A cyclist from the Dutch cycling club OGOTT has come up with a great sneak preview of the new Mercedes-Benz A Class on a recent trip to the Canary Islands. The car appeared to be on an official photography shoot and is scheduled for debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. As one would [...]
Official figures for road deaths in 2011 were released during the week and show a total of 1292 fatalities were recorded. That’s the lowest annual figure since 1946. But while the Government is applauding its policies, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says advances in car safety are the main cause. Parliamentary Secretary for [...]
PC Paul Fletcher from the Greater Manchester Police was lucky to walk away from the wreckage of this Volkswagen Golf R after coming to grief during an early morning test drive. Fletcher, who has previously appeared on BBC TV’s Car Wars program and has a Facebook page in his honour, was evaluating the Golf R [...]
News reports tell us the Malaysian Government has sold its stake in Proton for a reported AU$401m. An announcement on the implications for Lotus, owned by Proton, is expected in the next 24 hours or so. Khazanah Nasional, the state owned investment company, sold its 42.7% share in Proton Holdings to DRB-Hicom, which has also [...]
We’d like to wish all or readers a safe and happy festive season. We’ve been forced into an earlier break than we’d like due to a tradesman accidentally cutting the phone line at AUSmotive HQ. It’s due to be fixed today, but like many of you we’ll be hitting the road later today on our [...]
We bring you some sad news this afternoon with confirmation V8 Supercar driver Jason Richards has passed away. The 35-year-old died last night with his wife, Charlotte, by his side. He leaves behind two daughters, Sienna and Olivia. In November last year Jason was diagnosed with the aggressive cancer Adrenocortical Carcinoma. He fought his battle [...]
Channel Ten has advised via its @tensporttv twitter account that they will be broadcasting all Formula One races live in 2012. “We will be showing all races live and exclusive,” the tweet reads. Concerns over local free-to-air (FTA) coverage were raised when the BBC, the source network for Australia’s current F1 broadcasts, signed a shared [...]
Ron Howard and his merry men have recently been spotted shooting scenes for the upcoming movie Rush. The latest motorsport story to hit the silver screen will focus on the epic Niki Lauda–James Hunt battle from the 1976 Formula One season. Pistonspy has a great selection of images of the old skool Grand Prix cars [...]
The annual Motorclassica Concours d’Elegance and Classic Motor Show is being held in Melbourne this weekend. In fact the doors open this morning. We gave you a teaser for Motorclassica during our AIMS coverage. Yesterday this stunning and genuinely classic Porsche 962 arrived in readiness for the show. The 962 dominated sportscar racing in the [...]
While watching the misery of the Wallabies’ demise at the hands of New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup we managed to catch a glimpse at the first episode from a three-part series on ABC1 about Australia’s history and infatuation with the motor car. Wide Open Road promises to explore the reasons why “the car [...]
CAMS has just announced a new award called the Peter Brock Medal. It will be awarded for the first time this December to the driver who has demonstrated outstanding ability while also displaying a fair and sportsmanlike attitude. Craig Lowndes, a member of the five-person selection panel, says “I think a medal in Peter Brock’s [...]
Manish Pandey the film maker behind the Senna documentary has spoken about the extra material included on the DVD release of the film. Speaking to James Allen he said, “We’ve added in many of the interviews we filmed, we show them as extended talking heads; there is a lot of Alain Prost, Ron Dennis, a [...]
The British Government has plans to increase the speed limit on its motorways from 70mph (113km/h) to 80mph (129km/h). The current 70mph was introduced in 1965 and statistics show the rate of road deaths in Britain have dropped by 75% since then. A survey held earlier this year by the Institute of Advanced Motoring revealed [...]
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 [...]
A quick reminder for motor racing fans that the general release of the full length Ayrton Senna documentary is due to start around Australia this Thursday. Above is a new 30 second TVC posted to the official Senna movie YouTube account. Already there have been a number of preview screenings across the country, including one [...]