Mercedes McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has taken out the 2012 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix after fighting off a fast finishing Fin Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton led from pole and was never overtaken – except during pitstop sequences – in the 69 laps of the Budapest circuit. He did have to […]
Month: July 2012
2012 All Ford Day at Eastern Creek a Mecca for Ford fans
The Combined Ford Clubs of NSW ran its annual All Ford Day static car show yesterday at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway, now called Sydney Motorsport Park. Never have we seen such a massive collection of GT Falcons. There were around 1200 Fords on display at the event, from immaculately kept […]
Video: Pulse Performance ‘6B’ six-rotor engine sounds incredible
You may have heard of the Mazda 787b Le Mans car from the early Nineties, featuring a quad-rotor Wankel engine. Well, the guys over at Pulse Performance Race Engineering in New Zealand have just finished building an insane six-rotor rotary engine. Yes, a rotary engine with six rotors. It is […]
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton takes pole for Hungarian Grand Prix
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, pipping Renault driver Romain Grosjean by a whole four tenths of a second. Australian Mark Webber had a shock exit after Q2, missing out on a spot in the top 10 by 0.018 seconds. […]
2012 Holden Commodore Berlina LPG VE Series II review
It’s hotter than the Omega, but it won’t make your wallet go cold like the Calais. The 2012 Holden Commodore Berlina LPG VE Series II is Holden’s answer to ever-increasing petrol prices, potentially saving you up to 50 per cent of your hard-earned at the petrol pumps. 2012 HOLDEN COMMODORE […]
2013 Lamborghini Aventador getting cylinder-deactivation
With higher and higher environmental pressures forcing automakers to produce more efficient and cleaner vehicles, even companies such as Lamborghini have to make big changes to their cars. The facelifted 2013 Lamborghini Aventador is set to receive cylinder-deactivation technology. Who would have ever thought Lamborghini would offer such ‘green’ features? […]
Video: MINI Cooper JCW GP doing 8:23 on the Nurburgring
MINI has released the official time trial video of the MINI Cooper JCW GP car lapping the famous Nurburgring in Germany. The JCW GP is the company’s fastest and most powerful vehicle ever made. Setting a time of 8:23, the MINI Cooper JCW GP is quicker than a Lotus Exige […]
Lotus has ‘more realistic’ plans, Esprit still on the cards – report
In 2010, Lotus announced an elaborate plan to introduce up to six new sports cars. It even unveiled quite tantalising concept versions of them all at the Paris Motor Show of that year. A change of plans is apparently now taking place, with many of the new models possibly getting […]