Car News

  1. Home /
  2. Car News
Race To The Sky 2015
Motorsport

McRae wins reborn Race to the Sky

Rally great’s younger brother takes title; Monster Tajima crashes out; our bloke Riley’s V8 ute sits off the race-winning pace

Monster crash
News

Monster Tajima’s monster crash

Hillclimb legend destroys one-off super 86

Skoda Fabia R5
News

Skoda Fabia R5

Czech rally racer to take on the world’s best

Peugeot 308 R
News

Peugeot 308 R Hybrid

Electrified 373kW hot hatch offers electrifying performance

VW board battle
News

VW power struggle as chairman locks horns with CEO

Ferdinand Piëch has notoriously ended the tenure of VW Group execs with a pith comment to the media; now he’s at odds with his expected successor, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn

2016 BMW M2 spy pics
News

2016 BMW M2 spy pics

Smaller and lighter than the M3, the BMW M2 could be the best M-car on sale when it shows itself mid-year, but we’ve spied it getting ready to conquer the world

VW Vision GTI
News

Volkswagen teases GTI Supersport Vision GT

Crazy virtual concept set for real-life debut

Subaru Levorg
News

Subaru Levorg considered for Australia

WRX wagon set for Oz?

Nissan Leaf
News

Nissan threatens to pull plug on loss-making Leaf

Lack of government support could spell an early end for Australia’s cheapest electric car, the Nissan Leaf, despite the incentives offered in other markets

Wheels May 2015 Cover
News

Wheels May 2015 issue preview

The Honda NSX is coming and we’ve stripped it down to see if it’s a serious threat to the Porsche 911 Turbo; we reveal Holden’s Astra Attack with its German-source Opel models and talk top Ford Australia’s new boss about the company’s future and the man he replaces.

Nissan Leaf
News

Nissan boss slams industry minister

Knee-jerk decision-making, short-term thinking shows a need for more support, better leadership from the Federal Government, says Nissan Australia MD Richard Emery

Parallel Imports Cabinet Agenda 2015
Industry

Government backs parallel imports

Government minister adds to industry fears that Australia will open the floodgates to parallel imports, arguing that it would give motorists more choice

Renault Captur ANCAP crash test
News

Safety watchdog flip-flops on five stars

Latest ANCAP safety assessments give top star rating to a car lacking potentially life-saving airbags

Hyundai ix25
News

Hyundai ix25 canned for Oz

Hyundai’s answer to the Honda HR-V, Holden Trax and Mazda CX-3 is still years away from launching in Australia, as its only global compact SUV – the recently revealed ix25 – lacks essential safety gear for our market

Mitsubishi Outlander
News

Mitsubishi president promises product-led future

Mitsubishi global boss Tetsuro Aikawa, who was part of the third-generation Magna and Verada development team in the 1990s, has committed the brand to a global rebuilding phase driven by “new and unique market-leading products”

2015 Porsche 918 Spyder high-speed outback run
News

2015 Porsche 918 Spyder high-speed outback run

There’s 918 reasons to crank up the volume this morning, with the release overnight of a video of the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid sports coupe at full noise in the Australian outback

Porsche 918 spyder
News

Porsche 918 Spyder takes on the outback

Flat-out in the top end in Porsche’s hybrid hypercar

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander spy pics
News

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander spy pics

Only weeks away from local launch, the Mitsubishi Outlander makeover makes an unexpected Aussie appearance

Monday Motorsport Report
Motorsport

Motorsport Report – 13/4/15

Hamilton proves Ferrari still not on Merc’s pace; Marquez wins; Webber’s Silverstone Pole wasted; No Marcos Ambrose just yet; Aussie wins at Monza

2015 Alfa Romeo engine annoucement
News

Ferrari power for Alfa Romeo

Prancing Horse power for Alfa Romeo as it announces the powerplants that will kick off its brand renaissance as a genuine sporting brand

MOTOR May issue
News

May Issue preview

A sneak peek at what’s in this month’s mag

GT3 ban lifted
News

Ban on GT3 cars at the ’Ring lifted

German authorities give GT3 cars the green light to race at the Nürburgring

2015 Citroen Aircross Concept
News

Citroen Aircross first official pictures

Don’t be fooled by the cute styling of Citroen’s new Aircross concept because this SUV is packing serious sports car-killing performance.

Rolls-Royce SUV prototype
News

Rolls-Royce SUV gets testing

Rolls-Royce begins suspension tuning for upcoming SUV