Monster Energy X-raid Team are getting ready to take on the 2012 Dakar Rally with their new MINI ALL4 Racing rally car, after missing out on this year’s event. The team is currently testing the MINI Countryman-based ALL4 Racing purpose-built rally car in remote locations with similar terrain as featured […]
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Video: Skoda Fabia Super 2000 review
It’s not very often automotive journalists get to review race or rally cars, but here we find a Skoda Fabia Super 2000 review by Autocar. The team was recently given a chance to test out the Fabia through the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed rally stage. Volkswagen Group may have […]
Lexus LFA GTE spotted
This full-tilt Lexus LFA GTE has just been spied in a garage, rumoured to be at the Valencia circuit in Spain where it is said to be undergoing testing. The LFA GTE is the full GT race car that will compete in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hour race. We’ve […]
Polycarbonate plastic windows for future cars and F1?
Everyone remembers the late and great Ayrton Senna and his final drive. Sad it may be, but incidents like this are not exclusive to Senna. The FIA Institute has announced it is looking into developing fighter-jet-style polycarbonate canopy windshields for future Formula One (F1) cars. In the past 50 or […]
Ferrari F150° Italia 1:1 scale replica steering wheel
Unless you’ve got more money than the Sultan of Brunei, the chances of getting behind the wheel of an F1 car any time soon are pretty slim. It’s a grim outlook but it’s just something we all have to face. Now though, with a little from your imagination, you can […]
2012 Audi A5 DTM R17 concept render unveiled
At the same time that BMW unveiled its all new BMW M3 DTM Concept Car, Audi has revealed a rendering of its new 2012 Audi A5 DTM, codenamed the R17. The Audi A5 coupe will replace the current Audi A4 DTM race cars. Audi hasn’t revealed all the details on […]
2012 BMW M3 DTM Concept Car unveiled
BMW Motorsports has officially unveiled the new BMW M3 DTM Concept Car. This provides a glimpse of what BMW’s new race car will look like in the 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) German touring car season. BMW is aiming to re-enter the DTM season in 2012 and this is what […]
Video: Mick Doohan drives Holden Racing Team V8 Supercar
Toll Holden Racing Team driver James Courtney recently offered five-time 500cc Motorcylce World Champion Mick Doohan a drive in his HRT T2 V8 Supercar at Queensland Raceway. While it’s not the first time an Aussie 500CC World Champion has driven a V8 Supercar (that’d be Wayne Gardner), Mick Doohan happily […]