Volkswagen development boss has confirmed a Volkswagen Up! GT sports version is on the way. The Up! is the company’s smallest vehicle, heading to Australian showrooms later this year. (Rendered speculation only) It was previously speculated that Volkswagen would introduce a performance version of the new city car, but now […]
Year: 2012
HSV GTS 25th Anniversary Edition revealed
HSV has revealed the new HSV GTS 25th Anniversary Edition it plans on unveiling at the 2012 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney later this month. Just 125 examples will be made, each coming with $7500 in added features at just a $2000 premium over the normal GTS. Power comes […]
Lamborghini Gallardo crashes in Sydney, driven by 20yo friend
A Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 has been involved in nasty crash in Sydney over the weekend, resulting in two passengers – a 20-year-old male driver and 19-year-old female passenger – being taken to hospital with leg injuries. Interestingly, the exotic supercar wasn’t actually being driven by its owner at the […]
Hennessey Venom 1000R based on new SRT Viper with 835kW
When American tuning company Hennessey Performance develops an upgrade package, it doesn’t do it by halves. Meet the company’s latest project; the Venom 700R and Venom 1000R, based on the new SRT Viper. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, when you’re tuning something that’s already at a […]
2012 Ford Territory Titanium TDCi RWD review (video)
Ford Australia might be a bit late to the large turbo-diesel SUV market segment, but it doesn’t stop the 2012 Ford Territory Titanium TDCi from being a very worthy contender. Especially if you compare its entry-level price to the rivals and take into account that, unlike the others, it has […]
2012 Ford Focus MkII on sale in Australia from $19,990 drive away
Ford Australia has announced a price drop of up to $2410 with the introduction of the 2012 Ford Focus MkII. The MkII range officially goes on sale today. The main update with the new model is the option of a manual transmission for the Ambiente sedan. It’s available for a […]
Ford and GM co-developing 9- and 10-speed transmissions
A seven-speed automatic is fairly common these days, while some companies like BMW and Lexus are even using eight-speed transmissions. It seems Ford and GM are now co-developing a range of nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for use in their future vehicles. Yes, we’re talking about cars here not mountain […]
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive most powerful production EV
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the production-ready Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive super sports car at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The new model is being labelled as the most powerful electric vehicle to ever go into production. Looking exactly like its petrol-powered counterpart, apart from the electric blue wrap over the […]