Renowned Holden tuner Walkinshaw Performance has revealed the new Walkinshaw Holden Cruze hot hatch. It gets plenty of mechanical enhancements and increased engine power, as well as a number of styling tweaks inside and out. Holden doesn’t currently offer a proper hot hatch. It has the Cruze SRi-V, but it’s not […]
Year: 2012
2012 FPV GS Ute FG MKII review (video)
If you’re in the market for a balls-out performance utility, the 2012 FPV GS Ute FG MKII is about as kick-ass as they come. With 315kW and 545Nm from its 5.0-litre supercharged V8, you just know it’s going to be a good thing. 2012 FPV GS UTE FG MKII – […]
Opel: More Australian than you might think
Although Opel has never officially sold a vehicle locally, in the Sixties and Seventies the German brand had a strong influence on some of Australia’s most iconic cars. The Holden Commodore, for one, borrowed a platform from Opel since the first model came out in 1978, the VB Commodore. It […]
BMW M builds a Z3 with a V12 engine
BMW’s performance team at M Division have built a interesting and fairly wild engine conversion for the old BMW Z3, shoehorning a big V12 engine into the engine bay. We’ve seen a Z3 with a BMW M5 V10 engine, but this takes it to a whole new level. Images of […]
Porsche Panamera junior ‘Pajun’ to feature V6 engines – report
Some more details are coming through about the upcoming Porsche sports sedan. Nicknamed the Porsche Pajun, it will be a junior version of the company’s upper large Panamera sedan. According to a recent CAR report from the UK, the Pajun will be powered by a range of V6 engines. These […]
Video: Audi TT RS heritage goes back to the Group B days
Audi has released an interesting new video explaining the heritage behind the cracking Audi TT RS, relating it to the awesome Audi Quattro race cars of the Eighties. In some ways the TT RS is similar, featuring a barking turbocharged five-cylinder engine strapped to a compact two-door body with all-wheel […]
2012 Hyundai Veloster SR Turbo review – Australian launch
It’s here. The 2012 Hyundai Veloster SR Turbo has landed in Australia. And for just $31,990, it presents a real bargain in the sports/performance car market. It stares down the barrel of quite a few epic hot hatches and sports coupes in the segment, such as the new Toyota 86 […]
SSC Ultimate Aero XT limited-edition marks end of production
Shelby SuperCars (SSC) has announced one last limited edition send-off model for the Aero; the SSC Ultimate Aero XT edition. With 1300hp, it’s looking to take out the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. The SSC Ultimate Aero is known unofficially as the fastest car in the world. For the company to […]