Earlier in the year Melbourne’s Lord Mayor created headlines when he poured a liberal dose of hot water on the long-term future of the Australian Grand Prix being held in the Victorian capital. At the time F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone seemed only too happy to talk about relieving Melbourne of its Grand Prix hosting responsibilities. [...]

Porsche has issued a press statement confirming its new SUV, the Cajun, will be built at their Leipzig factory. The plant first came to life in 2002 building the Cayenne. In 2009, following improvements to the facility, the Panamera was added to its roster. A minimum of 1000 jobs are expected to be created by [...]

The 2011 MotoGP season kicks off this weekend and BMW has continued its association with the series by launching a new 1 Series M Coupé Safety Car. It looks pretty special in it’s BMW Motorsport inspired war paint. And that Akrapovic aftermarket exhaust is sure to sound great at maximum revs too. [Source: 1addicts]

The simmering saga of Volkswagen chasing Alfa Romeo skirt continues with the German giant dangling a big Porsche carrot in front of Alfa Romeo. That carrot takes the form of a rumoured plan for future Volkswagen-owned Alfa Romeos to use Porsche engines. Although, Alfa’s current owners, Fiat, are still playing hard to get and are [...]

US-based website Kilometer Magazine brings us some excellent spy shots of what appears to be the next-gen Porsche 911 Turbo. Earlier 911 test mules have been adorned with Turbo-style side intake stickers—they can’t fool us, the intakes on this prototype are the real deal. The front end looks similar to the previous 911 Turbo and [...]

Awesome has a new definition. And that comes in the form of this BMW M3 ute prototype lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Maybe BMW has taken inspiration from the equally awesome E39 M5 ute conversion by Australia’s own Stuart Appleby (yes, the pro golfer). Maybe it’s a crazy April Fool’s Day stunt in the making? Or [...]

BMW’s latest M5 teaser clip has hit the tube. Unsurprisingly, not too much is given away, but the frequency of material released does suggest the predicted reveal at Auto Shanghai in late April is looking likely. So, for the latest look at the 4.4 litre force-fed V8 and 7-speed DCT take the jump and watch [...]

Walter Röhrl, Porsche luminary and Targa Tasmania competitor, has taken to the track in a beautifully restored 904 GTS. The car is part of the excellent rolling Porsche Museum which makes sure its car go as well as they show. With Röhrl at the wheel, the sleek coupé still has the ability to powerslide through [...]

Red Bull Racing could be heading for a new Formula One dynasty with two of the sport’s hottest properties agreeing to extend their contracts. Vettel, the youngest man to win an F1 world championship, has been re-signed until 2014. While Newey, designer of three championship winning cars at Williams, McLaren and Red Bull Racing, has [...]

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel is on hand here to give a brief rundown on the introduction of moveable rear wings and KERS. Both have been thrown into the mix for the 2011 Formula One season. We’ve spoken about these new regulations during the off-season already and it will be very interesting to see how [...]

Hats off to young PJTierney who has created 19 striking new designs for each of the races on the 2011 Formula One calendar. The Irish design graduate completed the posters over 19 days, allowing himself one day per poster. They’re simple, effective and it would be great if you could find them in a store [...]

When the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 was taken for its first test run the other day, the chaps from Evo magazine were on hand. They filmed this short, but sweet, clip of the GT3 car being driven around Silverstone. There’s something so right about the brutal efficiency of a purpose-built racecar. The mechanical noises they make [...]

Yesterday BMW lifted the covers from its new 6 Series Coupé, well, in an online internet way at least. But, let’s go back a model first. Here at AUSmotive we generally supported the theory behind Chris Bangle’s flame surfacing. His 5 Series and Z4 were easily the most successful executions of his controversial design language. [...]

Porsche has just commenced deliveries of the awesome 911 GT2 RS to its North American customers. There were 20 cars waiting for their owners at the El Toro airfield in California. That’s a combined total of 12,400hp, or around 9,300kW. They’re some pretty big numbers, which sit well alongside the 80,000 engineering hours and almost [...]

First filed 26 January. Aston Martin has fiddled about with its seemingly timeless V8 Vantage and created a new S model. The Vantage is still such a great looking car. And now it’s just that little bit better, too. With 321kW and 490Nm from the 4.7 litre V8, plus the addition of a new 7-speed [...]