Autosport.com has taken on one of the most ambitious F1 polls of all time to discover who is recognised as the sport’s greatest ever driver. To establish the list they went straight to the source, the drivers themselves, asking 217 racers to list their top 10 greatest drivers. The definition of “greatest” was left to [...]
Overnight the FIA released a revised calendar for the 2010 Formula One season. As expected, the Australian Grand Prix relinquishes its premiere status to Bahrain. Since hosting its first race in 1996 Melbourne has held the opening race of every season, with the exception of 2006 when it was pushed back to avoid clashing with [...]
On my daily Twitter rounds I came across a tweet from Audi_online saying the Audi tv website has been updated. So I had a quick scout around and found a short clip for you all to enjoy. It’s a brief report from Audi’s time at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed. They’ve managed to squeeze [...]
Earlier in the week evo reported that BMW have confirmed plans to build a new M1. Well, two, actually. One will be a supercar drawing heavily on the M1 Hommage and Vision EfficientDynamics concept models. The other will be a lighter, better, faster 135i. It seems likely the M1 badge will be reserved for the [...]
The Porsche Panamera has polarised opinions from the moment it was announced. It’s bad enough that Porsche are making a four door saloon, some say, but, that it looks like that—well, that’s just the icing on the cake. Trouble is, the big behemoth actually seems to be good. Very good, in fact. Reviewers from all [...]
The Nissan GT-R, the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Audi R8 V10. Immensely capable and devastatingly quick cars, all. But does the quickest track car make the best road car? Do flappy paddle gearboxes still incur the wrath of reviewers like they once did? Does price matter? Steve Sutcliffe from Autocar has been kind enough [...]
For reasons unknown Volkswagen Media Services have loaded 18 new images of their stunning 195kW Scirocco R. There’s no press release, just the images you see here. But, who are we to argue. The rest of the images are after the jump. To view wallpaper friendly 2000px super images simply click on the pics you [...]
Good news for Golf nuts, LED rear lights can soon be yours. According to the release below they will soon be fitted as standard equipment on the Golf R. Buyers of the GTI and GTD models will also be able to option the LEDs, first seen on the Wörthersee GTI, for €350. As well as [...]
Volkswagen and Suzuki have begun a bit of a love-in. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn probably explains it best, “Two of the world’s leading car makers are joining forces and preparing to meet the growing challenges that lie ahead. Together we can maximize our opportunities for growth. We are proud to be cooperating with such an [...]
More amateur YouTubery here. This time, though, the quality levels have been cranked up. Way past 11. The feature car is a 1989 Honda Civic Wagon with Real Time 4WD. But never mind that, just enjoy the clip. It’s truly great viewing, and very, very well put together. There’s also a making of clip after [...]
The Schumacher F1 comeback rumours have been given new life overnight, with former F1 driver, TV presenter and twitterist, Tiff Needell, and F1 supremo Bernie Eccelstone both believing we could be about to see the second coming. As you can see from the above graphic Tiff tweeted his thoughts at about 11pm last night Australian [...]
Volkswagen’s new one-tonne light commercial foray, the Amarok, is still a couple of months away from its official launch. However, James Stanford from Australian website GoAuto has been given some time behind the wheel of a pre-production model while in Argentina. Here’s a few of his initial thoughts: “Volkswagen appears to have nailed its first [...]
The British Racing Drivers Club held their annual awards yesterday. Established to acknowledge the efforts of drivers from Commonwealth nations, there are several awards handed out at a lavish function with many motorsport greats usually in attendance. Webber won two awards to go with his German and Brazilian Grand Prix victories. He was presented with [...]
MotoringFile brings us an early Christmas present with news the Roadster and Coupé concepts will be going into production as early as June next year. According to the report pre-production models should start rolling off the line mid next year, with the first batch of customer production cars starting some time around October 2010. Should [...]
A Hong Kong driver has put the F into fail after crashing his Pagani Zonda F, one of just 25 ever made. Supposedly the pwner was returning from a track day when he remembered Murray Walker’s immortal words “unless I’m very much mistaken”, at which point he was indeed mistaken as he proceeded to plough [...]