Photos of an undisguised BMW F30 3 Series sedan have emerged from a recent photo shoot in Spain. The somewhat blurry images give us the first proper look at the next-gen 3er. The new 3 Series will enter production in November this year and BMW will reveal details of their new volume seller around the [...]

Here’s the official teaser video from Audi promoting their electric-powered urban concept. It’s a 1+1 seater designed to make city commuting a breeze. This clip was filmed in central Berlin and truth be told two clips from a random spotter featured in our previous post captured more than this clip gives us (see here). Audi [...]

Last month we brought word that Porsche is considering the re-introduction of a 928-style GT sportscar. The discussion centred around drawings of this spectacular 929 design study. The concept was created by design student Julliana Cho who is in her final year at the Royal College of Art in London. Cho is being sponsored by [...]

Progress on a Porsche pavilion at Volkswagen’s Autosadt in Wolfsburg has just commenced and has a target opening in the first half of 2012. It’s a sign that the Volkswagen–Porsche merger is working reasonably well. The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart will still be the best place to see the best the company has to offer. [...]

Advertising standards and equality for the sexes have come along way in the last four decades. To see just how far, check out the ad for Goodyear Polyglas tyres after the jump. In the meekest of defences for the copywriting, the ad was reportedly shown during the broadcast for the NFL’s first ever Monday night [...]

Throughout his career Mark Webber has shown he’s quite prepared to push himself way beyond accepted limits. On track, or perhaps that should be off track, we’ve seen Mark flipping race cars. His most notable examples of that were at Valencia last year and Le Mans in 1999. Webber has also pushed past the acceptable [...]

If you know your BMW nomenclature then a car badged as an ‘M550dX’ will most likely make you stop in your tracks and ask, “Would they really do that?” The ‘M’ means go fast, of course. In the good old days ‘550’ would have told you the model was a 5 Series powered by a [...]

Volkswagen is expected to name drivers for the development of its Polo R WRC program before the end of this year. That will allow the team to start testing in January. Dual-world rally champ and 2010 Dakar winner Carlos Sainz says experience is key. But with VW not actually starting competitive racing until 2013 that [...]

This is a prototype model of the next BMW M3. While the test mule is a four-door sedan it’s understood the next M3 will be offered initially a traditional two-door coupé layout only. Slow sales of the current M3 sedan have made BMW think twice about repeating the experiment. It’s not been scrapped officially as [...]

“If Bentley were able to sell an SUV with the same level of craftsmanship as a Continental or Mulsanne, we could have an interesting success on our hands. “I believe our version of the Cayenne could become our biggest selling vehicle… With an SUV, Porsche doubled in size.” They are the harrowing words of Bentley [...]

Imagine you are buying a BMW and you had the chance to take delivery of your new car direct from the factory in Munich. The opportunity to drive your pride and joy on some of the world’s greatest roads would be hard to pass up. Strictly speaking, European Delivery is not something normally available to [...]

A total of 80,991 new vehicles were sold last month according to official VFACTS numbers. That represents a small drop of 1.7% compared to July 2010. Steve Payne, FCAI Acting Chief Executive, explains the year-long trend is lower again, “While the drop in sales in July is small compared to the same month last year, [...]

A little while back BMW held a special event at its Nürburgring test centre to offer a closer look at its new V8-powered M5. Luckily for those of us who weren’t there, BMW allowed filming and photography. After the break you’ll see three videos from the preview. Doing the talking are Albert Biermann, Head of [...]

Audi has just released these sketch drawings of what they call the ‘urban concept’. Basically they’ve taken the Volkswagen XL1 and given it a personality. It looks pretty cool too, don’t you think. The issue of whether a 1+1 seater electric powered city car is a genuinely practical proposition is another question altogether. Then there’s [...]

After having two drives of the BMW 1M we can safely say we are big fans of the car. We know lots of you are fans, as well. BMW Australia is keen to try and secure more cars for local sale, but so far nothing has been confirmed. For now, if you don’t have a [...]