Many a motoring fan will swoon at the looks of a Porsche 911 Turbo, Bentley Continental GT or Ferrari F430 which come with performance figures closely matching those of a Formula 1 racing car.
For some owners of such cars, however, a top speed of 300 km/h is still not enough with some tuning firms specialising […]

Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah of Qatar and co-driver Alain Guehennec of France steer their BMW X3 during the seventh stage of the Dakar rally between Zouerat and Atar, Mauritania, Friday, Jan.

The Acura ‘Advanced Sports Car Concept’ has made its world debut at the 2007 North American International Auto Show. The concept provides a preview of the design direction for the successor to the Acura NSX.
Created to take exotic sports car styling to a new level, the concept incorporates a powerful front-mounted, V10 engine and a […]

When the 187 participants in the car class, including Volkswagen factory drivers Mark Miller, Giniel de Villiers, Ari Vatanen and Carlos Sainz, set off from Lisbon on the near 8000 kilometre journey to the Senegalese capital Dakar, they must prepare themselves for several changes made to the route and regulations. The 64-page regulations for the […]

Sport car company TVR has announced that it is to cease production in the UK with 250 staff losing their jobs at its Blackpool factory.
Back in June, TVR confirmed that although they would be closing their Bispham factory in Blackpool, they had plans to operate from a brand new international headquarters in Lancaster, where management […]

Audi’s all-wheel-drive Quattro system gives the 2007 Audi A4 2.0 T incredible handling, its most impressive feature. The audio quality from the sound system is very nice, too, but everything else in the A4 is merely good. This little sedan gets around the city and highways adroitly and is fun to drive even with the […]

The Dodge Caliber is a car that is just full of surprises. In fact, I got a pretty big one as soon at I arrived home in my test vehicle.
You see, I like to play a little game which I call “guess the press car sticker price”. Basically, I drive maybe an hour or so […]

Adelaide V8 Supercar driver David Clark remains in a critical but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Sydney’s Nepean Hospital after an accident at Bathurst’s Mt Panorama yesterday.
Following yesterday’s incident Clark was treated at Mount Panorama by medical staff before being airlifted to Sydney aboard the CareFlight helicopter.
The 28-year-old is currently being treated […]

It’s not often that a major car company rolls out its concept cars to give auto writers a chance to drive one of these multimillion-dollar show cars on the roads. I recently had a chance to drive two of Chrysler’s fantasy vehicles around the block, so to speak, at a resort in the Carmel Valley.
The […]

In response to customer demand, Volvo Car Corporation is expanding the XC90 range with a new variant – the Volvo XC90 Sport. With a dynamic chassis setting and a unique appearance and specifications, the Volvo XC90 Sport will offer drivers more enjoyable handling and desirability.
“We have had numerous requests for a sportier XC90,” says Karin […]