the new plant in Pune will [...]

…but you can’t take the Queanbeyan out of the boy. No doubt, recent access to a high powered Aussie muscle car brought back plenty of Monaro Street memories from Mark Webber’s youth. Imagine if he had the keys to FPV F6 back in the day, he would have been the biggest show in town. Yes, [...]

Gavin Conway from TimesOnline got an early gig in Volkswagen’s new Scirocco last year, and now, rubbing further salt into our collective wounds, he has been given the keys to the new Golf GTI. The car was launched last week and after his first drive he rated Volkswagen’s hot-hatch with five stars and had the [...]

News reports today suggest a TTS powered über Golf GTI, with all-wheel drive, has been signed off by Volkswagen HQ. In further confirmation of progress on this highly anticipated model it has been revealed that the new range topping GTI will not sport R20 badging, as previously suggested. Speaking to carsales.com.au, Dirk Hussman, Golf line [...]

Casey Stoner had a very productive weekend winning himself a very tasty bit of BMW kit in the form of a limited release 135i Coupé known as the BMW Sauber F1 Edition. He won the car by virtue of topping the time sheets in the MotoGP ‘BMW M Award’ qualifying shootout at the Jerez circuit [...]

The Australian Grand Prix has been run and won. This means the Ultimate Speed Comparison exhibition races between a BMW135i, V8 Supercar and BMW Sauber F1 car have been held. The cars took to the track on five occasions, the first was a practice session, with four handicap races following. Unfortunately no footage from any [...]

If you enjoyed AUSmotive’s Past Master piece on Audi’s seminal Ur-Quattro, then you will most likely get a kick out of this seemingly odd comparison by US Audi specialist website Fourtitude.com. I say odd because the automotive industry has moved leaps and bounds in the 27 years that separate the release dates of the two [...]

There’s more BMW Z2 Roadster rumours coming out of Germany, with Auto Bild claiming BMW has signed off on the project. The Z2 would be built on the next generation 1 Series and an official concept could be revealed as early as September at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Expect a raft of hybrid or [...]

Jenson Button has claimed a fairy tale victory for BrawnGP in their debut race at the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. Completing the dream start for F1′s newest team was a late race crash between Red Bull Racing’s Sebastien Vettel and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica, gifting second place to Rubens Barichello. The one-two podium finish for [...]

Paul Stokell has topped off a near perfect weekend by winning Race 3 in the MINI CHALLENGE earlier today. Gary Young also completed a solid race weekend by finishing second, with Chris Alajajian crossing the line in third. Stokell now leads the series with 144 points, ahead of Gary Young (129pts) and Andrew Mill (98pts). [...]

A brief clip from BMW-web.tv featuring Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld chatting about today’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Kubica showed good pace in qualifying and will start on the second row from fourth position. While Heidfeld has been bumped up to ninth place, courtesy of Toyota’s cars being sent to the back of the [...]

Mark Webber has done exceedingly well just to get himself to the starting grid of this weekend’s Grand Prix. In this interview with the BBC Webber reveals that his injuries sustained in the Mark Webber Challenge last year were worse than first thought. In addition to his broken leg, Webber also fractured his shoulder. In [...]

The Prancing Horse has a new website (or it will when the northern hemisphere ticks over to 29 March). In typical Ferrari fashion, the launch of Ferrari.com ties in with the opening race of the Formula One season here in Australia. The new website has all the bells and whistles and from the stills provided [...]

After two strong performances Paul Stokell is best placed to claim the Round 1 honours in the 2009 MINI CHALLENGE series. Stokell won a shortened first race by 1.6 seconds from Chris Alajajian, with Nathan Caratti in third (full results HERE). The race was reduced from 6 to 3 laps due to the event schedule [...]