The newest team in Formula One will be called Brawn GP. As expected, Ross Brawn has taken over the Honda Racing F1 Team, which announced its withdrawal from Formula One last December. Official statements from both Honda and Brawn GP confirming today’s news can be read after the jump. The announcement from Brawn GP also [...]
Renault, ever the ones to make something fresh and out of the box, have done it again with this new Mégane RS revealed at the Geneva Motor Show. Its coupe form is something to behold and looks fantastic. With 184kW lurking under the bonnet it is sure to make the most of the lithe and [...]
This wild looking thing—the Frazer-Nash Namir—has its roots back in 1920s England would you believe. The Namir, arabic for Tiger, apparently, has been revived by Italdesign-Giugiaro. Frazer-Nash was a sports and racing car manufacturer which made cars from the 1920s–1950s and also had links with BMW and Porsche. The car has been styled by Fabrizio [...]
This is all the V8 Supercar field will see of the Nissan GT-R when it makes its Safety Car debut in Adelaide on 14 March. Today, Nissan released a series of images showing how the car will look. Seeing the GT-R around Australian racetracks is sure to keep the GT-R, and the Nissan brand, in [...]
Here is one last wrap up of images from the media day at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show. There’s pics from Honda (Insight, Civic Type R), Hyundai (i10 Blue, i30 Blue, Genesis Coupé), Kia (Soul), Lotus (Europa SE), Suzuki (Alto), Toyota (fully sik RAV4, fully sik Yaris, Hybrid Camry) and a few other bits [...]
In surprising news, Rubens Barichello is set to keep his seat with the team-formerly-known-as-Honda and is planning to line up on the grid for the 2009 Formula One season. Bruno Senna, nephew of triple world champ Ayrton, was tipped to replace Barichello and isn’t taking this latest news too well. At least, that’s what the [...]
After teasing us with details in the lead up to Geneva, Audi has now published more details about the TT RS. Power from the slightly oddball, but delightfully sounding, 5-cylinder is rated at 340PS (250kW). There is 450Nm of torque available from just 1600rpm, ensuring there will be plenty of mid-range poke. Audi claims the [...]
Aston Martin has lifted the wraps off the One-77 at the Geneva Motor Show. The One-77 is a new take on Aston’s familiar, and gorgeous, silhouette. Giving a two-finger salute to the Global Financial Crisis, the One-77 is powered by a stonking 7.3 litre V12 which Aston are confident will produce more than 700bhp. A [...]
Mazda have teased us with images and video of the Mazda3 MPS. Now, as part of their Geneva Auto Salon program, they have gone the whole nine yards and released a full suite of images and comprehensive details of their hottest hatch. Peak power from the 2.3 litre turbo four cylinder, at 191kW, is no [...]
Volkswagen have released images of its new fifth generation Polo ahead of its reveal at the Geneva Auto Salon. Visually, at least, this is a big step forward for what is fast becoming a baby Golf. The exterior looks better than the outgoing model, although, perhaps the rear tail light treatment lets the new car [...]
The 79th Geneva International Motor Show starts this week and if you can’t be there you needn’t miss a thing. Each day from 10am (8pm AEDT) an internet television channel will have footage of all the latest from the show. Programming has begun, so bookmark the page now: www.salon-auto.tv. The show runs from 5-15 March, [...]
Volkswagen sprung something of a surprise by showing their Pickup concept at the Melbourne International Motor Show. There were rumours this model would be on display, but nothing was confirmed until the morning of the show. Sometimes referred to as the Robust, this product will feature in Australian showrooms in future. Although, no schedules have [...]
In his last address at an Australian motor show Guenther Seemann, Managing Director of BMW Group Australia, presented one of the most stunning concept cars ever made. The BMW M1 Hommage. Just look at it! It is stunning. Seemann announced he would be moving up the corporate ladder to the position of regional director for [...]
Audi’s presentation was easily the best on offer during the media day at the Melbourne International Motor Show. Managing Director Joerg Hofmann’s banter with newsreader Sandra Sully was just on the right side of smooth. If they pushed it a bit further it would have been twee and over the top, but, they saved it. [...]
Nissan went a bit punk on us with the Australian premiere of the 370Z. At least, I guess that’s what the deal was supposed to be with these young girls with ripped shorts and all. Dan Thompson, CEO, Nissan Motor Company Australia started his address by announcing Nissan will be returning to the Nürburgring in [...]