There’s only a few hours to go until the new Renault R30 is revealed to the public in Valencia, but, already images of the 2010 F1 racecar have been leaked. In actual fact, according to French website ToileF1, the pics were leaked by Renault themselves who hit the “go live” button on their 2010 website [...]
Late last year Audi started to build the hype for it’s upcoming A1 model. They even recruited Justin Timberlake to be the car’s brand ambassador. He repaid that faith by allowing the paparazzi to snap some undisguised pics of the A1. This is a car that Audi says will be the first premium model in [...]
Following their review of the new Golf GTI last year, British e-mag iMOTOR is now showing off in the new Golf R. In a brief written review they claim “the Golf R is brilliant. In fact, it’s the most exciting production Volkswagen ever.” Although, the kick in the guts for the Golf R in the [...]
The Williams F1 team aren’t due to reveal the FW32, their 2010 racecar, until Monday’s first 2010 test session at Valencia. But that hasn’t stopped a couple of intrepid wannabe spies from posting some spy footage to YouTube (available below after the break). The video was filmed recently at Silverstone and shows the car being [...]
Last night Vodafone McLaren Mercedes launched their 2010 Formula One racecar, the MP4-25. The event was covered live on McLaren’s website and if you missed it you can see some highlights jump. The clip features brief interviews with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, as well as team boss Martin Whitmarsh. Aside from Michael Schumacher [...]
Earlier this week we brought you the news that The Stig had been spotted alongside Loch Ness in Scotland. Now, for some inexplicable reasonthe chums at Google Street View have decided to blur little Stiggy’s image. As you can see above they’ve not done a terribly convincing job, either. From other angles, though, and further [...]
The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ is about to go into full production mode. Mind, to make a car that can drive upside down you can’t use any old production line. As such the Gullwing will be hand-built across three facilities—the aluminum body is made by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria; engine production is carried [...]
Several motoring blogs are reporting the news that Volkswagen will launch a new and separate performance division at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. It is understood the company will be titled simply ‘R GmbH’, following in the footsteps of the family’s similar Audi performance branch Quattro GmbH. R GmbH will be responsible for building performance [...]
Ferrari have just released these images of their 2010 Formula One car, codenamed F10. They are the first team to show their 2010 racecar to the public, with a raft of reveals to follow ahead of next week’s testing at Valencia. There’s no surprise in the livery and prominence of Santander sponsorship, that was pretty [...]
The new BMW 5 series has recently been unveiled to the motoring press in Portugal. As luck would have it, The European was there to sample the new F10 first hand. That’s me above and, thankfully, the editor agreed to put boxes over my face to protect my identity. The great post-Bangle debate has already [...]
Great news for Saab fans with confirmation that Spyker Cars and General Motors have finally reached an agreement for the sale of Saab. Spyker will form a new company call Saab Spyker Automobiles and the deal could be closed in around two weeks. In a statement released by GM, John Smith, vice president for corporate [...]
BMW Australia have just announced the pricing and predicted model range for the new X1. The little BMW SUV, sorry Sports Activity Vehicle, will go on sale locally on 10 April and list pricing starts at $43,500 for the rear wheel drive only sDrive18i manual. The line up will be topped by the all-wheel drive [...]
Towards the end of last year details emerged about this one-of Ferrari known as the P540 Superfast Aperta. It’s all a bit of an odd story, really. With the car based on an even more odd 1968 film called Toby Dammit. Anyway, if you’d like to see what endless supplies of money can do to [...]
Twenty-year-old Australian and current British Formula 3 champ, Daniel Ricciardo, has been signed for Formula One reserve driver duties with both Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. Joining Daniel, in what will be a shared role, is 20-year-old New Zealand driver Brendon Hartley. Both men took part in the F1 end of season testing [...]
Volkswagen have taken to the hills of Austria with their eagerly anticipated 199kW all-wheel drive Golf R. Providing music to the ears of Australian fans of this car, we know the new R will be coming, but we don’t know when. Depending on who you ask, the estimated time of arrival varies from as soon [...]