2009 Nissan 370Z Manual Road Test Review
HSV Confirms E Series 2 Update
Aston Martin DB9 Road Test Review
2010 BMW X1 Announced, In Australia Early Next Year
Forza Motorsport 3: New Images
2009 Nissan Micra City Collection Road Test Review
2010 BMW X1 Official Gallery Leaked
2010 Jaguar Goodwood Special XKR To Debut At Festival Of Speed
2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Previewed And Spied In Testing
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni Edition Revealed
2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Spied During Testing
Report: 2010 Audi Ur-Quattro Draws Nearer To RealityThe Z car is back, or so Nissan says. But is the new 370Z a genuine improvement over the 350Z and, more importantly, is it a worthy successor to the legendary 240Z?
WHILE CARS LIKE the Porsche 911 might enjoy a longer, more storied history, Nissan’s Z has its own unique pedigree.
It might not be as [...]
HSV HAS CONFIRMED it will be bringing in a raft of new changes to its E Series lineup, which comprises the Clubsport R8, GTS, Maloo, W427 and the Statesman-based Grange and Senator.
The major upgrade will be a multi-million dollar exercise for the Clayton-based manufacturer and will constitute a comprehensive revamp of its range of performance [...]
WHEN ROAD-TESTING the Ford GT supercar back in December, the first thing that came to mind with its bullish behaviour was how far from a car like an Aston Martin it was. My thoughts then were, “… power, beauty and soul, this is not.”
Let me tell you, the Aston Martin DB9 is the ‘real [...]
WITH THE FIRST official images sneaking out yesterday, BMW has been quick to follow up with the first official technical information about its all-new new X1 CUV.
Although Australian specifications are still to be finalised, the car is due to launch here in the first quarter of 2010. In the meantime, BMW has revealed details for [...]
EITHER THE DEVELOPERS of Gran Turismo, Polyphony Digital, are perfectionists to a fault, or they’re outright lazy. Because in the gap between Gran Turismo 4 and the upcoming Gran Turismo 5, Forza Motorsport 2 and 3 will both have seen the light of an XBOX 360 disc drive.
Arriving on shelves in October with over 400 [...]
“With no manual gearbox to worry about, excellent outward visibility and compact proportions, the Micra is a cinch to drive.”
FOR MANY PEOPLE, a car is little more than a means to get from one place to another. Basic transport, but a lot more convenient than public transit.
For this type of motorist, there’s a veritable smorgasbord [...]
BMW HAS TAKEN great pains to keep anticipation for the upcoming 2010 BMW X1 high, putting the hordes of Bimmer fans on a drip of close-up teaser photos and shots of camouflaged X1s tearing around town.
As all good things are wont to do however, a collection of official photos has made its way out of [...]
JAGUAR WILL BE giving its latest performance car, the “Goodwood Special” XKR, its first public appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this month.
The British automaker is remaining tight-lipped about what sort of mechanical revisions will be made to the regular XKR’s supercharged 5.0 litre V8, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect a modest [...]
COUPE ENTHUSIASTS with a little more to spend and a taste for something even more high-end than the stylish C-Class And E-Class Coupes, will be closely watching the progress of the upcoming 2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe. This model will replace the CL moniker in the company’s model name shake-up.
The rendering (above), along with new [...]
LAMBORGHINI HAS REVEALED that the striped, orange Gallardo we first saw a couple of days ago is indeed the eagerly awaited LP550-2, and, aside from being the first RWD Lamborghini in almost ten years, it’s also named after the most famous test driver on the planet.
Valentino Balboni has been Lamborghini’s principal test driver since 1973, [...]
LESS THAN A DAY after we first saw leaked pictures of what many are saying is the highly-anticipated RWD Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2, a mysterious Gallardo prototype has been spotted undergoing trials at the Nurburgring.
Sporting the front bumper and rear-end styling of the old Gallardo instead of the LP560-based nose we saw in the leaked photos, [...]
The 2010 Audi Ur-Quattro is expected to be based on the A5 coupe.
REPORTS OUT OF EUROPE suggest that Audi is moving closer to shifting speculation of an Audi Ur-Quattro rebirth into reality, with an ultra-lightweight all-wheel-drive model based on the A5 coupe planned for a late 2010 launch.
Since the ‘Ur-Quattro’ debut in 1985, the automotive [...]
DO NOT adjust your monitors: this is for real. Aston Martin has just announced that it will be collaborating with Toyota on bringing to market an uber-luxurious city car that’s dressed like an Aston, but based on the Toyota iQ’s underpinnings.
Why? Aston Martin neglects to mention the precise reasoning, but the decision to go ahead [...]
“SUPERB…” now there’s a name inviting a smart come-back. It’s a bit like walking around with an “I’m terrific” badge on. Do it, and sooner or later you’ll come in for a bit of a punching.
Bringing things (and people) ‘down to size’ is something of an Aussie pastime. Kind of embedded into the national character.
So, [...]
THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT is to end its 8 cents-a-litre fuel subsidy on July 1, and with school holidays on the way, fuel prices could rise by as much as 10 cents late next week.
“The school holidays are usually a high demand period and when there’s high demand the prices go up,” Fuel Trac spokesman John [...]
SKODA AUSTRALIA, looking to extend its brand footprint in the Australian market, has confirmed that the snappy and versatile Yeti is on its way.
The Yeti will be in Australian showrooms in mid to late 2010.
“Yeti is obviously a priority for us… we’ll be looking at (its arrival) sometime next year,” Head of Skoda Australia Matthew [...]
PEUGEOT’S SLEEK 308 RC-Z has been spotted out and about in prototype form, undergoing fine-tuning for what many believe will be a Frankfurt Auto Show debut later this year.
Since first breaking cover at the 2007 Frankfurt show, the 308 RC-Z has become a favourite among Peugeot fans and, when it eventually makes it to the [...]
FIA boss Max Mosley.
THE FORMULA ONE TEAMS ASSOCIATION and the FIA have reached a compromise agreement ending the threat of a breakaway championship after President Max Mosley agreed not to stand for re-election in October.
Mosley had previously written to motorsport confederations around the world outlining his plan to stand for the FIA’s top job again [...]
GREAT WALL MOTORS has become the first-ever brand to sell a Chinese-made car in Australia, announcing today that its V240 and SA220 dual-cab utes are now on sale nationwide.
A total of 45 dealers around the country have signed up to sell Great Wall’s two utes, with Ateco Automotive the importer. Three basic variants of the [...]
KIA HAS STOLEN a march on the people-mover market in Australia by offering family transport solutions that its competitors may have forgotten.
Thanks to a compelling mix of value for money and impressive accommodation, Kia’s Carnival has held the number one spot in the MPV segment since 1999.
Now, to add to the already strong sales of [...]
THE V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP is set for an overhaul, with series boss Tony Cochrane calling upon car manufacturers to join an expanded series in 2012.
Cochrane has formed a new ‘Car of the Future’ committee, headed up by five-time Bathurst champion Mark Skaife, which will seek to secure involvement from additional manufacturers, breaking the current Ford [...]
AFTER A LONG ABSENCE, it appears that Mercedes-Benz’s much-loved G-Wagen may be coming back to Australian roads soon.
An Australian Army contract for 1200 4×4 and 6×6 Gelandewagens was won by Mercedes-Benz in 2007, with the first cars due to be delivered to the Army this year. However, indications from Benz’s local office are that Defence [...]
TOP GEAR UK is back on the air - in England, at least - and it hasn’t taken long for the boys to stir up a dash of controversy and intrigue.
The first episode of series 13 of the world’s most popular car show (by any decent reckoning) saw Michael Schumacher “revealed” as the head [...]
WHEN WE PUT the Ford Fiesta Zetec two-door under the TMR microscope back in March, we found it an absolute delight to drive. “Approaching brilliant,” we said.
We also proffered the view that this car, the Fiesta, Ford’s steamrolling entry into the light car segment which is bolting out of showrooms in every market it’s [...]
NISSAN AUSTRALIA has confirmed that it will bring the front-wheel-drive version of its compact Dualis softroader to Australia, to sit alongside the current all-wheel-drive model and offer young buyers a more affordable option.
The FWD version of the Dualis, sold internationally as the Qashqai, has been a hit with buyers, accounting for more than 70 [...]
WITH PRODUCTION of the 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport now under way, Bugatti has unleashed a batch of new photos showing the topless Veyron in its element: roaming the vineyards of Napa Valley in the US.
Unveilled last year at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California, the question of whether the car would see [...]
THE BMW X1 crossover concept was revealed back in October last year, but there hasn’t been a great deal of official word on the smallest Bimmer SUV/CUV since then.
Now, though, BMW has revealed new teaser images to keep us going.
The first image sees the X1 hit the beach, but some sort of spontaneous localised [...]
IT’S BEEN A long time coming for the Lexus LF-A, with prototypes first having been spotted orbiting the Nurburgring way back in 2004.
The LF-A would seem to have spent an inordinate time in the ‘on-road evaluation stage’ as Lexus debated whether the project should be terminated or allowed to proceed.
But signs are positive that the [...]
IT SEEMS TMR is not alone in being taken with Volkswagen’s 1.4 litre TSI Twincharger engine that powers the 2009 Volkswagen Golf 118 TSI (among other models in the wider VW family). The engine has taken home the International Engine of the Year award, as well as Green Engine of the Year.
This year marks [...]
THE LAST TIME we reported on the Noble M600 was a little over a year ago, and it’s clear that in the time since, Noble has been working hard to get its latest supercar ready for the showroom and the roads beyond.
The proof is in the pudding photos, as these latest spy shots show. And [...]
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