Porsche has released what we believe will be their last official teaser video of the new 911. That’s right, we have an inkling that the wraps will come off the 991 as soon as tomorrow. Well, after last week’s leaked images, we already know the basics about Stuttgart’s latest iconic sportscar looks. So, c’mon Porsche, [...]

As you know Formula One will be making a return to the United States in 2012 at a new purpose-built racetrack in Austin, Texas. To help promote the event and build the profile of F1 down south David Coulthard took the Red Bull Racing promo car to the city to see what’s cooking. The crowd [...]

Word has come through that Top Gear Australia, Series 4, is due to air on Channel 9 from Tuesday next week. It’s been almost 12 months since we saw the TGA lads in action. Perhaps it has taken that long for Ewen and Shane to patch up their differences, as one reader suggested last November? [...]

A couple of weeks after the garden variety 2012 Audi A3 was spied, a cooking S3 prototype has been seen sunning itself in California. Reports suggest the car will still be powered by a 2.0 turbo four. Power is expected to increase from 265hp to 280hp, while torque may remain at 350Nm; a bit too [...]

The usual leak info on the weekend, followed by official confirmation on Monday, reveal cycle has followed the script for the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG. It’s the third-generation SLK that’s been fiddled with by AMG and this time it still has a normally aspirated 5.5 litre V8 under its bonnet. Although, it’s now pumping out [...]

Sebastien Ogier won Rally Germany on the weekend. It was a sweet victory for the young Frenchman, too, who was not pleased when ordered by team bosses on Saturday morning to stay behind Loeb and not challenge for the race win. Later in the day Loeb suffered a puncture and Ogier inherited the lead, prompting [...]

Volkswagen has released info and images of its new city car, called the up!, ahead of its European sales debut in December. We first got an inkling of Volkswagen’s thinking with the E-Up! at Frankfurt in 2009. At just 3.54m long and 1.64m wide the up! is quite small and comes in three different model [...]

To help kill time during the mid-season break Mercedes GP has released this brief video showing the importance they place on pit stops. There’s nothing earth shattering in here, but it’s still quite a good insight. It’s also good to know Michael Schumacher can trust his boys. If only they could reciprocate the feeling.

The second Aussie Racing Cars race at Queensland Raceway quickly developed into total farce amid concerns over track safety yesterday afternoon. The aftermath of the incident has cost the category organiser his job. Phil Ward, category founder, organiser and competitor, qualified eighteenth for the race. However, as the cars formed up on the grid Ward [...]

Ferrari will be officially unveiling the 458 Italia Spider at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few weeks. As is the norm these days the interwebz has rather spoiled the surprise following the appearance of three images of the 570hp roadster. Mostly this will simply be a regular 458 Italia with its roof cut out; [...]

Just days after an undisguised F30 saloon was spotted the next-gen BMW 3 Series Touring (F31) has been spied in familiar swirly camouflage. Due to go on sale in Europe a bit over 12 months from now the new 3 Series wagon promises to be the largest and most spacious iteration yet. Styling will obviously [...]

Sebastien Loeb has agreed terms with Citroën to drive for them in the World Rally Championship until the end of the 2013 season. He is currently celebrating that news by holding a comfortable lead in Rally Deutschland. Talking about his contract extension Loeb says he’s looking forward to a new era in the WRC, “With [...]

In our second video of the week to feature Chris Harris we take you the Eifel mountains in Germany. There, Harris was driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was all part of the fun and games you can have at a dedicated Destination Nürburgring track day. UPDATE: Harris has blogged [...]

The world’s garage has passed one billion vehicles for the first time according research carried out by Wards Auto. The figures are based on 2010 data and tell us the United States heads the list when sorted by country, with a staggering 239.8 million motor vehicles. The US numbers are put in perspective when compared [...]

Mark Webber thought it fit to share this video of Colin McRae in action at the 2001 British RAC Rally via his twitter feed. Who are we to argue?