Volkswagen’s new Polo has just been awarded the 2010 European Car of the Year award. The VW supermini edged out the Toyota iQ by a narrow margin but it was then daylight to the rest of the seven car field. The full run down of points is as follows; Volkswagen Polo (347 points), Toyota iQ [...]

This video from Autocar, featuring the Volkswagen Scirocco R and the Ford Focus RS is a bit of a tease really. You see, neither car is currently available in Australia. Worse, it doesn’t look like that situation is going to change anytime soon. However, that minor inconvenience doesn’t make either car less desirable. Indeed, in [...]

Sex, selling and Toyota are not necessarily three words you would expect to see in the same sentence. But, thanks to the current Toyota “Clever Film” competition that’s exactly what the above ad uses to, erm, flog the Toyota Yaris, of all things. The basic concept may not be especially original, and it does border [...]

Volkswagen ambassador and former Formula One driver Hans-Joachim Stuck says the German auto giant is flirting with the idea of becoming an F1 engine supplier. “If you’re the world’s largest manufacturer is natural that we’re thinking about [F1], but not before 2012,” he said. New rules which are set to change the way the sport [...]

The penultimate round of the Australian MINI Challenge was held at Western Australia’s Barbagallo Raceway last weekend. Like last year, the event involved a race ending incident for Uber-Star driver Leanne Tander. The accident happened early in Race 3, and was the precursor to a disastrous restart that saw many in the field confused by [...]

An Audi TTS is being modified to tackle one of the world’s most daunting roads, the 9390ft Pikes Peak Hill Climb. nothing so newsworthy about that until you realise this car does not have a driver behind the wheel. The car currently has a whole bunch of driverless gizmos stuffed in the boot, but the [...]

Another great TouTube clip here from DTMEnthusiast. Not so much DTM goodness in this one, though. No, it’s mostly Quattro rally footage, with a bit of circuit racing just so we don’t forget Audi doesn’t mind the black stuff too. Make the jump and the clip is yours.

Hard to believe it is almost a month ago now, but I still haven’t forgotten just how much fun it was fanging around Eastern Creek in Volkswagen’s finest. Their new Mk6 Golf GTI is a great package and improves on the already excellent Mk5 model. If you missed out on the GTI Advanced Driving Academy [...]

According to my anonymous tip last month we should be hearing and reading about the Audi RS5 later today. Given the story hasn’t grown too many legs in the last few weeks I’m a bit unsure this dream rumour will actually come true. Let’s hope it does, hey. I mean, the 330kW normally aspirated V8 [...]

It’s been a bit of YouTube week so far on AUSmotive, so I may as well continue this trend with another clip of awesomeness. This time from the DTM series with footage from around 20 years ago. Cheesy pop, again, is the order of the day, but you can’t deny the classic motorsport action. It [...]

I was pretty critical of the daft Corolla ad this time last year. But, credit where credit is due, this new “Nothing soft gets in—Country border security” ad is bloody good. “Can I get the collar down please.” “When did you have last latte sir?” “Yea, we got tofu here.” Haha, they’re all great lines, [...]

Like me, you have probably never heard of Dan Neil either. That aside, here he gets to do something I’m sure many AUSmotive readers would love to be do—drive the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’. The clip is short and to the point. On the surface, at least, Neil does a competent job of giving [...]

Some amateur YouTube clips are great. Some are brilliant. And, some, like this one, leave you scratching your head. You’re about to learn that the greatness of BMW’s 3 Series is true. [Thanks to Tom for the tip]

Back in the day Subaru knocked the Mitsubishi Lancer GSR off the AWD 2-litre turbo perch with its then new Impreza WRX. The ‘Rex’ then proceeded to take all before it to establish itself as the benchmark $40K weapon of choice. A great product well marketed off the back of local and international rally successes [...]

Here at AUSmotive we like to keep you up to date with the Australian MINI Challenge series. Now, with these videos you can imagine what the category would have been like back in the 1960s. There are two clips for you to enjoy. Both were filmed at this year’s Goodwood Revival held in late September. [...]