The angriest Jaguar SUV is currently under development, with engineers pushing it to the limit at the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. The F-PACE ‘SVR’, as it’s known, is set to score Jaguar Land Rover’s heaviest piece of artillery in the form of the 405kW, 700Nm supercharged 5.0-litre V8, with an […]
Day: 24 April 2017
Top 10 cheapest 7-seaters on sale in Australia for 2017
So here you are. You find yourself in need of a conveyance with seven seats and that means either go used or pay for an expensive new car, right? Wrong. For less than $30,000 you can get yourself a brand new car with at least seven seats, considerable space and, […]
2017 Grandeur/Azera most Instagram-worthy Hyundai yet?
Hyundai’s official Instagram page now features photos of the overseas-market Grandeur/Azera sitting perilously close to the shoreline of a beach, as waves gently approach. While the Grandeur is no longer a part of Hyundai Australia’s portfolio or expected to be in the foreseeable future, we thought these pictures were too […]
2018 BMW G20 3 Series spotted testing, potential M340i (video)
The next, ‘G20’ BMW 3 Series has been spotted at the Nurburgring getting a good shakedown before its expected 2018 debut. Evident in the video is a distinct inline-six snarl, markedly angrier than today’s car, as well as the pronounced whoosh of a turbocharger, suggesting this could be an ‘M340i’ […]
2018 Honda Civic Type R sets Nurburgring lap record (video)
It’s done it. The 2018 Honda Civic Type R has run the ultimate gauntlet in the performance car world, setting a new lap record at the Nurburgring. The production version stopped the clock in a blistering time of 7:43.80, cementing in a new lap record for a production front-wheel drive […]
2017 Suzuki Swift arrives in Australia in June
Suzuki Australia has confirmed the next-generation, 2017 Swift will become available to local customers from June of this year. As confirmed in our Top 10 small cars coming in 2017 feature, the Swift’s current 1.4-litre unit will be replaced with a 1.0-litre ‘BoosterJet’ triple as found in the Baleno, with […]
2018 Buick Regal revealed, only sedan in GM Insignia/Commodore range
The three-box sedan version of the 2018 Buick Regal – which as many of you know is also our next Holden Commodore – has been unveiled in China. It’s the only market that will receive this body style. The rest of the world, including Australia and even the USA, will […]
Ford XD Falcon with 894kW 4.0 Barra turbo – Australia’s best sleeper?
To build a sleeper car that looks completely innocuous with no external hint that something monstrous is hiding underneath is a clever achievement. To build an eight-second sleeper that looks like an ordinary grandpa-spec XD Falcon is another level above that. That’s precisely what Tunnel Vision Turbocharging has created. A […]