It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for… and the moment “grey” importers have been dreading. That’s right, from October 9 onwards, Aussie motorists will finally be able to pre-order themselves their very own officially imported R35 Nissan GT-R.

Just over a year after the order books opened in its native Japan, Nissan’s budget supercar is [...]

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“…below that carefully crafted fairing lies around $9000-worth of factory Magic…”

Triumph was a latecomer to the middleweight supersport table, its TT600 in-line four arriving in 2000, some 13 years after Honda first produced the groundbreaking CBR600F.

Riding on the back of some fearless marketing, the TT was undeniably a worthy first effort, but its fuel injection [...]

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Earlier this week, Toyota launched the next generation of its flagship JDM luxo-van. Unlike the rest of the civilized world, in Japanland a minivan can actually serve as luxury vehicle. It makes sense; they offer plenty of headroom, space for cargo or factory installed amenities, and contortion-free entry/egress for panty-eschewing Hollywood starlets. It’s no wonder [...]

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The jaw-droppingly beautiful Dodge Challenger is ready to hit the road in production form. Two years on from its debut as a concept car Dodge have signed off on the finished product and released the official images and press release and on the outside the news is all good. A quick look at the interior [...]

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The recent Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale Arizona has seen the very first “retailable” Corvette ZR1 sell for a cool US$1,000,000 and that’s not including auction fees. If you are not concerned about owning the numero uno ZR1 then waiting for the second, third or even fourth ZR1 would save you US$900,001 and the auction fees…of [...]

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When it comes to modern American muscle there is absolutely no doubt that the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is the one that “fries my burger” best. Forget the Viper and Corvette, Mustang or even the yet to be released Camaro, they just don’t “do cool” as well as the Challenger – and I’m not alone [...]

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Not all has been rosy in the halls of Maybach HQ in recent times. The german maker of ultra-luxury vehicles has been comprehensively trounced by the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley who are currently at the top of their game – thanks largely to their respective German owners. While Maybach dealers jump ship in the [...]

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Yesterday saw the launch of the Nissan GT-R micro-site and a brochure leak none of which really provided a whole lot more information on the about to be released GT-R.

The members of NAGTROC (North American GT-R Owners Club) have in the meantime been compiling the facts as they come to hand and thanks to them [...]

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