Internet giant Google have recently entered the world of mobile phone satellite navigation with their new product Google Maps Navigation. Currently developed for use on Android 2.0 phones the system has pretty much every feature you could wish for in a sat nav product. There’s live traffic updates, turn-by-turn directions, voice control and, of course, [...]

As you will most likely be aware MINI is celebrating its 50th birthday in 2009. As one of the many aspects to the birthday bash MINI have commissioned this excellent short film that has brief interviews with people from all walks of life and from all across the globe. Yes, it’s nothing more than the [...]

Wheels magazine is celebrating the local launch of the new Golf GTI with this great addition to their November issue. You can read the liftout online by clicking on the image above. I also understand the hard copy version will be included on newsstands with the regular magazine. If nothing else, this brochure does a [...]

Last weekend the MINI Challenge gang tore around the streets of Surfers Paradise. Race 3 was broadcast live across the nation by Channel 7 and if you missed the action, you need worry no longer, because here it is for your viewing pleasure. Being a tight street circuit the overtaking opportunities weren’t great, but it [...]

According to a report in The Age BMW Australia is making preparations to bring the MINI E down under. The all electric-powered MINI has been operating on trial lease agreements in the United States since late 2008. The MINI E is also currently being evaluated in both Germany and England. Now, it looks like we [...]

Boutique British sportscar manufacturer Ultima Sports Ltd have smashed the track record at the Dunsfold Park track used by Top Gear. Continually bemused that the show won’t allow their Ultima GTR720 to be tested by The Stig because of the “must be able to drive over a speed bump rule” the chaps from Ultima have [...]

Round 5 of the Australian MINI Challenge was held at Phillip Island back in mid-September. Race 1 was covered live, while this highlights package shows snippets from the first two races, before showing Race 3 in full. There’s also a good mid-season re-cap at the start of the broadcast that includes interviews with a lot [...]

This clip is currently orbiting the blogosphere, so why not let it drop in for a spell at AUSmotive HQ. What you’re about to see is the glory of super slow-mo technology. Various forms of motorbike and motor racing categories have been captured and set to music. A special note of thanks to the creator [...]

There’s been sightings of new Golf GTIs around the country for over two months now. There was a pricing leak almost two weeks ago. And, as posted earlier today, the press launch is happening as we speak. Finally, then, the wait is over and Australian details of the new Golf GTI have been officially announced. [...]

The new Mk6 Golf GTI is being presented to the Australian motoring media today in the Victorian Alps. This is good and bad news, really. It’s good news because the latest GTI is almost ready for public consumption (in fact, your local dealer probably has a few in storage right now), but bad news because [...]

The New York owner of this Koenigsegg CCX has just lived through his worst nightmare. His car was crashed by somebody else. Y’know, it would be one thing if a thief stole the car and crashed it. You don’t tend to trust a thief all that much, so as difficult as it would be, you [...]

If you are a fan of the Mazda3, or just like having a sticky beak at the information manufacturers put together for their cars, then you will love this. Click on the image above to view an online digital brochure of the Mazda3 which has been prepared by Mazda UK. It includes pictures, video and [...]

The Citröen Racing partnership of Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena secured their sixth successive WRC title overnight by winning the final rally of the year, the Rally of Great Britain. The rally, set in the Welsh countryside, was a tight battle between Loeb/Elena and Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen pairing, and provided a snapshot of the [...]

This clip from Edmunds’ Inside Line is short, to the point and packed with solid comparisons. They reckon the Audi comes up trumps. So, which one would you have—the Audi S4 or the BMW 335i? [via German Car Blog]

Earlier in the year I posted an old Australian-spec Mini brochure, this time, it is Volkswagen’s turn. After the break you can view a full 24 page brochure on the 1980 UK-spec Mk1 Golf. As with any car brochure that is around 30 years old there are some selling points highlighted that, today, seem rather [...]