Hollywood car guy Jay Leno has attempted one of the biggest car movie heists of all time. In this video The fast and the famous Leno says he was inspired by the iconic 1976 Claude Lelouch short film C’était un rendez-vous, better known simply as Rendezvous—a 9 minute wonder filmed, in one take, on the [...]

News of USF1′s emergence first broke in February. Since then, not a lot has been said by Peter Windsor, Ken Anderson and their team. All around them the other new F1 teams have been announcing all sorts of goings on, including driver lineups and new sponsors. USF1, though, are keeping things very close to their [...]

Thankfully, driving on ice is not something we encounter too often in Australia. But, if you do ever have to drive in such conditions the above clip, filmed at Paignton in the UK, offers an insight into how quickly it can go wrong. The footage also show what not to do. Maybe this whole clip [...]

According to former Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith, it looks like the other British TV show will be making a comeback in 2010. Smith posted the above tweet on Christmas morning (Australian time) and it makes quite a clear statement indicating Fifth Gear will be back. News emerged in October that Fifth Gear would be [...]

A quick reminder to AUSmotive readers with access to Foxtel that BBC Knowledge will be celebrating Boxing Day with almost 12 hours of Top Gear. This will include all eight episodes from Season 12, which ends with the Vietnam special. If this sounds like fun for all the family, then check the online schedule now, [...]

It’s almost 24 hours since Michael Schumacher put pen to paper with Mercedes GP and media outlets the world over have been clamouring for information. One of the first to get an interview with Schumacher was the BBC, that interview has since been uploaded to YouTube and can been seen below, after the jump. One [...]

According to the latest Register for the Specialist & Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme (SEVS) Volkswagen’s Scirocco is eligible for low level imports. A similar process was used for the Nissan GTR, by which a company called GT Compliance was able to import small numbers of GTRs to Australia prior to Nissan Australia introducing the car. It [...]

Finally, it has been officially announced that Michael Schumacher will make a comeback to Formula One with Mercedes GP. A strong rumour first broke early this morning stating Michael had signed a deal to drive with the Silver Arrows and this has just been confirmed on the Brawn GP website. Rumours first began about a [...]

Michael Schumacher is about to stand on top of the world and start screaming, “I just can’t get enough!” Of course, he can’t get enough of Formula One and now it seems the Mercedes GP rumours are about to come true. Almost two weeks ago it was reported that Schumi and Mercedes GP had reached [...]

According to several media outlets Bernie Eccelstone has confirmed the city of Rome has secured a seven-year deal to host a Formula One Grand Prix. The new circuit would be a street track and the first race is due to be held in 2012. Rome’s addition to the F1 calendar will not come at the [...]

Internet criticism has led to Top Gear‘s Executive Producer, Andy Wilman, to write an article defending the show. In line with the old adage about criticising art it would seem many an internet fan doesn’t know much about producing a television show, but they know what they like. And, according the the masses, they don’t [...]

Top Gear fans will recall Jay Leno was in Britain earlier this year waxing lyrical with Jeremy Clarkson. It seems while he was at the Top Gear test track he also got some time inside a McLaren MP4-12C. As one might expect, this encouraged Leno to wax lyrical some more. This time about the new [...]

You may remember from yesterday that Spyker put a deadline on their latest offer to buy Saab from GM. It now appears that deadline was as flexible as a Saab convertible. The Dutch manufacturer has just issued a brief comment stating, “Spyker has been in contact with GM today, and continues to develop its proposal [...]

Aston Martin are boasting that development of their One-77 supercar is currently up to speed. In fact, they have even put a figure on that speed—220.007mph to be exact. No, I don’t really believe the 007 bit is anything other than a marketing gimmick, either. Still, 220mph is bloody quick, in modern lingo that’s 354km/h. [...]

Following the official reveal of three pictures earlier this month, new images of the 2010 Alfa Romeo Giulietta have emerged. It would seem that the Giulietta is only planned to be built in a five door configuration. Although, Alfa’s familiar disguised rear door handles do give a coupe-like look at first glance. Apart from that [...]