Lexus showed great promise when they released the LF-Ch Concept last year. That model, while not brilliant looking, showed flair, excitement and, yes, even personality. Now, ahead of Geneva, Lexus have released official images of the… Zzzzzzzzzzz, sorry, I just nodded off there. Of course, I was saying, yes, here is the … zzzzz. Oops, [...]

Porsche have announced initial details of their new Cayenne SUV ahead of next week’s Geneva Motor Show. According to Porsche, “the absolute highlight of this new generation is the world debut of the Cayenne S Hybrid”. Indeed, the Cayenne S Hybrid is the company’s greenest car yet. Like the Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid, with which it [...]

Mercedes-Benz are pretty chuffed with their new F1 Safety Car. So much so they’ve written a long press release and released a bunch of new pics. The car, of course, is the SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’. And this is the fifteenth year that Mercedes has headed the field with Safety Car duties, the only company to [...]

Mark Webber quickly found his way to the top of the time sheets in his RB6 during pre-season testing at Barcelona overnight. Once Webber found his rhthym he was never headed and settled with a best time of 1:21.487, almost one full second ahead of his nearest rival, Nico Hulkenberg, Williams (1:22.407). Webber’s Red Bull [...]

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta is the latest model to be previewed ahead of next week’s Geneva Motor Show. Alfa first teased us with a few images in early December last year. A few weeks later Autocar got the scoop and published a number of images that gave the game away for Alfa. New images have [...]

Mazda Australia has just launched a competition offering free entry at the wheel of a 3 MPS at this year’s Targa Tasmania. You’ll need to check out the Mazda Motorsport website for full details, but, the deal is you and a mate get entry into the Targa Tour (Saturday 1 May – Sunday 2 May). [...]

The final Formula One pre-season test window opens at Barcelona later tonight (Australian time) and will run until Sunday. So far the form at Valencia and Jerez has played out as expected, with the major players of Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes GP all looking solid. Although Ferrari probably look the strongest at this [...]

The MINI Countryman is a sign for some that the brand has gone to the dogs. And so it perhaps with tongue planted firmly in cheek that MINI have this loveable pooch having a grand old time in the company’s first Countryman promo clip. It’s titled “Life is out there” and you can check it [...]

McLaren Automotive have given us another insight into the development of their upcoming MP4-12C road car. Due for release in 2011, this is the second behind the scenes look from McLaren and follows November’s update. In this latest clip (available after the jump) two XP Beta-phase prototypes are shown driving in Spain on public roads [...]

The Ferrari 360, such a beautiful car, but this is such a horrible sight. These two pics were spotted on Flickr and show the Fezza being barbecued on Highway 101 in California. In the second pic your stomach just drops when you see a man watching the 360 disappear as he looks on helplessly. Ashes [...]

Last night Spyker Cars completed its purchase of Saab. Spyker intends to allows Saab Automobiles to operate as a stand-alone sister company alongside the Dutch brand under the parent company of Amsterdam Euronext. Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars NV is excited about what lies ahead for the Swedish brand, “We are delighted—Saab’s future is [...]

An anonymous blog entry on the Ferrari website has savaged Max Mosley’s Formula One legacy. The article under the banner of The Horse Whisperer is titled “For whom the bell tolls” and brings in to question the merits of introducing new teams into F1. It’s not so much that new teams are in the sport [...]

You’re looking at the insides of the BMW S1000RR engine. That’s the bike BMW runs in the Superbike World Championship. At the time that still was captured the engine was running at maximum revs, which happens to be 14,200rpm. If you’d like to see what that looks and sounds like, check out the clip after [...]

Just through from Audi now is official confirmation that the RS5 will debut at Geneva as expected. Following the leaked images of the RS5 over the weekend Audi has also confirmed the car’s basic specs, which are pretty much as reported last week. Powered by a naturally aspirated high rev 4.2-litre V8 FSI, the RS5 [...]

The fourth iteration in the 5 Series Touring will make its global premiere on 9 April at the 2010 Auto Mobil International in Leipzig. You can see from the rendering above, with thanks to Auto Evolution, what we are expecting BMW’s latest estate to look like. For more on BMW’s new F10 5 Series click [...]