Ken Block is back again with more tyre-tearing shenanigans in his 600hp Ford Focus RS RX rally car. Welcome to Gymkhana 9: Raw Industrial Playground. This time the DC Shoes founder is ripping up an industrial area, passing, or powersliding we should say, his way in and around solid objects […]
Day: 14 September 2016
2017 Land Rover Discovery shows off serious off-road ability (video)
Land Rover has released another teaser of the anticipated, all-new, fifth-generation Discovery, showing off some of its abilities during development. The new Discovery, as we saw last week, will wear the company’s latest design language. It steps away from the boxy design to represent a much more rounded layout seen […]
Paris-bound Volkswagen ‘Nuv-e’ concept to preview future plans
Volkswagen is planning to unveil the forerunner of its promised EV expansion plan at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, complete with a 600km range, according to reports. Auto Express is reporting the upcoming EV will be priced similarly to its petrol- and diesel-powered equivalents. It’s expected to take the form […]
Porsche Australia supports Northern Territory’s unrestricted speed zones
Porsche has entered the discourse surrounding the Northern Territory’s hotly-debated open speed limits, accusing the NT government of taking a “nanny state approach”, according to the company’s local public relations boss. The comments came following a proposal to reintroduce a 130km/h speed limit on a 320km stretch of the Stuart […]
Australian details for new Toyota C-HR announced
Details and images of the Australian-spec Toyota C-HR small SUV have been released in the lead up to its local launch during the start of 2017. The C-HR is a very important product for Toyota as it is its first small SUV, ready to take on the likes of the […]
2017 Chevrolet Bolt rated 383km range by US EPA
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt has topped the Tesla Model 3 in range according to the latest official estimated range handed down by the US Environmental Protection Agency. While it may come as a shock to some, one of Tesla’s biggest competitors on the lower-end of its product offerings comes in […]
Jonny Smith’s EV could go faster, looks to partner up with carmaker
Fifth Gear host Jonny Smith has graced our website before, when his ‘Flux Capacitor’ – a heavily modified Enfield 8000 electric car – managed a 9.86-second quarter mile at 195km/h. Granted it does have some military helicopter batteries and ginormous electric motors, it is potentially the quickest accelerating street legal […]