Audi Australia has launched the stunning new Audi RS 5 Cabriolet. This is the first drop-top ‘RS’ model Audi has launched locally since the RS 4 Cabriolet. Featuring a swank four-seat interior layout with an electric folding soft-top roof, the new RS 5 – the first RS 5 convertible in […]
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Mo’ Muscle Ford Mustang gets a 603kW 5.4L supercharged V8
Mo’ Muscle Cars has just finished building a custom For Mustang and put together a neat little preview video. The car is based on a 1965 Mustang, while power comes from a 5.4-litre supercharged V8 from a 2007 Mustang GT. With a number of under-bonnet tweaks, this baby produces a […]
McLaren P1 breaks Nurburgring lap record with 6:47 – rumour (video)
McLaren has done it, apparently. The new Nurburgring production car lap record may have just been broken by the mighty McLaren P1 hypercar with a time of 6:47. According to rumours which stem from details of a YouTube video, the McLaren P1 has just set a cracking time of 6:47 […]
McLaren P1 capable of 9.8sec quarter mile, 0-100 in 2.8
The first McLaren P1, a Volcano Yellow example, has been built and delivered to its owner. In related news, McLaren has confirmed the official performance figures of the epic new hypercar. Capable of 0-100km/h in just 2.8 seconds, the McLaren P1 is the most powerful car the company has ever […]
HSV Gen-F GTS vs VX GTS 300 vs HRT V8 Supercar at Bathurst 1000
Back in 2000 the VX GTS was the most powerful production car ever made in Australia, producing 300kW and 510Nm. Today that crown goes to the HSV Gen-F GTS, boasting 430kW and 740Nm. HSV thought it would be interesting to put them up against each other during the recent Bathurst […]
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT review (video)
You may have heard of the Finnish tradition, jumping straight from a hot sauna and into the icy cold snow. It’s meant to be invigorating for the body and soul. We think we’ve found something better; pressing the start button in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, fresh in the […]
McLaren P1, LaFerrari, Porsche 918 – who will be Nurburgring king?
After Porsche made a sterling effort at the Nurburgring with the new Porsche 918 Spyder, completing a lap in 6:57, McLaren is apparently not happy with a 7:04 time it posted in the new P1 so it is giving it another crack. The McLaren P1 is a direct rival to […]
Walkinshaw Performance W457 & W497 kits announced
Not happy with the massive power of the new Gen-F HSV GTS? Holden specialist Walkinshaw Performance has come up with upgrade packages for the VF Commodore and HSV that will cause your eyeballs to explode out of their sockets just reading the output figures. Starting with VF Commodore’s 6.0-litre V8, […]