Okay, so when an executive from Eaton, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of superchargers, says that the engines of the near future will benefit greatly from the addition of a huffer, it’s only natural that you’d take such a statement with more than a few grains of salt.

Nevertheless, disregarding the obvious commercial interest [...]

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Thinking about doing some wrangling in your Wrangler? Well, maybe you’d best just stick to the streets and leave the wrangling to capable 4×4s.

Read on, to see how close one phenomenally unlucky weekend warrior came to discovering an alternative way to drive stick.

I’m reminded of the brilliant Ron Howard film starring Michael Keaton, Gung Ho [...]

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If you are on the look-out for something unique at this years Melbourne Motor Show, then I reckon that this probably ‘takes the cake’. Dubbed the Monster Motorbike, it is the creation of Ray Baumann and was designed and built in Perth.

The Monster Motorbike weighs a massive 13.6 tonnes - around 10 times the weight [...]

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Okay, lets be honest. The car you see in these pictures is the new Cadillac CTS-V and its dog ugly. Good from afar…but far from good is the best way to describe the styling, particularly the 80’s inspired front end. But…just like the fat kid at school had the best personality, the CTS-V ‘s ugliness [...]

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Well, its finally arrived. The much hyped Corvette ZR1 has been officially announced today by GM along with a full image gallery and specifications. The press release is attached for those want to know everything but if you suffer ADT like myself then here are the major points of interest.

The ZR1 is powered by [...]

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Toyota has just announced the official arrival of its new Aurion TRD. The much anticipated “hot” Aurion gives Australian Toyota fans a performance car to drool and fawn over that actually looks good. The most powerful Toyota ever sold in Australia, Toyota believes that the Aurion TRD will inject some much needed excitement into its [...]

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Toyota has confirmed that the first TRD Aurions have already been ordered, with the Queensland police lining up for eleven of the supercharged V6’s for highway patrol work. We already know that the TRD Aurion is going to be quicker than even TRD were expecting, which means 235kW+ from the Eaton Twin-Vortices supercharger equipped 3.5-litre [...]

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Toyota continue to steadily fuel the anticipation surrounding the pending official release of their TRD Aurion. This time the Toyota press release hints at a combined engine and supercharger package that is performing ahead of expectations.

TRD chief engineer Stephen Castles is now referring to a target power output of ‘at least’ 235kW for the 3.5-litre [...]

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TRD Aurion - Losing its cool…er
As already reported on this site, Toyota and their performance car division TRD have made it clear that it is not their intention to pitch the upcoming TRD Aurion at the heavyweights from HSV and FPV.

Grrrr….when I grow up I want to be a Clubsport

An article in todays Herald Sun [...]

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