While Toyota was Australia’s best-selling vehicle brand for all of 2013, the official international results have come in and it’s Toyota that’s on top as well. The Japanese brand reclaimed top spot from GM in 2012, and has held onto it for 2013. Toyota sold a whopping 9.98 million vehicles […]
Month: January 2014
Peugeot teases future design direction with new concept
Peugeot will unveil an all-new concept car at the upcoming Beijing Motor Show, previewing the company’s future design direction. Very little has been released on the concept at this stage, other than this teaser image. As you can see though the car will take on a sleek, sporty coupe shape. […]
2014 Ferrari F14-T F1 car revealed with strange nose
Ferrari has revealed its iteration of the 2014 Formula One vehicle layout which imposes new rules for teams, resulting in some strange new front end designs. For this year’s season, the FIA has imposed aero rules that effectively cause teams to lower the nose of their cars. Teams were asked […]
2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 review (video)
As far as new hot hatches go, the 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 is an important one. There is a lot riding on this car. It needs to rekindle the spirit of the original ‘hot hatch’; the 1976 Mk1 GTI
Hennessey gives the Lexus LX 570 a HPE500 tune
Here’s something a little different. It’s a tuning package for the Toyota LandCruiser-based Lexus LX 570 from Hennessey, giving the super off-roader some super under-bonnet performance. Usually renowned for offering extensive turbo kits for high-end sports cars and supercars, Hennessey Performance has chosen to do something for the more practical […]
Williams FW36 2014 F1 car reveals strange new nose
F1 fans might as well get used to this. It’s expected to be the face of a number of Formula One cars for the 2014 season. This particular design showcases the Williams FW36. Incorporating a very sophisticated little nose, the front end uses a complex spoiler system with three wings […]
Audi S3 ‘Plus’ on the way, most powerful 2L – rumour
Audi is apparently thinking of introducing a hotter ‘Plus’ version of the cracking Audi S3 performance compact. Rumour has it Audi is working on significantly upgrading the ‘EA888’ 2.0-litre TFSI engine for such a model. It’s understood Audi is using the help of Friedrich Eichler, former Mercedes AMG head of […]
Top Gear track now on Google Street View (video)
Google has enlisted the help of Top Gear to create its Street View images of the famous Top Gear circuit at Dunsfold Aerodrome in the UK. Using a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, The Stig guided the Google Opel Astra around the makeshift circuit, albeit with plenty of tyre smoke […]