Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage achieves auction record
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Maserati, Random wallpapers | No Comments »Not content with letting Ferrari have all the headlines at the recent RM Auctions sale in Monaco, this absolutely stunning Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage sold for over €2.4m (AU$3.5m). That's the highest price achieved for a 'Birdcage'. And isn't it ...
Ferrari Superamerica sold to the highest bidder
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Random wallpapers | 1 Comment »This gorgeous 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet Pininfarina recently sold at auction for a cool €2.8 million. That's around four million bucks in Australian money. We're being told the result is well beyond the pre-auction estimate of AU$3.4m, even ...
Travis Pastrana: “Hey I think that’ll buff out”
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in Random wallpapers | No Comments »You will remember Travis Pastrana leaped into the new year by smashing the car jumping record at Pine Street Pier, Long Beach, California. Travis raised the bar to an extraorindary 269 feet (82 metres). However, as you can see from ...
Random wallpapers: MINI 50 Camden
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in MINI, Random wallpapers | 4 Comments »MINI is a company not short on PR prowess, so when a major milestone like a 50th anniversary comes along they're not going to think twice about exploiting a marketing opportunity. One such opportunity is the MINI 50 Camden special ...
Random wallpapers: Lamborghini Miura SV
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Lamborghini, Random wallpapers | 4 Comments »They say a picture says a thousand words. The Lamborghini Miura is beautiful. Nothing more need be said. Best to let the images do the talking (click on each image to load the wallpaper sized 2000x1320px versions). You can see a ...
Random wallpaper: Aston Martin DBR1
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Aston Martin, Random wallpapers | 1 Comment »Here at AUSmotive we're pretty chuffed with the news that Aston Martin Racing is chasing outright success at this year's Le Mans 24 hour race. Not so much because we like Astons, of course we do, but we also appreciate ...
Random wallpaper: BMW 330d
Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in BMW, Random wallpapers | No Comments »This image was taken from the 330d press material. It's a pretty cool shot. Click on the image above to load a 2000x1320px version. I hope you like it.
Top Gear tea break - MkV Golf GTI redux
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Random wallpapers, Top Gear, Volkswagen | No Comments »With all the talk of the new MkVI Golf GTI, I thought it might be time to remind Volkswagen what the new model has to live up. With thanks, of course, to Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear (Series 5, Episode ...
Random wallpaper: Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Mercedes-Benz, Random wallpapers | 2 Comments »Isn't she beautful! This is a rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS which was in Australia last year competing in the Classic Adelaide rally. Based on the 300 SL, the car all AUSmotive staff agree is the most beautiful car in the ...
Random wallpaper: Spa-Francorchamps
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Formula 1, Random wallpapers | 2 Comments »To celebrate the Belgian Grand Prix here is a 1920x1200 pixel aerial photo of the awesome Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix circuit. The current track is a fraction over 7km, but the original layout was over 14km in length. The Belgian Grand ...
Random wallpaper: Team MINI at 2006 Targa Tasmania
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in MINI, Random wallpapers | 5 Comments »While trawling the press archives at AUSmotive I often stumble across some pretty cool images. Rather than keep them all to myself, I figured it would be nice to share a few from time to time. In the first of ...
High resolution Ford FG01 V8 Supercar images
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Ford, Motorsports, Random wallpapers | 1 Comment »Ford has released images of its new Falcon-based FG01 V8 Supercar ahead of the car's track debut. Craig Lowndes will drive the only FG01 in the field in this weekend's Sandown 400. There are five images in all, simply click ...
