PERFORMANCE CAR NEWS

Mazda reveals smaller, lighter new MX-5
Just unveiled in the USA, the new MX-5 scores brand new styling, a new engine and gearboxes, and a significantly updated chassis

Nissan adopts retro livery for Bathurst
Nissan has unveiled its warpaint for the 2014 running of The Great Race

F80 concept: the next LaFerrari?
Seducing concept hints at what the next LaFerrari could look like

EXCLUSIVE: Ford FG X Falcon XR6 Turbo in detail
Here is the best look yet at Ford’s upcoming FG X Falcon, thanks to images exclusively obtained by a keen-eyed MOTOR reader

McLaren P1 GTR
McLaren has unveiled the much anticipated track-only version of its P1 hypercar at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Race to the Sky returns!
New Zealand’s version of Pikes Peak to return in 2015

F1 Drivers: who earns what?
Being an F1 driver is a tough gig. But judging by this list of 2014 driver salaries, they’re amply compensated for their troubles. Well, at least some of them are

VIDEO: Porsche Cayman GTS gets sideways on go-kart track
A Cayman GTS laps a go-kart track. Slow lap follows.

Range Rover sets Nürburgring record
Is anyone else falling asleep? Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport SVR has set the SUV lap record at Nürburgring

BMW mobs South Africa
Watch a fleet of drifting M235is bring Cape Town to a halt

VIDEO: 13 year old rally super-kid scares passenger silly
Finnish teen rally prodigy takes woman on a petrifying ride through the woods

Aston Martin Lagonda returns
Aston revives luxury four-seater, but only if your name is Sheikh

Ford unveils new XR Falcon range
Ford Australia has given us a first look at the updated Falcon, pulling the virtual covers off the XR8 and XR6

VIDEO: Twin-turbo V6 for 2015 Honda NSX
Honda’s latest NSX mule has been filmed lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife, reaffirming the upcoming supercar will be powered by a twin-turbo engine

BMW hatches a new plan
Meet the car BMW once said it would never build. The new 2-Series Active Tourer marks the first front-wheel drive effort from the Bavarian brand

New Falcon XR8 teased in video
New video offers best look yet at Ford’s new V8 hero car

LEGO Mini
The legendary Mini has been immortalised in LEGO with the release of a brick-built version

Subaru masters the art of car advertising
Subaru takes the driver enjoyment approach to selling cars

Prius sets most boring Nurburgring ‘record’ ever
Toyota has managed to make the world’s most exciting racetrack seem deathly dull by setting a fuel economy record

Maserati’s Fastest
Maserati’s fastest-ever car is bound for Australia, with the first to arrive in June. The Gran Turismo MC Stradale is 110kg lighter than the Gran Turismo S and

Meet the world’s most fuel-efficient car
Volkswagen has confirmed it will build the world’s most fuel-efficient production car, the ultra-lightweight, two-seat XL1, that consumes just 0.9L/100km.

TOYOTA PULLS ABOVE ITS WEIGHT
Toyota in the United States has come up with a heavy-hauling publicity idea that’s literally come out of the clouds.

FERRARI EARTHQUAKE AUCTION GOES LIVE
An online auction, organised by Ferrari to raise funds for the families of the victims of the recent earthquakes in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, is now live.

Bentley to build an SUV
New Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed one of marque’s worst kept secrets.
