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LA Auto Show: Porsche Panamera GTS
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LA Auto Show: Porsche Panamera GTS

When Porsche’s head of research and development uses the words, “uncompromising sportscar” and “race track experience” you expect him to unveil a 911 GT3, but these words introduced the new Panamera GTS.

Live Blog - Day 4
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Live Blog – Day 4

Stinking hot Heathcote’s drag strip is where the final part of PCC 2011 takes place, with the first off the rank the smurf blue feral-sounding Jaguar XJR-S.

Motor's Performance Car Cup 2011 live blog - day 2: morning
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Live Blog – Day 3: morning

The day began with car allocation for the road loop north, where the 18-man crew hope that the car they’re given to start off in is one on their bucket list.

Live Blog - Day 3: afternoon
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Live Blog – Day 3: afternoon

This is what it’s all about: brilliant, challenging roads and equally matched performance cars.

Motor's Performance Car Cup 2011 live blog - day 2: morning
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Live Blog – day 2: morning

BMW is championing its sixth-generation 3 Series as a bigger yet lighter, and faster yet more frugal compact rear-drive sedan.

Live Blog - Day- day 2: afternoon
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Live Blog – day 2: afternoon

The gods have turned Phillip Island from a wet, miserable place barely suitable for photographs to a glorious playground for our judges. Yet Ponchard wasn’t the first to spin – Curt Dupriez won that contest, and in the Cayman R, no less.

It's back: Motor's Performance Car Cup 2011
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It’s back: Motor’s Performance Car Cup 2011

Sixteen cars, a bunch of car nuts and one helluva a week. Welcome to MOTOR’s Performance Car Cup 2011.

Motor's Performance Car Cup 2011 live blog - day 2: morning
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Live Blog: day 1

We’ve assembled the fastest, baddest and meanest cars of the past 12 months, from screaming turbocharged four-pots, sweet sixes, atmo and turbocharged V8s and, for good measure a V10 too.

Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown
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Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown

Mazda has launched its face-lifted 3 hatch and sedan range, with lower prices, extra equipment and a new fuel-saver variant added.

Auf widersehen, Frankfurt
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Auf widersehen, Frankfurt

The presentations are over, the press kits handed out, engineers and designers questioned, and now a bleary-eyed Wheels team are on long-haul flights back from the Frankfurt International Motor Show.

Peter Robinson's blog: Day 2 of the Frankfurt show
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Peter Robinson’s blog: Day 2 of the Frankfurt show

No car at a Frankfurt show oozing with a record number of new production models and concepts was more significant than Volkswagen’s tiny, long-awaited and, to me, brilliant Up.

Frankfurt’s dark corners
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Frankfurt’s dark corners

Several interesting miscues at Frankfurt 2011, tucked away in the darker corners of the giant IAA exhibition halls.

Carey Frankfurt Show blog…
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Carey Frankfurt Show blog

Mark Adams and Rita Forst thought there would be nothing else at Frankfurt like their tiny, bubble canopied, tandem two-seat electric concept.

Girls of the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
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Girls of the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011

Girls of the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011

Supercars at Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
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Supercars at Frankfurt Motor Show 2011

There are plenty of supercars at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. And they’re from the big hitters too.

WHEELS Magazine: Top ten of the Frankfurt Show
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WHEELS Magazine: Top ten of the Frankfurt Show

In no particular order, here’s the best of the 2011 Frankfurt show from our reporters on the ground. Stay tuned for further updates.

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Frankfurt Blog – Bill Thomas, Wheels Editor

As expected, day one at Frankfurt was dominated by the Big Three from Germany – Mercedes, BMW, and the VW Group.

MOTOR Magazines Performance Car Cup 2011 Contenders
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MOTOR Magazines Performance Car Cup 2011 Contenders

View our gallery of the contenders for MOTOR Magazine’s Performance Car Cup 2011.

Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2011

Days away from the opening of the 2011 show, we’ve assembled a preview of the main concepts and production vehicles set to debut.

Smart grids up for Frankfurt
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Smart grids up for Frankfurt

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a heavily revised version of the Smart Fortwo ED (Electric Drive) boasting greater performance and additional range among other refinements to the compact rear-wheel drive plug-in electric car.

Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up
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Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up

The 2011 Australian International Motor Show is in full swing, so here’s our wrap of the best fresh metal that graced the halls.

AIMS 2011 to showcase Swift S concept
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AIMS 2011 to showcase Swift S concept

Suzuki has announced that its display will be headlined by the unique Swift S-Concept, following its debut in Geneva earlier this year

Top Five Shanghai Motor Show Cars
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Top Five Shanghai Motor Show Cars

Here is MOTOR Magazine’s top 5 cars from the Shanghai Motor Show 2011

2012 BMW M5 Concept Revealed At Shanghai
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2012 BMW M5 Concept Revealed At Shanghai

BMW has lifted the lid on its 2012 M5 Concept ahead of its Shanghai Auto Show unveiling later this month, offering the first official look at what we can expect to see on showroom floors later this year.