Mark Webber to headline Australian Festival of Speed
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, News, Red Bull Racing | 4 Comments »Australia will be getting its own Festival of Speed later this year and Mark Webber will be the headline act. The event is scheduled for 28 November and will be held at Barbagallo Raceway, 50km north of Perth. Not only will ...
AIMS all set for massive show in 2010
Friday, August 27th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, News | 4 Comments »It's been a long time between drinks for major motor shows in Australia. The last one was held in Melbourne in March 2009. Now, under the new joint venture agreement, the Australian International Motor Show is due to be held ...
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows | No Comments »In case you missed it the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has just taken place on the United States west coast, Monterey to be exact. Indeed, this was the event where the Porsche 918 Spyder showed its face. As you can ...
Goodwood FoS: Porsche 911 GT2 RS explained
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, Porsche | No Comments »The fabulous 620bhp Porsche 911 GT2 RS made its public debut at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. In this video (available below) Andreas Preuninger, Manager of High Performance Vehicles for Porsche, talks us through some of the things that ...
Tally ho, we’re off to the show!
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows | No Comments »The organisers of the Salon Privé motor show, the UK's Luxury Super Car Event and Concours d’Elégance, have just revealed their latest poster. Given the show actually starts next week you might think its a bit late. Fear not, tickets ...
2010 Goodwood FoS photo gallery
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows | 1 Comment »A small, but excellent, selection of images from the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed has been posted online by Frozenspeed Motorsport Photography. Above you see Bruno Senna driving a McLaren MP4/8 used by his uncle in 1993. There's some other ...
McLaren MP4-12C at the 2010 Goodwood FoS
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Posted in McLaren, Motor Shows | No Comments »The official public reveal of the new McLaren MP4-12C supercar took place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend. In fact, it was the first car to make the run up the hill this year, informally opening the show, ...
Bruno Senna’s home movie
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, McLaren, Motor Shows | No Comments »The video below features some in-car footage of Bruno Senna driving a McLaren MP4/8 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the weekend. Truth be told it's a pretty crappy clip, filmed on a mobile phone. But, when you stop ...
Hay stack
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Holden, Motor Shows | 21 Comments »The Goodwood Festival of Speed usually brings out some classic old racecars out for a run up the hill. Sometimes those classic machines don't always return home in the pristine condition they arrived in. Here you can see Peter Champion, ...
Porsche at the 2010 Goodwood FoS
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, Porsche | No Comments »Porsche have released a couple of videos giving an insight into their presence at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed which is currently underway. Further you can keep up to date via the Porsche UK website.
2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Motor Shows | 2 Comments »The annual Goodwood FoS kicks off tomorrow. Each year there is a centrepiece statue unveiled in front of the main building. This year, in honour of its 100 year anniversary, Alfa Romeo got the gig. Somewhat amazingly the sculpture features an ...
Audi reliability wins the day at Le Mans
Monday, June 14th, 2010 Posted in Audi, Motor Shows | 2 Comments »Audi clinched an historic ninth Le Mans victory yesterday. They now join Ferrari at second position on the list of all-time Le Mans winners. Porsche tops the list with 16 wins. What makes Audi's tally of nine wins is the fact ...
Wörthersee: Skoda Fabia & Octavia vRS+ Concepts
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, Skoda | No Comments »Volkswagen offspring Skoda didn't want to be left out of the Wörthersee action, so they rocked up with a few S2000 rally cars and a couple of new vRS+ concept vehicles. The one you see above is the Fabia vRS+ ...
Wörthersee: Volkswagen Golf GTI Excessive
Friday, May 14th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, Volkswagen | 2 Comments »In addition to the adidas limited edition, Volkswagen have also presented this Golf GTI "Excessive" to the fans at the Wörthersee show in Austria. It looks like Volkswagen have dusted off last year's Wörthersee 09 Concept and bolted on a ...
Wörthersee: Volkswagen Golf GTI adidas
Friday, May 14th, 2010 Posted in Motor Shows, Volkswagen | 1 Comment »The Wörthersee show is underway and as previously reported Volkswagen have revealed a special edition Golf GTI adidas model. Essentially VW have taken a regular Mk6 GTI and given it some unique 18" Serron alloy wheels, a tiny adidas badge on ...
