According to CAR magazine you’re looking at the Audi Project Anniversario. A new model based on the S5 that breathes new life into the car that put Audi on the modern performance map—the iconic Ur Quattro. The Anniversario, as the name suggests, was due for release this year, Audi’s centenary. However the GFC put the [...]

A recent report on AppleInsider states that TomTom for the iPhone is being sold by pre-order on a UK website for the ex-VAT price of £99 (approx AU$200). Although TomTom officials are yet to confirm that pricing, it does give some hope that the cost of the app may not be as outrageous as first [...]

Never mind that big lovable smiling face from the seven time F1 world champ, the BBC reports that Schumi’s comeback could be scuppered by a neck injury suffered after he crashed while testing a motorbike earlier in the year. A loosely translated report from Schumacher’s press agent, Sabine Kehm, states, “It is not sure yet [...]

The latest information from VFACTS tells us that business sales are continuing to prevent sales from falling too far. While June was a bumper month, July sales returned to a more usual figure for 2009, with 75,333 vehicles rolling off showrooms around the country. That’s a drop of 10.3% on July sales in 2008. Unsurprisingly, [...]

Those of you waiting for the new Mk6 Golf GTI to reach Australian shores will be pleased with the anonymous tip I received from an AUSmotive reader yesterday. Apparently a truck carrying a new GTI was seen heading from Port Kembla towards Minto in Sydney’s south west. That may seem innocent enough, of course, but [...]

Mazda haven’t revealed too much about this exciting bit of kit. So we’ll just have to use our imagination to think how awesome a stripped out, track focused MX-5 Superlight could be. We’ll find out more at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few weeks. As if this teaser pic isn’t already cool enough, just [...]

Miaaooooww! Ferrari has clawed back at Williams over the British team’s refusal to allow special dispensation for Michael Schumacher to break the in season testing rules. Ferrari want to give Schumacher some track time in the 2009 F60 before the European Grand Prix which takes place later this month. The BBC reports of a Ferrari [...]

MINI Australia has announced the arrival of its latest model, the John Cooper Works Cabrio. It’s kind of a MINI Challenge racecar for the road, but without the roof, obviously! “The MINI John Cooper Works brand continues to reinforce MINI’s authenticity, providing enthusiastic sports drivers a range of vehicles powered by the very same engine [...]

MINI is a company not short on PR prowess, so when a major milestone like a 50th anniversary comes along they’re not going to think twice about exploiting a marketing opportunity. One such opportunity is the MINI 50 Camden special edition. Full details of the car can be viewed at MotoringFile. Suffice to say the [...]

While researching for pics to accompany the sad news that BMW will be pulling out of F1 at season’s end I stumbled across these images of the BMW Sauber F1.09 steering wheels. For an up close and personal look click on the pics for 2000px super images. The wheel above is Nick Heidfeld’s, take the [...]

Osborne Motorsports is a team synonymous with Toyota. Nineteen years of racing the product does that, I guess. Now, though, that is all about to change with news that Colin Osborne has bought two Mazda3 MPS cars which have seen racing action most recently in Targa Tasmania. The cars will be used in the 2010 [...]

The Lamborghini Miura is one of the world’s most beautiful supercars. If, like me, you are unlikely to ever own one you can now make do with a 272 page hardback book The Lamborghini Miura Bible by Joe Sackey. The first print run was published in November 2008, but it sold out in just a [...]

It seems not everyone is jumping for joy at Michael Schumacher’s return to Formula One. The current ban on in season testing means that Schumacher is yet to take the wheel of the 2009 F60 machine. Ferrari were seeking approval to have that ban relaxed for a single day of testing to allow Michael to [...]

Back in 1990 Jean Louis Mourey gave the motoring and cinema world Climb Dance. A five minute epic, if there can be such a thing, capturing Ari Vatanen‘s mad scramble up the famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Fast forward 19 years and here is the latest short film centred around the Pikes Peak event. This [...]

In Australia we have killjoys that can prevent a car manufacturer from broadcasting an entertaining television commercial. This is because, apparently, the sight of a sliding car means you will lose all sense of perspective and hit the streets without a care in the world for anyone else’s safety, much less your own. The skills [...]