Carving its way to 100km/h in less than four seconds courtesy of its brand new 343kW 4.3-litre V8, Ferrari’s immaculate and streamlined hard-top convertible, the California, is looking likely to be the brand’s top seller when it hits showrooms. And in fact, its initial allocation is already long gone.

The lucky boys at AutoCar in the [...]

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Move over CLK Cabriolet and 3-Series Convertible, there’s a new player in the luxury drop-top game and it ain’t a German. Lexus debuted its new IS 250C hard top convertible at the Paris Motor Show and has followed up with an Asia Pacific unveiling in Sydney. With its attractive top-down aesthetics, aluminium folding roof and [...]

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Picture a new MINI and what do you think of? A small three-door hatch that’s popular with both driving enthusiasts and the latte-sipping set alike? Or perhaps you associate BMW’s successful small car brand with young professionals who want a practical, economical city car, but can’t bear motoring around in anything as prosaic as [...]

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Leaked images and sketchy details doing the rounds earlier this week forced BMW’s hand and they have now officially revealed the new E93 M3 convertible. As previously reported, BMW are simultaneously debuting their new seven-speed M-DCT double clutch gearbox, which promises improved performance and efficiency.

The M-DCT is the first double clutch gearbox designed to deal [...]

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Toyota have unveiled their A-BAT hybrid pickup concept in time for its Detroit Auto Show debut in January 08. It’s not often that a “pickup” concept gets the automotive juices flowing but this is one cool looking ute. With an interior featuring an “exposed structure” treatment, a design theme influenced by high end mountain bike [...]

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Its now official and we’ve got the photo gallery to prove it! First details of Aston’s V12 Vantage RS filtered through yesterday after its debut at the opening of Aston Martins new design centre. Yes, it is a concept but as is usual for Aston Martin it is a fully functioning car that has been [...]

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The latest wave of hype and speculation has come to an end today with the opening of the Tokyo motor show and the official release of the Subaru WRX STI amongst other iconic Japanese cars such as the Nissan GT-R.

Although no new pictures have been released since our last coverage, Subaru have fed us full [...]

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More power but still not enough gears

The Holden Astra range is receiving a handy horsepower boost as part of its recent mid-cycle makeover. The new engine is Euro IV compliant and although capacity is unchanged at 1.8-litre power is up from 92kw to 103kw while torque has increased by 5Nm to 175Nm.

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It’s been a big problem for a while now…what to get when a zillion dollar Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren just doesn’t pull the looks like your neighbours Veyron. Well the good folk at McLaren have come up with a solution by lopping the top off their SLR and creating the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster. Lets just [...]

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SIX MODELS IN KLUGER RANGE

Toyota’s new Kluger Sports Utility Vehicle has the choice of two drivetrains and three equipment grades, which makes it available in six models in total.

All models have a 3.5-litre dual-VVT-i engine and electronically controlled automatic transmission.

The driveline choices are two-wheel drive and all-wheel drive.

The model grades in [...]

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