The the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli kicked off at Monza on the weekend, which meant it was the race debut for the new 458 Challenge. What better way to bring you closer to the action than by taking you onboard the new racer for a full lap of the famous Italian circuit. Stefano Gai, 2010 [...]

At this year’s Targa Tasmania rally Porsche was celebrating two anniversaries, the first being the 20th running of Tasmania’s ultimate tarmac rally, the second being the 60th anniversary of Porsche in Australia. The Porsche Musuem shipped over at least four cars to Australia to run in the event, including the iconic 911 SC to be [...]

Five sketches have emerged detailing the look of the new Audi A3 hatch and sedan. Next year the third generation A3 hatch will be released; it will be the first model built on the platform which will underpin the Golf VII and many other Volkswagen Group products. In 2013 the A3 sedan will follow, which [...]

In case you missed it, British car show Fifth Gear is a couple of episodes into its latest series. In the latest ep Vicki Butler-Henderson indulged in a bit of ultra-violence with BMW’s cooking M3 GTS. It costs twice as much as a regular M3 and is powered by a 4.4 litre V8 and good [...]

The MINI WRC Team was officially launched in Oxford overnight. To celebrate the occasion, one of the team’s works drivers, Kris Meeke, took to the Plant Oxford forecourt and performed a motorkhana display in his new MINI John Cooper Works WRC. Amateur video footage of that run can be seen below. It’s all about development [...]

We just stumbled across this teaser that indicates MINI will have an official presence at this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. The MINI motorsport website states, in part, “MINI will also be demonstrating its staying power in the 2011 motor racing season, when it faces the competition at the demanding 24-hour race on 25 and [...]

The Mercedes-Benz comedy team is at it again and has followed up the “Compliments” ad with this new clip “Decision”. It’s a nice lighthearted way to illustrate the intra team rivalry faced by Formula 1 drivers. Just a shame the Mercedes GP team isn’t performing as well as these ads are.

Another commanding display when it mattered most has seen Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) claim his second Grand Prix victory of the year in Malaysia today. Most pundits wouldn’t have been surprised by first place, but seeing Jenson Button (McLaren) and Nick Heidfeld (Renault) take the minor placing probably raised a few eyebrows. The Red [...]

Tony Quinn and Naomi Tillett today held on to win their second Targa Tasmania rally in three years. In their Nissan GT-R the 2009 champs carried a comfortable lead into the final day and drove well to secure victory by 3 minutes and 39 seconds. Wet weather on the last two days certainly provided tough [...]

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) has nailed his third pole position in a row. The young German finished qualifying at the Sepang circuit with a best time of 1:34.870, one tenth faster than Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) who’s quickest lap was 1:34.974. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing) could only manage the third fastest lap (1:35.179), despite [...]

After another dramatic day on Tasmania’s roads it now appears as though the 2011 Targa Tasmania title is Tony Quinn’s to lose. At the wheel of his Nissan GT-R, the 2009 Targa winner has extended his lead in the modern outright category to over two minutes. The Audi TT RS of Matt Close remains in [...]

This funky little hatchback is on its way to Auto Shanghai, but Mercedes-Benz has shared these pics ahead of the public debut. The Concept A-Class might have come from another planet, according to Benz, but we reckon it’s more like the spawn of Chris Bangle’s flame surfacing, with a few soft edges. The Concept A-Class [...]

Ahead of the car’s official “concept” launch Autocar has revealed the performance specs of the forthcoming BMW M5. As expected the F10 M5 will be powered by a 4.4 litre twin turbo V8 sourced from the X5 M. Upgrades to the induction and exhaust system improve throttle response and also boost power to 552bhp (410kW) [...]

Targa Tasmania claimed some big scalps today, enabling Tony Quinn (Nissan GT-R) to extend his lead in the Modern outright category to healthy 1 minute 32 seconds. Quinn’s closest rivals, Jason White (Lamborghini Gallardo) and  Steve Glenney (Mazda RX8 SP), both suffered dramas today and sit outside of the top 10. Matt Close (Audi TT [...]

The world will be getting another small SUV/crossover thingy at Auto Shanghai later this month with confirmation Audi will launch its new Q3. If you think this type of car is your bag then full details will be coming your way around 19 April following the show debut. Audi hasn’t confirmed any other details aside [...]