Here is an old review from Autocar comparing the Scirocco R and Ford Focus RS. It first appeared on AUSmotive back in November 2009. At the time neither car was available in Australia. However, the Focus RS has been on sale down under since late last year—don’t believe the hype, either, there’s still plenty for [...]

Ford has formally dropped its claims against Ferrari for using the F150 name. Although, that hasn’t stopped The Horse Whisperer column on the Ferrari website form making a few digs at the American auto giant. Ferrari’s 2011 Formula One car, previously known as the F150, then the Ferrari F150th Italia, will now be known as [...]

Further to yesterday’s post reporting on Jeremy Clarkson’s V8 Supercar experience with Craig Lowndes; this is why there is a piece of roll cage behind the windscreen. Check out the second video after the break for more detail on the events leading to this extraordinary escape.

Ford WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen has started the 2011 season in the best way possible with an opening round win at Rally Sweden. Throughout the course of the weekend, which saw temperature extremes plummet to -26°C, the new Fiesta RS WRC was the car to beat. Indeed, Ford drivers filled all three podium places with [...]

Ferrari has responded to Ford’s claims over trademark infringement over the use of the F150 name by agreeing to rename its 2011 Formula One car the Ferrari 150th Italia. Indeed, Ferrari say this was always the full name of the car, but they abbreviated it to F150 for convenience. Really?! We think this is all [...]

Until late January, when Ferrari launched their 2011 F1 car, the name F150 immediately conjured up images of hillbillies chowing down some grits for breakfast before heading off to… well, let’s not go there, lest Ford’s lawyers come our way as well. The point being Ford’s F-series truck range is well known the world over. [...]

Ken Block has just tweeted to let us know his 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC can be seen in this new YouTube clip. In between the skanks you can also see Ken’s itinerary for the year, which includes nine of the 13 WRC rallies on this year’s calendar.

There aren’t many better sights in the automotive world than a WRC weapon in full tarmac trim. The low ride height, big wheels and flared body kit. All finished off in race paint. This Fiesta RS WRC is no exception, it looks fantastic! Ford’s latest WRC hope will make its competition debut at the Arctic [...]

Congratulations Australia, for just the third time ever we have managed to send over 1 million new vehicles out the door. To be exact, 1,035,574 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles found new homes in 2010 and that represents an increase of almost 100,000 sales on 2009 figures. “This is an exceptional outcome and is [...]

Season 16 of Top Gear is scheduled to premiere on BBC2 on Sunday 23 January. The Top Gear website has just published a preview of what we can expect to see in the upcoming series [click here to watch]. While the Pagani Zonda R, Ferrari 599 GTO and Ariel Atom 500 V8 will be great [...]

You might remember last year we had some footage of Ken Block and Chris Atkinson living it large in an old skool Mk2 Ford Escort. Well, some new footage filmed around the same time has just been released. It’s waiting for you after the break. And, if your name is Tom, you may want to [...]

On the weekend Ken Block and his mates were living it up at the Gymkhana Grid invitational. The event even carried the name of the internet’s Sultan of Sideways. Promising to be a donut, rubber-burning fuelled festival of spin where “your mind will be blown the f@#! away” it looks like the lads had fun. [...]

First filed 26 October 2010 26 October 2010: Young Australian drivers Brendan Reeves and Molly Taylor have just been awarded €500,000 WRC Academy scholarships for the 2011 season. Both drivers were selected for the Academy following a successful showing in the recent Pirelli Star Driver Shootout. The WRC Academy replaces the JWRC category and is [...]

Here is the AUSmotive photo gallery from the Australian International Motor Show industry day. There are 128 photos in all and you can simply click on each thumbnail to access a 2000px super image. Highlights include a couple of track specials in the form of the awesome Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and the rear-engined V6 [...]

Ford has made it a trifecta of WRC reveals with these new images of their race-prepped Fiesta RS. The car has undergone 3000km of limited testing in Britain and France already. Next week the Fiesta RS WRC will be in Spain for more test sessions, the first with full 2011 specs. Gerard Quinn, Ford of [...]