If you started salivating at the thought of shoehorning GM’s earth-shattering LS9 crate motor into your own weekend project car, you’d better start saving up those pennies. The General has released pricing for the boxed-up V8 donk, and it ain’t cheap.

$21,000 US dollars is the price, which equates to roughly $33,000 Aussie simoleons. A hefty [...]

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Lexus has taken the wraps off its new range of F-Sport performance parts for the IS 250C and IS 350C convertibles, and the IS 250 AWD and GS sedan range. This gives Lexus owners a few more options to coax some extra performance from their luxury whips.

These aren’t your average “performance” mods either. Instead of limp-wristed bolt-on spoilers and [...]

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Crate motors. Is there anything more joyous than being able to flip through a catalogue, select a donk with the power output that best suits your tyre budget, wait a few weeks and then open your front door to see a brand-spanking-new, fully-assembled performance engine sitting on your patio? The guys and gals at GM [...]

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For lovers of turbo-charged, reasonably priced performance, breaking news overnight will put a smile on their faces. Hyundai have confirmed in an interview with Automotive News that their upcoming rear-wheel-drive Genesis Coupe will be sporting a turbo-charged four-cylinder option.

The new engine is a joint development between Hyundai, Chrysler and Mitsubishi. Displacing 2.0-litres it will feature [...]

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Hennessey is not a company well known in Australia but their reputation in the States is well known by car enthusiasts. Hennessey specialise in taking factory performance cars from mild to wild with the development and fitting of purpose built tuning parts. They have waved their tuning wand over a number of America’s best known [...]

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As far as interesting stories go, this one is up there. Back in the 1960’s GM liked its engines big (nothing has changed there) and the baddest one of all was the all-aluminium 427 cu-in (7.0-litre) ZL-1 big block - built with the Can-Am racing series in mind. Pushing out 320kW / 430hp and 610Nm, [...]

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Lotus Australia has announced their new Lotus Exige Sport 240. Quite simply, the fastest Lotus Exige ever to go on sale in Australia. Conceived and designed by Lotus Cars Australia the Sport 240 will be unveiled at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney during October where it will also officially go on sale.

“Designed specifically [...]

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