It’s official, MINI will make a JCW Countryman. The image above shows a prototype undergoing winter testing in Austria. The word is the JCW Countryman will offer a more tailored suspension tune, including a 10mm drop in ride height and an increase in power beyond the usual 210hp (155kW) we’ve come to expect from the [...]

These delightfully grainy images of the impending Mercedes-Benz SL Klasse have emerged on the German Car Forum. It shows the new SL is equal parts spectacular and equal parts, well, pretty ugly. The front three quarter shot shows quite a well sorted design, striking a nice balance between simple and detailed. Whereas the rear three [...]

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 will rightly be considered as one of the finest iterations of the 997 model range. Of course, a 911 is not all about outright acceleration. Although, as this clip shows, the RS 4.0 has plenty of up and go. But what about its braking performance? Well, check the short [...]

Respected photographic agency Sutton Images brings us this five minute YouTube clip reflecting back on the 2011 Formula One season. Think of it as a condensed version of our F1 in pictures series.

Lexus has today given us a sneak peek at the new concept car they will be bringing to the Detroit Auto Show in early January. We’ll have more for you next week, but for now we just have this aggressive front quarter shot to show you. Riding on 265/35/21 rubber at the front it looks [...]

Alan Jones is passing his time these days as a ‘Lexus Ambassador’. Reminding us of this fact he, or more like Lexus marketing department, has published a checklist of things motorists should keep an eye on as we enter a busy festive season on our roads. As you would expect, much of the list is [...]

World Car Fans brings us a decent gallery of 2012 Audi A3 spy shots. As the auto espionage pics trickle in the details revealed by Audi grow. Here we have been given a good preview of the front of the car with headlight and fog light treatments virtually undisguised. To be honest the next-gen A3 [...]

Car magazine brings word, and renderings, of the new Alfa Romeo Giulia predicted for release in 2014. It will replace the 159 and lead Alfa’s charge in the mid-size segment. Based on these com-gen images if it looks as good as this, it will sure create some waves among the Passats and 3 Series of [...]

BMW has released new images and info on the 6 Series Gran Coupé. It’s the latest four seat ‘coupé’ to make the transition from concept to reality. It actually looks better than the proper 6 Series Coupé on which it is based. Well, we think so anyway. The matt finish Frozen Bronze metallic paint looks [...]

You may know a lot of things about the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupé Black Series. For example, you probably know the official word from Mercedes Australia says all 32 models on their way down under have been sold out. You probably know a ball-tearing Estate version is on its way. Of course, you will definitely [...]

Romain Grosjean will return to the driver’s seat with Lotus Renault GP in 2012. The 25-year-old Frenchman won the GP2 series this year and will join Kimi Raikkonen at the newly branded Lotus team. He’s pretty happy about that too. “I am thrilled to be one of the team’s race drivers in 2012. There’s a [...]

The Porsche 911 is the most reliable used buy according to a recent Autobild TÜV report published in Germany. Data from reports on cars of seven, nine and 11 years of age were collated and Porsche’s 911 proved to have the fewest defects of all the cars tested. In fact, five of the top 10 [...]

Back in July Porsche told us they would be returning to Le Mans in 2014 to chase for outright victory. Here, again, they remind us they are the Kings of La Sarthe, with 16 outright wins and ‘countless records.’

Here’s a cracking video that gives us a great look at one of the best Mk1 Golfs in Australia. The car is an Australian built 1975 three door owned by Stuart French. It’s fair to say the mod factor is off the scale compared to AUSmotive’s own 1980 Mk1 Golf GTI, which is in good [...]

Hold on tight everyone Australia should crack 1,000,000 car sales in 2011 after VFACTS figures show 88,654 new vehicles were sold in November. That brings the year to date total to 925,978, which should allow the 1 million mark to be broken for only the fourth time in Australia’s history. “For the past four months [...]