Gold fever
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Random videos | No Comments »When the BMW X5M was launched AUSmotive said the car had a heart of gold. This was a label based on the strength of the engine found beneath the skin that insidious beast. Well, sadly, now someone from Russia has ...
Designed to win
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Honda, Random videos | 5 Comments »Format67 bring us this remarkable short film. It features a Honda NSX moving through the streets of Frankfurt en route to its ultimate destination—the ultimate destination—the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The credits at the end of the film say it was inspired by ...
How close can a Cayenne get to a 911?
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Posted in Porsche, Random videos | No Comments »Ever considered how a Porsche Cayenne Turbo would go against a 911 Carerra 4S around a test track? No, neither have I, to be honest. That said, the Cayenne and its ilk are behemoths that tend to defy the ...
Truth in powersliding
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in Audi, Random videos | 2 Comments »Back in May we learned an Audi R8 V10 and an empty El Toro Marine Base were a match made in heaven. Now, we get an encore performance. Bravo, I hear you say. WebRidesTV have published this behind the scenes footage ...
Green hell
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in Lotus, Motorsports, Random videos | 7 Comments »Ever wondered what you would do if your car caught fire and you didn't know until it was almost too late. Imagine some Benny Hill music with this clip from last weekend's Nürburgring 24 hour race and you could almost ...
The north loop
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in Audi, Random videos | 4 Comments »The Nürburgring Nordschleife (or north loop) is one of the greatest stretches of tarmac in the world. Without doubt. As you know the Nürburgring 24 hour race was held last weekend and it has kept AUSmotive HQ busy posting articles ...
VIDEO: An Audi R8 V10 and an empty airstrip
Friday, May 7th, 2010 Posted in Audi, Random videos | 3 Comments »CraneCar have published this nifty YouTube video of the Audi R8 V10. The clip was produced by The Famous Group and features numerous stunning fly over angles of Audi's supercar. You can see a pic below from the CraneCar website ...
Watch car go, white sox!
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Honda, Random videos | 4 Comments »Apologies for what has to be one of the cheesiest and least successful puns ever on AUSmotive, but, well, those white socks don't leave a lot to work with. Stand back, though, and you see those white feet belong to ...
Tanner Foust - Street Drift: Mulholland
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Random videos, Toyota | 7 Comments »If you know a little bit about the competitive drifting scene then you'll know the name Tanner Foust. If you've never heard of him, watch and learn as he drifts his 600hp V8 powered Scion tC around a two-mile closed ...
Top guns
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Random videos | 6 Comments »If you were a fan of the video 'This is rallying', then you will love this clip as well. There's eight minutes of thrills, spills and non-stop action. All your favourites are featured including Audi, Datsun, Ford, Lancia, Porshe, Toyota, ...
Titan Movie - The beginning
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Random videos | No Comments »Clash Production make some damn nice post-production videos of motorsport scenes. One such production is their Titan Movie project, which has been orbiting the blogosphere for a while now. So far, there's been only been a couple of preview clips ...
Valentino Balboni talks about “his” Lamborghini
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Lamborghini, Random videos | 5 Comments »After 40 years service for the one company the traditional gift at retirement, supposedly, is a gold watch. Lamborghini, though, do things a little bit differently. Valentino Blaboni, the company's chief test driver for a total of four decades, was ...
VIDEO: “Man has flown a car”
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in Random videos | 3 Comments »US motorsport ace Travis Pastrana has kicked off 2010 with a massive, massive jump in his Subaru rally car. The official distance measured was 269 feet (82 metres), which is a new world record for a car jump. The previous ...
Rendezvous? S’il vous plait!
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Mercedes-Benz, Random videos | 3 Comments »Hollywood car guy Jay Leno has attempted one of the biggest car movie heists of all time. In this video The fast and the famous Leno says he was inspired by the iconic 1976 Claude Lelouch short film C'était un ...
On thin ice
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in Random videos | 1 Comment »Thankfully, driving on ice is not something we encounter too often in Australia. But, if you do ever have to drive in such conditions the above clip, filmed at Paignton in the UK, offers an insight into how quickly it ...
