Leading UK motorsport and tuning outfit Cosworth have worked their magic over the Subaru Impreza STI. They said no to the standard STI’s miserable 300PS and 5.2 second 0-100km/h time. They seem to think an STI should have 400PS (295kW), and that it should be able to despatch 100km/h in under four seconds, 3.7 to [...]

As you know, this is year marks the 30th anniversary of Audi’s quattro technology. So what’s been your favourite all-paw Audi over the years? The obvious choice for many would be the original, the Ur Quattro shown above. For me, it would have to be the awesome RS2. That’s the car that piqued my interest [...]

Local fans of the Blue Oval’s finest hot hatch will have to endure more misery with the announcement of this cooking Focus RS500 model. Ford Australia, in their wisdom, have decided that we cannot buy Ford Focus RS. Sure we can get the Focus XR5 (ST), but if Volkswagen is willing to offers  its top-end [...]

The Audi RS5 created waves in the blogosphere when images were “leaked” back in February. Now, Audi have decided to calm things down a bit with this new video of the RS5. Check it out after the jump. It’s a long play advertisement, really, and the voiceover guy sounds about as excited as Mark Webber [...]

With just 500 LFA supercars planned for worldwide distribution Lexus already has a limited edition hero model. But exclusivity has a new name, and that is the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package. Just 50 of these, sourced from the original allocation of 500, will be made in honour of the company’s exploits at the Nürburgring 24 [...]

It’s safe to say that the final result in the 2010 Australian Grand Prix is not on the majority of Australian F1 fans were hoping for. Local boy Mark Webber had his best chance yet to win his home race. He qualified on the front row, alongside pole sitter and teammate Sebastien Vettel. However, through [...]

More Audi A1 video now, this time it’s an official clip showcasing an A1 competition kit. Audi have splashed some colour around the place, inspired by previous Audi motorsport achievements. Apart from a few pics, there’s not much other information around at the moment. You can watch the video after the jump.

Sebastien Vettel and Mark Webber will start tomorrow’s Australian Formula One Grand Prix on the front row after posting the fastest ever times recorded at the Albert Park track. Webber desperately wanted to claim pole position but it was his younger German teammate that claimed the prize with a blistering lap time of 1:23.919. Vettel [...]

Mark Webber has followed his Bahrain preview with a virtual lap of the Albert Park Grand Prix circuit behind the wheel of the Red Bull Racing simulator. Mark has just set the fastest lap time so far this weekend in Free Practice 3. Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix is about to start. Can Webber [...]

It’s about six weeks now since the Audi A1 was first seen in official images. But speculation over a cooking S1 model has been around for well over 12 months. And here’s some more S1 educated guesswork in the form of a Photoshopped rendering. After the jump you can see a video of how this [...]

At Mark Webber’s civic reception earlier this week the point was made he likes to remind people he is from Queanbeyan and not Canberra. Well, it seems if Canberra Milk is writing the cheque that Webber’s loyalty can be shifted. After the break—pardon the pun—is a 30 second television commercial currently on high rotation during [...]

Doing a few burnouts at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed is one thing. Doing them in Victoria’s nanny state during Grand Prix week is a different proposition altogether. Just ask 2008 F1 World Champ Lewis Hamilton who was busted fishtailing his Mercedes road car  yesterday evening on Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. Senior police [...]

Following Wednesday’s spotting of a 3dr Volkswagen Golf R in Fremantle comes these new pics of another 3dr Golf R from Port Kembla, south of Sydney. The model shown appears to have leather seats and I’ve been informed it has a DSG transmission. The very interesting thing here is that, despite photo evidence of two [...]

The fun and games are now over for Mark Webber. The Australian Grand Prix is now officially underway with Free Practice 1 currently under green light conditions. Keep up with all the action via the AUSmotive F1 list on twitter. There you can access all the latest tweets from all the major players in the [...]

The Porsche Boxster Spyder is a car well worth waiting for. Start with a razor sharp Boxster S, give the 3.4 litre flat six a bit of a nudge to 235kW, knock 80kg off its weight, bringing it down to 1275kg, and you can see why the Spyder is worth the wait. The good news [...]