Despite declaring they were chasing outright victory, Aston Martin say their new LMP1 has exceeded expectations at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The #007 car was the first petrol powered racer across the line, finishing fourth outright. The other two Aston Martins had accident related issues which kept them well out of contention. [...]

Tonight’s was a run of the mill episode. James drove a Pontiac Commodore around LA and waxed lyrical about Aussie motoring brilliance. His points weren’t entirely convincing, it has to be said. He also took a new Nissan 370Z for a test drive. This should be the program’s raison d’être. The challenges and mucking around [...]

GoAuto brings us news that the Volkswagen Golf GTD has “been put on the backburner” by Volkswagen Australia. The GTD is essentially a GTI-spec Golf, but powered by a 125kW 2.0 litre diesel engine. As such, VW Australia are running with the same rationale for not bringing the GTD here as they have for the [...]

Grant Denyer claimed the points at Round 2 of the MINI CHALLENGE 2009. Here are two clips that show how he did it. There’s plenty of action on offer, including footage of Denyer punting off Über-Star Car driver Steve Bradbury during qualifying!

As reported last night, Australia’s David Brabham, along with Marc Gené and Alexander Wurz, drove their Peugeot 908 HDi to victory at Le Mans, finally beating fierce rivals Audi. Both teams headed the field for most of the weekend, with the Peugeot team dominating the race. “It’s such a great feeling to have won,” beamed [...]

Earlier this month we brought you the demise of a McLaren F1. As if one supercar going up in flames wasn’t bad enough, here is some smoking footage of a Ferrari Enzo in Canada that is sure you bring a tear to your eye. [Source: Jalopnik]

The #9 Peugeot 908 HDi has just won the 77th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the #8 Peugeot crossing the line in second, it was a quinella for the Peugeot team. The #1 R15 TDI from the defending Audi team finished third. Spain’s Marc Gené drove the winning car across the [...]

A quick reminder that Top Gear Series 13 returns to UK screens next Sunday 21 June. If you don’t mind a few spoilers on what you will see in the upcoming series, check out Wikipedia or finalgear.com.

Well into the second half of the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans the Peugeot 908 HDi looks set to end Audi’s dominance of the event. The #9 Peugeot 908 HDi, driven by Australia’s David Brabham, Marc Gené (Spain) and Alexander Wurz (Austria), is currently leading the race. The pole position winning #8 Peugeot, with [...]

World Rally Championship series leader Sebastien Loeb has spectacularly crashed out of the Acropolis Rally in Greece, as this footage shows. The incident happened yesterday, on the opening stage of day two. Loeb, recently awarded France’s highest civilian honour, was the Acropolis winner in 2008 and his chances of defending that title were well and [...]

This Sunday (14 July) at noon the Seven Network is showing a one hour highlights package of Targa Tasmania 2009. Make sure you catch the action and see just how Tony Quinn beat the field in his Nissan GT-R. Check your local guides for details.

Top Gear Australia are offering up a trip for two to the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The prize includes airfares, accommodation and, the best part, driver tuition with Ron Simons from RSR Nurburg. You must be over 18 to enter, hold an Australian driving licence and be able to travel in the last week of August this [...]

Audi’s recent honour roll at Le Mans is mighty impressive. They have won eight of the last nine races. Or, to put it another way, Audi has won every Le Mans 24 hour race in the 2000s, except for 2003. Audi’s current streak stands at five successive wins. No pressure, then, for the drivers of [...]

On the off chance yesterday’s photo gallery didn’t get you in the mood for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, this race guide from Aston Martin should. To download the PDF simply CLICK HERE and 2.4mb of slick Aston Martin wonderment will be on its way. A further teaser in the form of a [...]

Wow, that’s a long model name. In fact, so rare will the MINI John Cooper Works World Championship 50 be, with just 250 units worldwide, there’s almost one letter for each owner in the title! The WC50 has been created to celebrate 50th anniversary of John Cooper‘s first Formula One World Championship. The driver that [...]