Jamie Lee Curits is doing her bit to end the reign of the Toyota Prius as the darling of Hollywood celebs. Her cause was given a huge boost after the Honda FCX Clarity was named the World Green Car of the Year. The announcement was made last week at the WCOTY awards in New York. [...]

The World Car of the Year Awards were announced last week at the New York International Auto Show. You have already read about the Golf VI claiming the overall WCOTY gong, but there were a few extra chocolates handed out as well. The Fiat 500 was the recipient of some goodness when it was declared [...]

Saudi Arabian authorities have banned vanity plates which it deems offensive. Personalised plates are popular with Saudi youth and as many as 90,000 “lewd” plates will have to be replaced. Included in the list of banned custom plates, are “SEX”, “BAD” and “ASS. Curiously, “USA” is at the top of the prohibited listing. “BAR” is [...]

A publicity stunt has gone horribly wrong for Renault at Dubai Autodrome. A drag race bewteen a Renault R28 F1 car and a Ford GT40 ended abruptly when the driver of the F1 car lost control and smashed into the pitwall. Middle Eastern Rally Champion Mohammed Ben Sulayem, was at the wheel of the Renault [...]

Following last month’s official announcement of the SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’, Mercedes-Benz has released these teaser images of the car. While only sketch drawings of the exterior have been revealed, three interior shots of the car have been released. The concept drawings look damn spectacular it has to be said. Something we can’t always say about [...]

The BMW M3 GT4 will make its competition debut at the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race this May. Although not an official works team, BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BR), Jörg Müller (DE) and Andy Priaulx (GB) will don their race suits for Schubert Motorsport. For more pictures and extra detail, check out AUSringers.com.

Swedish company Amparo has just started UK trials of a potentially life saving technology aimed at raising awareness of school children near public roads. The system, called SeeMe, uses a transponder attached to a school bag which will trigger solar-powered road side warning lights when a child with the SeeMe system in operation is near [...]

The Volkswagen Golf VI has been named World Car of the Year for 2009. The announcement was made overnight at the New York International Auto Show. After making the final cut, the Golf had to beat the Ford Fiesta and the Toyota iQ to claim the 2009 World Car of the Year title. “We are [...]

Carmageddon has claimed yet another scalp with news filtering through that body specialists Karmann filed for bankruptcy overnight. Best known for their stunning Volkswagen Karmann Ghia coupé, built from 1955–1974, the German coach-builders currently supply components and body work for convertible models to the likes of Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, MINI and Volkswagen. Contracts with Audi [...]

The Volkswagen Golf VI has been criticised for being too small a jump from the previous generation V. For motoring enthusiasts, the relevance of this criticism will hold strongest in the hero GTI model. Seeing as I was busy when the recent launch took place on the French Riveria we’ll have to make do with [...]

An unknown Melbourne motorist is gaining unwanted notoriety after crashing into a brothel on Punt Road in Richmond. The accident happened at 7:40am on Sunday and witnesses claim the driver lost control turning on to Punt Road from Brunton Avenue. In a case of premature evacuation the driver fled the scene, leaving the $270K Mercedes-Benz [...]

News has been confirmed that Volkswagen US will not be importing the gorgeous Scirocco. What affect, if any, this has on Volkswagen Australia’s plans and hopes to bring the coupé down under remains to be seen. Like the US, it is currently believed the Scirocco doesn’t make business sense for VW as it would most [...]

According to various news reports a potentially spiteful court case between the founders of P1 International, Damon Hill and Michael Breen, could force the company into bankruptcy. Hill, the 1996 F1 World Champion, left P1 three years ago and is seeking money he believes is owed to him. In order to do that he launched [...]

Fifth Gear’s Jason Plato is currently getting about in the BTCC in a reasonably priced car—a Chevrolet Lacetti. Something not so reasonable, though, was the tap up the backside given to him by BMW driver Jonathan Adam at Brands Hatch last weekend. Watch the clip above to see the amazing car control shpwn by Plato [...]

Dean Evans will be gladly flogging the bejeezus out of a Lotus Exige Cup 260 in the Targa Tasmania event later this month. With 192kW at their disposal, and just 890kg of car to move around it’s pretty safe to say Evans and co-driver Simone Bachmann have the ingredients to be at the pointy end [...]