German Porsche tuner TechArt has picked up a number of Sport Auto‘s ‘the sportiest cars of 2012’ awards and ‘best brands’ awards in the magazine’s annual poll. Each year, Sport Auto conducts a large reader’s poll for all new vehicles and specialist tuning shops. This year, 12,000 of the magazine’s […]
Year: 2012
2012 Rattle ‘n’ Hum car show at Castle Hill RSL
The 2012 Rattle ‘n’ Hum car show was held at the Castle Hill RSL Club on Sunday the 24th of June. Approximately 350 cars showed up, from a VE HSV Limousine, Holden and Ford relics, to classic and modern American muscle. Cars clubs such as the FX and FJ Holden, […]
2012 Ford Kuga Trend review
The 2012 Ford Kuga Trend is easily the best-sounding compact SUV on sale at the moment. Its 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo engine is derived from the grin-inducing Ford Focus RS‘s power source, while the jumped up body allows you to have some fun off road. 2012 FORD KUGA TREND – PROS […]
Fernando Alonso wins 2012 European F1 Grand Prix in thrilling race
Spaniard Fernando Alonso has had plenty of memorable victories in his career, but few will match the efforts of his 29th career victory in front of his home crowd in Valencia for the 2012 European F1 Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver started down in 11th position, but problems for Red […]
2012 Honda Civic VTi-L review
After sampling the well-equipped Sport version and Hybrid earlier this year, we thought we should test out the 2012 Honda Civic VTi-L base model. Is the VTi-L good enough to fend off the competition? Or does it need the sportiness and gadgets of the Sport and Hybrid to keep it […]
Carbon Revolution creates world’s first full carbon fibre wheel
Australian company Carbon Revolution has created, as far as we know, the world’s first full, single-piece carbon fibre wheel; the CR8. Loads of companies develop part carbon fibre wheels, with carbon spokes and carbon inserts, but none have developed a full carbon item. This includes the rim, spokes, and hub […]
Porsche vehicles to be built at Volkswagen plant
Under a new, leaner business plan, Volkswagen and Porsche will work closer together to save costs. The plan includes Porsche vehicles being built at Volkswagen facilities. The merger between Volkswagen and Porsche is continuing – as complicated as ever – with tax and legal issues still yet to be finalised. […]
Video: BMW M5 ‘High Performance Art’ recreates slowmo bullet
BMW has released a cool new M5 promotional film called ‘High Performance Art’ which recreates the visions of a bullet in super slow-motion, smashing through various objects. The video was filmed on the Bonneville salt flats, and involved capturing the mighty new twin-turbo V8 M5 flying past and through huge […]