Volkswagen has revised its Passat lineup in the UK, adding a new R Line model to the popular mid-size sedan’s specification sheet. With a focus on value for money and aesthetic appeal,  the R Line adds a range of sporting touches to the exterior and a few comfort features inside.

Available as a sedan and wagon, [...]

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Put on your party hats people, the Commodore is now 30 years old. But - unlike most 30 year-olds - the Commodore isn’t wallowing in despair and regretting a wasted youth spent drinking beer and playing Galaga, for after three decades and 14 model variants, the Commodore nameplate is still fighting-fit and at the top [...]

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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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“Think of it as being like Mike Tyson in a business suit – smooth on the outside, but you can just tell that it’s ear-bitingly mad on the inside”

Life, as they say, is full of compromises. It’s a familiar tale – boy meets girl, marries, then rug-rats, and goodbye to the low-slung sports coupe. Then [...]

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The United States of America, the country that arguably coined the term “SUV”, has long gone without any true tailgate goodness. In fact, the only proper station wagon (crossovers are NOT wagons) that GM sells in the US is the Saab 9-5 SportCombi, which is about as American as a sensible approach to gun [...]

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Nissan have just made a rather cryptic announcement concerning the creation of a new vehicle that will be built at the company’s Sunderland plant in England. Their press release (which you can read at the end of this article) mentions everything but what the vehicle in question is called, let alone what it will be. [...]

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Holden are set to unveil the production version of their VE Sportwagon at the Melbourne Motor Show, starting the 29th of February which will no-doubt prove to be a crowd-pulling favourite just as the prototype was at last year’s Sydney Motor Show. If you like the idea of the Sportwagon, and can’t wait until the [...]

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Managing to surprise everyone, Lexus took the cover off an open top version of their LF-A supercar concept at Detroit overnight. Powered by the same 373kW/500hp+ 5.0-litre V10, that Lexus are currently testing in the LF-A prototypes, the coupe and roadster are said to be good for in excess of 320km/h (200mph).

The V10 is mounted [...]

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BMW have just opened the information floodgate on their new X6 Sports Activity Coupe and announced its imminent unveiling at next year’s Detroit Auto Show in January. Virtually mirroring the X6 Concept that we’ve previously shown you the X6 is best described as a sporty coupe version of the X5 SUV.

All X6’s will feature BMW’s [...]

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Alfa Romeo has started deliveries of its painfully beautiful 8C Competizione and it must be like Christmas for those few lucky enough to be on the waiting list. Just 500 coupes are being built and although there are Australian and New Zealand names on the exclusive owner’s list, left hand drive only means that local [...]

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What you see here is BMW’s sedan version of its new M3. With the M3 Coupe about to feature in the flesh at the Sydney Motor Show it seems somewhat appropriate that BMW should release the official images and specifications for the sedan version.

We haven’t seen a four door M3 for some ten years [...]

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Australia’s current best selling small car, the Toyota Corolla has reached millionaire status as Toyota Australia announced they have just sold the one millionth Corolla down under.

Toyota has had a very celebratory year with Australian Corollas having just past their 40th anniversary after first landing back in 1967. Having not only found success in Australia, [...]

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