Last week Mark Webber took time out of his busy schedule to launch the Renault Clio RS 200 Australian Grand Prix Limited Edition. Bit of a mouthful, hey! There’ll be just 30 of these little pocket rockets sold, all in the Liquid Yellow paint shown here. At $39,990 the Limited Edition model carryies a $1000 [...]

Word filtering through to AUSmotive says the 136kW Audi A1 1.4 TFSI will be priced around the $45,000 mark. A local launch is not too far away, either. After our Drive Thru in the 90kW A1 we discovered it is a ripping little car, albeit, a little hamstrung by its expensive price. The hottest A1 [...]

Last year Skoda raced a parts bin special Octavia RS-P at Targa Tasmania. This year the same car has been given an orange coat to mark the company’s sponsorship of new AFL team GWS. The changes run deeper, too, with the car altered to make it eligible to run in the two-wheel drive Showroom class [...]

Here at AUSmotive we’re undecided on our opinion of the Porsche Panamera. But, we agree with the well-known phrase, “I’ve never met a horsepower I didn’t like.” So, on that basis, the case for approving of the Panamera has taken a step forward with the announcement of the Turbo S model. With 410kW (550bhp) squeezed [...]

At the end of last year we said Audi had no plans for a B8-based RS4. Well, thankfully, this pic, showing what appears to be an RS4 testing at the Nürburgring, indicates that info was incorrect. If those wheels look familiar that’s because you’ve seen them on the RS5 coupé. Essentially, the test mule you [...]

McLaren has just posted an overview of its 2011 Formula One steering wheel found on the MP4-26. Just what do all those buttons do? To help with the explanation make sure you click on the image above, which will give you a 1600px image to work with. Then, head on over to the McLaren website [...]

The Formula One circus has been and gone for another year. Albert Park can once again commence its return to a peaceful public playground. While the set up of the track affects Melbourne for months, the F1 teams, the main show, aren’t even here for a full week. These images, photographed by Michael Daniel, were [...]

Cast your mind back to December 2008. That’s when Jeremy Clarkson reviewed the electric-powered Tesla Roadster on Top Gear. Generally speaking, he praised the Tesla for its rapid pace, but was very critical about the time it would take to re-charge the battery when it went flat. And it is the subject of the battery [...]

As each day passes we get closer to the launch of the next-gen Porsche 911. That debut is expected to take place at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. We can thank World Car Fans for these latest spy shots of a barely disguised prototype seen in its preferred environment, the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The new 911 will [...]

A couple of weeks ago we brought you video of the next BMW M5 (F10) undergoing cold weather testing. Here is a new clip that runs for a long 29 minutes plus. It’s essentially the extended mix of our earlier post. So, sit back, relax and enjoy seeing the F10M being put through some very [...]

Good news for fans of Audi’s RS models with word coming through the next-gen RS6 will be here sooner, rather than later. With BMW’s next M5 due for a debut showing next month, it’s understood Audi is itching to get the RS6 into showrooms late next year. The previous RS6 may not have been the [...]

Autoblog brings us new pics of a very interesting prototype vehicle, it’s a regular looking R56 MINI Cooper S hatch; regular until you see the dangly bits at the rear of the car. It’s understood the front wheels will be driven by conventional petrol power, while the rears will be driven by electric power. Sporting [...]

Fancy a gander inside a secret BMW production line where all new prototypes are hand built? Lucky for you BMW USA has lifted the lid on this once secret facility, known as Plant Zero. It’s a little bit nerdy, but hey, if you’re reading AUSmotive there’s every chance you’re a proper car nerd anyway. We [...]

Things didn’t go too well for Jimmy Keeney at the Global RallyCross Championships in California on the weekend. As you can see he made a bit of a hash of it. The accident happened after a jump, which seemed to go very well; until he landed. The good news is that Keeney and his co-driver [...]

Portuguese driver Armindo Araujo created headlines by mixing it with the higher spec WRC cars on the first day of competition at Rally Portugal.  Araujo had the honour of making the competition debut in the MINI John Cooper Works S2000 in the event. By the end of Day 1 the Portuguese was sitting pretty in [...]