Toyota Australia is cutting about 350 jobs at its Altona production facilities in Victoria due to recent pressures to its operations, low sales and subsequent low production volumes. The strong Aussie dollar is also making it tough for exports. Toyota announced today that it is immediately having to ‘adjust’ its […]
Year: 2012
Megaupload website founder has car collection repossessed
The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload has had his popular website closed down, and his extravagant car collection repossessed under investigations of distributing copyright material. Kim Schmitz, it seems, was a bit of a car nut. When you’ve got around $175 million in up to 64 different bank accounts […]
Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG and 250 BlueEFFICIENCY Australian prices
Mercedes-Benz Australia has announced pricing details for the high performance Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG and the new Mercedes-Benz SLK 250 BlueEFFICIENCY. The Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG is the most powerful SLK in the lineup. It features a 5.4-litre (5439cc) naturally aspirated V8 producing 310kW of power and 540Nm of torque. […]
2012 BMW 320i and 318d announced for Australia
BMW Australia is introducing the new 2012 BMW 320i and 2012 BMW 318d, both featuring turbocharged four-cylinder engines. The two will form the basis of the entry-level range. The 2012 BMW 320i comes with the company’s new 2.0-litre TwinPower (twin scroll) turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing 135kW of power and 270Nm […]
Video: GReddy 35RX Nissan GT-R at Fuji Speedway hitting 330km/h
Remember the awesome GReddy 35RX Nissan GT-R previewed late last month? A nice video showcase has just been put together showing the 1250hp beast at Fuji Speedway. The car made its official debut at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon last week. It features a full widebody BenSopra bodykit adding 100mm […]
McLaren P12 F1 successor to feature 597kW V8 – report
The McLaren F1 successor (named the McLaren P12 in the industry) will apparently feature a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8. Even though the current, lower-spec MP4-12C offers the same layout, the P12 is set to be a significantly higher tune. CAR magazine in the UK is reporting the McLaren P12 will also […]
Toyota hybrid LMP1 Le Mans racer revealed during testing
Toyota has been spotted testing its new Toyota hybrid LMP1 Le Mans race car out on the track. Images were tweeted recently by Toyota UK public relations boss Scott Browniee. In a sport that has been dominated by diesel power for at least the last six years, Toyota will enter […]
MINI Coupe and MINI Roadster pricing for Australia announced
MINI has released pricing details for the new MINI Coupe and MINI Roadster micro machines. The two will launch locally later in February, in Cooper S and John Cooper Works guise. With just two models, and two variants of the models, the now-smallest MINI in the showroom lineup is promising […]