Aston Martin’s latest and most powerful DB, the DB11, has made its official Australian debut in Sydney. The latest in a long line of stunners bearing the DB moniker, the DB11 arrives on the market here in Australia late this year, with a starting price of $428,032 (plus on-roads). The […]
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LiquidPiston creates revolutionary ultra-compact rotary engine
LiquidPiston, a start-up company based in the US state of Connecticut, has installed a 70cc prototype X mini engine into a go-kart. The revolutionary new engine, which weighs just 18kg and puts out 5kW, offers a power density of 3.3kW/kg. In addition, it is 30 per cent smaller than a […]
McLaren 570S Sprint previewed before Goodwood debut
McLaren is planning to introduce yet another special supercar, this time called the 570S Sprint. It will make its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Details on the car are pretty scarce at this stage, but it was initially announced alongside the 570S GT4 earlier this year. In fact, […]
Land Rover Discovery Sport pulls 100-tonne train (video)
Land Rover has come up with an extravagant marketing campaign for its Discovery Sport, showing one towing no less than a 100-tonne train in Switzerland. Land Rover is no stranger to public feats of strength like this; back in 1989 a 200TDi took on a similar carriage in Plymouth, UK. […]
2016 Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid gets solar panel roof
Toyota has announced some sweeping changes for its next-generation eco-warrior, the new plug-in version of the Prius, including the introduction of a solar panel on the roof. Toyota has also developed a more efficient 8.8kWh battery pack, which can be fully charged in two hours, and offers 50km in purely […]
Volkswagen to introduce 30 EVs by 2025
Volkswagen has announced it plans to introduce 30 new electric vehicles onto the market by 2025, as the German manufacturer unveils its long-term business strategy. Volkswagen executives spoke overnight at a press conference in Wolfsburg, Germany, hoping to distance itself from the aftermath of the recent emissions scandal that has […]
New Audi Q5 to be offered with fully electric powertrain – report
Audi is set to be planning an electric variant of its upcoming Q5 SUV, to be built in Mexico, according to sources involved in the project. According to an Automotive News report, two anonymous sources say that Audi may indeed produce an electric Q5 at the $1.3 billion factory in […]
Skoda Kodiaq previewed, all-new seven-seat SUV
Skoda has released a series of sketches of what will soon become its all-new Kodiaq seven-seat SUV, to be launched later this year. The Kodiaq name was confirmed by Skoda at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year while unveiling the Vision S concept, which the Kodiaq draws much of […]