It’s official: Porsche is Volkswagen’s majority shareholder
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in News, Porsche, Volkswagen | No Comments »On Monday Porsche increased its stake in Volkswagen AG to 50.76 per cent, after securing a deal to purchase more ordinary voting shares. Porsche wanted to reach majority shareholder status before Christmas. Unsurprisingly, the delicate and sometimes acrimonious negotiations between the ...
Top Gear - Series 13 (now with budget cuts)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 6 Comments »Internet speculation suggests the next series of Top Gear will return in March 2009. What is not speculative, is news that Series 13 will be produced for less coin due to BBC budget cuts. Speaking on his blog, Executive Producer Andy ...
Citroën jumps to Atkinson’s aid
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports, News | No Comments »Australia's Chris Atkinson received a nice Christmas present recently with news Citroën will offer him a drive in the opening rally of the 2009 season. Atkinson will drive for Citroën's Junior Team in Rally Ireland which runs from 30 January–1 February ...
Honda F1 team saved by Slim’s picking?
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in Formula 1, Honda, News | 1 Comment »The dreams of the Honda F1 team appear to have come true with news Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim Helú (inset pic) has bought the team, according to a report in Italian newspaper La Stampa. Slim is reported to be ...
Toyota leaves TRD out in the cold
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 Posted in News, Toyota | 1 Comment »It is just over 12 months since Toyota Australia was proudly boasting it was launching the first production cars in the world to wear the TRD nameplate. Yesterday the company announced the TRD performance brand will be dropped. Another scalp ...
Top Gear Australia loses Cox and blows Morrison’s trumpet
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear Australia | 3 Comments »Charlie Cox has told SBS he will be leaving the Top Gear Australia franchise to spend more time in his native Britain. He will be replaced by Australian jazz icon James Morrison, who will join existing hosts Warren Brown and ...
2008 Race of Champions
Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News | No Comments »The 2008 Race of Champions has been run and won. Sebastien Loeb was the winner, claiming his third ROC title. Loeb took the trophy after edging our retiring F1 stalwart David Coulthard in the third and deciding race. For Australian viewers, ...
Subaru withdrawal creates World Rally Crisis
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, News, Subaru | 7 Comments »More news to shock to the motorsport world with confirmation that Subaru has pulled out of the World Rally Championship, with immediate effect. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Chief Executive of Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru's owner), Ikuo Mori said, ...
Top Gear confirms date for Vietnam Special
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in News, Top Gear | 1 Comment »Revealed exclusively on AUSmotive back in October, Top Gear have filmed an hour long a 75 minute special in Vietnam. A few teasers from this episode were given in week 1 of the current series, it looks good! At the ...
Race of Champions
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in News, Random videos | No Comments »The 2008 Race of Champions is being held at Wembley Stadium this weekend. To help get you in the mood, here is a clip of last year's final, featuring Germany's Michael Schumacher (you may have heard of him) and Sweden's ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 8 wrap up
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in News | 4 Comments »As reported earlier this morning, Neil McFadyen has been crowned the first Australian MINI CHALLENGE winner, seeing off a late season charge from DecoRug racer Paul Stokell. The Round 8 winner, Jason Bargwanna, showed magnificent pace after joining the series ...
Cosworth wins exclusive F1 tender deal
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in Formula 1, News | No Comments »Hot on the heels of Honda's F1 exit due to financial concerns comes news of Cosworth's exclusive tender deal to supply Formula One engines from 2010. Cosworth, of course, has a rich F1 heritage (YouTube clip above showing an old ...
Honda walks out on F1
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in Formula 1, Honda, News | 2 Comments »"We, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., have come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season of participation." And with those words, Takeo Fukui, the chief executive of Honda Motors, confirmed the rumours ...
Sydney’s annual Motor Show in doubt
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »GoAuto is reporting that Sydney's hosting of a 2009 and 2010 Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) is in serious doubt after a deal has reportedly been struck by organisers to alternate one major Australian motor show between Melbourne and Sydney. The ...
Currency movements shift Toyota’s pricing upwards
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in News, Toyota | 2 Comments »The Global Financial Crisis has claimed it's first genuine scalp in the local motor industry. The falling value of the Australian dollar against the Yen has seen Toyota Australia announce pricing increases on all of its imported models, with the ...
