Audi Australia has just confirmed via its twitter account that its A1 premium hatch will be on show at AIMS, which starts on Friday. More details as they come to hand. UPDATE 14 October: Audi Australia has confirmed with AUSmotive that the A1 will have its full Australian launch at AIMS tomorrow. Customer deliveries are [...]

Jeremy Clarkson is about to release his latest solo DVD. It’s called The Italian Job and ever the commercialist you can watch a preview below. It looks pretty good, too. Despite the title, it’s not all Italian cars, either, as his V8 Atom inspired spinnaker-face shows. [via Motorcentral]

This is the most accurate rendering to date showing the rear of the BMW 1 Series M Coupé. It was created by resident 1addicts forum P-chop guru Alpine325ci and follows two previous efforts (all renderings are shown below). We got a hint of the rear valance just last week; there’s a lot of detailing there [...]

Volkswagen’s new Amarok (think of it as a German Hilux) has just been named the International Pick-Up of the Year for 2011. The prize was awarded for the first time ever at the Hanover Truck Show recently. The gong was presented to the Amarok by a jury representing over 20 countries. They reckon the new [...]

We had a great response to Round 1 of the AUSmotive AIMS ticket giveaway, thank you. There’s more on that after the jump. But now let’s move on to Round 2. We’d like to try something a bit different this time, too. It might come across as focusing on a negative in the lead up [...]

It’s been around a month since we’ve seen anything new on the Lancia Stratos revival. Here are a couple of new clips showing the car being put through its paces at the Balocco test track in Italy and at the Pininfarina wind tunnel. The man at the wheel during the Balocco testing was former F1 [...]

Recently, a select few motoring scribes fro around the globe got some one-on-one time with the BMW 1 Series M Coupé test mule. When the car was first announced Dr Kay Segler guaranteed goose pimples for us all. So, how did the chaps from Autocar, Inside Line and Motor Trend fare? Autocar said: “There was [...]

We love Aston Martin for many things. The fact their CEO competes in the Nürburgring 24 hour race is clearly a very cool thing. But, this ‘Cynical’, a rebadged Toyota econobox, is definitely not a reason to love Aston. While it was always likely to be an inevitability, a little piece of me died when [...]

Back in September Red Bull Racing sent Karun Chandok for a first look at the new Korea International Circuit. In just under two weeks the new track will host the inaugural Korean Grand Prix. Giving us another look at the newest race track on the F1 calendar is Mark Webber who commentates his way around [...]

The Australian International Motor Show starts in Sydney on Friday and organisers are boasting the show offers the general public a first chance to see the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera on Australian soil. With undeniable Lambo looks and 419kW on offer from its 5.2 litre V10 this is one car you will want to see [...]

Formula One action was all go on Sunday in Suzuka. Thanks to the rained out qualifying session the day before racegoers got to see a full qualifying session and a race all in the one day. What they saw was an unassailable Sebastian Vettel who topped all three quali sessions and led the race virtually [...]

Red Bull Racing returned to the victory dais at Suzuka today with Sebastian Vettel claiming his third race win of the year. Constantly at the top of the time sheets, Vettel was the dominant man all weekend and started the race from pole position. Teammate Mark Webber completed the Red Bull Racing domination by securing [...]

Today is a big day for Australian motorsport fans. Most of us will be hoping that Mark Webber can extend his championship lead in the Formula One title race at today’s Japanese Grand Prix. At the same time many will be keeping an eye on today’s Supercheap Auto 1000, currently underway at the famous Mount [...]

Fellow bloggers Audidriven tweeted news during the week that Audi has signed off on adding quattro to the A1. AUSmotive has not been able to find a direct quote from anyone at Audi, but apparently the news has been announced publicly by both Rupert Stadler, Audi AG Chairman, and Michael Dick, Audi AG Board Member [...]

One of the undoubted stars of the 2010 Paris Motor Show is the spectacular Audi quattro concept. Word on the street is saying Audi is willing to turn the concept into a production reality. Oh yes! Speaking to Autocar, Stefan Reil, head of development at Quattro GmbH said, “We are rethinking standard processes to make [...]