BMW HAS TODAY announced pricing for its flagship 760Li, a car the German manufacturer describes as  the most comprehensively-equipped 7 Series model ever offered in Australia.

Developing 400kW and 750Nm through its brand-new 6.0 litre twin-turbocharged V12, BMW says the 760Li will leap to 100km/h happens in just 4.6 seconds - a time that was considered [...]

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IT SAYS A LOT about a company when its CEO slides behind the wheel of one of its race cars for a bit of wheel-to-wheel action. It says even more when the CEO helps pilot that car to victory in the world’s most grueling endurance race.

Dr Ulrich Bez, the dynamic leader of one of Britain’s [...]

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Australian pricing and delivery dates for the raucous V12 Vantage and super-suave Rapide have been let slip, with Aston Martin informing TMR that local deliveries of the V12 pocket rocket will commence in late October/early November this year, with the Rapide following a few months later in March 2010.
“We’ve only just in the last two [...]

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Aston Martin will be lining up on the grid of the 37th ADAC Nürburgring 24-hour enduro with its latest model, the V12 Vantage.

The race will form part of final testing for the V12 Vantage, which was first shown at this year’s Geneva Motor Show and expected to be on sale a little later this year.

Race [...]

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Okay, so an F1 car and an F-22 Raptor fighter jet have a boozy night out and things get a little steamy… It’s conceivable that sometime later (we aren’t sure what a Raptor’s gestation period is), the car you see here could be the bastard love child?

Loaded to the gunwales with 537kW (720hp) and 1100Nm [...]

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Deep within the halls of this year’s Geneva Motor Show will lurk a dark and angry menace. Few dare to say its name, but hey – we’re a ballsy lot so we’ll happily mention the Brabus G V12 S Biturbo.

Brabus is synonymous with pushing the biggest Benz engine available into anything with a three-pointed star. [...]

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Mercedes tuning specialist Carlsson has released its latest offering, the CL65-based CK65 RS Eau Rouge Dark Edition. Only 10 Dark Edition CK65 RSs will be built by the German tuner and prices start from €319,000 ($615,600 AUD). Considering its (relatively) humble CL origins, what makes the Dark Edition so special and so expensive?

Well for starters [...]

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Despite the massive level of interest generated by its debut at the Detroit Auto Show and the praise heaped upon it by the lucky few motoring scribes who got to drive it, Audi has allegedly halted development of the R8 V12 TDI and scuttled any plans to bring it to market.

Although the concept version performed [...]

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Showcasing its new-found verve after being offloaded by Ford to a consortium of businessmen led by Prodrive chairman David Richards, Aston Martin has released the first picture of its all-new performance flagship, the One-77.

Built around a carbon-fibre chassis and clothed with Aston’s metal of choice, aluminium, the One-77 will top the British automaker’s line-up with an [...]

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Since being spotted testing at the Nurburgring back in May, the new Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series has been one of the more hotly anticipated European sports cars this year. With 493kW and a monstrous 1001Nm of torque available from its twin-turbo 6-litre V12, it’s not hard to see why.

It’s not all about power though, [...]

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Rumour has it that Ferrari may introduce a turbocharged V6 engine into its engine line up in the near future, which would make it the first time Ferrari has used forced induction it its cars since the F40. The rumour-mongers neglect to mention anything about projected introduction dates or even ballpark engine specs, but if [...]

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Rolls-Royce’s imminent expansion of their lineup is expected to at least double overall vehicle sales for the British automaker, with Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson pinning much of the company’s commercial hopes on the upcoming RR4 ‘Baby Phantom’.

The so-called “entry level” model will still be far out of reach of the common man, but at an [...]

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