The cat’s out of the bag, folks. Although embargoed until tomorrow, a few websites have jumped the gun and published the official specs of Nissan’s upcoming Z34 370Z. We were happy to wait until ’starter’s orders’ and sit on the information, but with the embargo broken, we now feel we can also reveal what lies [...]

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Renault has announced that its all-new Koleos will soon be available from Australian showrooms, bringing along its own unique Gallic flavour to the SUV segment.

The Koleos is Renault’s first 4×4 crossover vehicle and was developed jointly between Renault, Nissan and Samsung Motors, making the mid-size SUV French in name only. Still, if you were never [...]

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As far as witty titles goes, I think that one’s right up there. Japan has an emperor. The GT-R’s got a new outfit available. Everyone’s a winner. Look, considering I was going to roll with “GT-R Gets Its Rice On”, I think we’ve done alright there.

Right, On to the news then. [...]

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Ford Australia have released pricing and specification details for its new European sourced Mondeo. Already a Carupdate favourite the Mondeo is attractively styled and arrives in Australia having received rave reviews in Europe.

“Mondeo will introduce new levels of style, refinement and safety to the medium size segment and set a new benchmark for how a [...]

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BMW have finally made their new 1-Series Convertible ‘official’ by releasing full details over the weekend. An odd time for a press release but it appears that the official images made an unofficial debut on the net forcing BMW’s hand. So we can now give you the low-down at least from the North American press [...]

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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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Mahindra isn’t new to the Australian market but there wouldn’t be very many Australians who would recall the name. The first visit was back in 1990 and the product was basically a rebadged Willys Jeep. The initial batch of 250 were difficult to shift despite very competitive pricing and Mahindra retreated to lick it wounds.

Now [...]

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While we do not necessarily believe that Ethanol is the answer to the automotive world’s dependence on oil it is certainly nice to know that there is a renewable alternative to petrol that doesn’t involve ho-hum performance or the low-hum of electric engines.

Aston Martin’s DBRS9 racer has just won the latest round of the [...]

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