Australian pricing for the Aston Martin Rapide—the car the whole family can love—has been announced. Priced between the DB9 and DBS the 2010 Rapide will kick off at $366,280 plus all those horrible on road charges and dealer delivery fees. If you’ve a lazy $400K burning a hole in your pocket, then the good news [...]

Hmm, someone is telling porkies. Well, at least, that appears to be the case following a new report from Motor Authority that says Audi’s new S1 will have a quattro drivetrain. Regular readers will remember last month’s report speculation from Auto Bild that the A1 platform, and the S1 with it, would be only available [...]

Towards the end of October Volkswagen announced it intended to finalise a 49.9% stake in Porsche by year’s end. This deal was confirmed overnight and Volkswagen are licking their lips at the thought of controlling the world’s most profitable car maker. A full statement from Volkswagen AG can be read below, but here’s a small [...]

Big news in the car game last month with numbers increasing by a massive 20% on sales registered in November 2008. Following a more moderate sales boost in October, the FCAI is shouting from the roof tops that the worst of doom and gloom is over, “This is an extraordinary result that provides further evidence [...]

Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix well into the future after pouncing on the demise of the Donington disaster. The owners of Silverstone, the British Racing Drivers’ Club, announced a new 17 year deal today. Speaking at a news conference former world champion driver and BRDC president Damon Hill said, “The title of Silverstone [...]

The best ideas are often the simplest, and this theory is proved by the Eko Traffic Light. Just by looking at the image above you can probably tell what it does and how to read it. Just in case you haven’t worked it out the “ecological & economic traffic light concept” informs drivers how much [...]

The final round of the 2009 MINI Challenge saw the series arrive at a new street circuit in Sydney’s Olympic precinct. On paper, the track layout look quite bland, but in reality there’s plenty there to keep the drivers on their toes. This was something series leader Paul Stokell certainly discovered in the first race. [...]

Don’t look now, but Guy Ritchie is heading straight at you, seemingly out of control. Well, according to the Mirror, that was the common theme among the Top Gear camera crew this week as the movie man went through an impressive four cars during his appearance on the leading motoring program. A fan who attended [...]

This week Audi launched its latest fat saloon, the A8. Some might describe the A8 as ‘the third way’, avoiding the default choice of BMW’s 7 series and the big Benz S Class. Arguably, the A8 isn’t even a third way any more, Audi having craftily ensured that a variety of Variety starlets are caught [...]

Remember the name Daniel Ricciardo, it could be the next Australian name in Formula One if the 20 year old Western Australian’s career continues on its current trajectory. Earlier this year Daniel won the British Formula 3 title with the Volkswagen powered Carlin team. He dominated the series winning seven of the 13 races. Surprisingly, [...]

Kimi Raikonnen will take part in 12 of the 13 rounds of next year’s World Rally Championship. The news was confirmed earlier today by Citroën Sport, who announced Raikonnen will form part of their Citroën Junior Team racing in C4 WRCs. According to Kimi this deal fulfils a life long ambition, “I always wanted to [...]

Next Thursday marks 20 years since the first Victorian Government funded TAC commercial was broadcast on television screens. You can see that ad above, which is just as powerful now as it was two decades ago. To mark that event, and to honour the lives lost on our roads, Victorian Premier, John Brumby, is asking [...]

Earlier in the week the FIA released the full list of teams that had been signed off for the 2010 season. At that time Peter Sauber had nothing to smile about as his team was not on the list. He remained confident, though, that his team’s pit lane access would be granted. And so it [...]

The Renault quitting F1 rumours first emerged around a month ago. But, then… silence. Until now. According to autosport.com Renault execs have been discussing the company’s future in Formula One, with the very high possibility that the team will be sold to Dave Richards’ Prodrive outfit. Prodrive have been flirting with the idea of joining [...]

Alfa Romeo have released images of its 147 successor ahead of the car’s debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March. Alfa enthusiasts will be delighted to see the return of Giulietta nameplate, and it certainly evokes a lot more cred than 149 might have done. Built on an all new platform the Giulietta [...]