RWD V8 Holden Commodore to Bite the Dust For Good in 2017
15 Nov 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Australian petrolheads already know that both General Motors and Ford will close manufacturing operations in the country in a few years' time. Though the Blue Oval sells a right-hand drive 2015...
2015 Ford Everest Is a Rough & Ready SUV · Video
13 Nov 2014, 10:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We’ve been waiting for this new Ford model to be unveiled since we saw it in concept form last year. After a little too much hypefying for our liking, the American manufacturer finally let the...
Australian Utes Drift So Hard They Get Pulled Over by Track Police
7 Nov 2014, 17:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Australia and V8s go together hand in piston, so naturally, now that drifting is more popular than ever, we are here to give you a taste of the sideways scene from the Land Down Under. This will be ...
Australian Builds His Own Batmobile, Drives Terminally Ill Kids with It
5 Nov 2014, 14:18 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Australian car enthusiast Zac Mihajlovic is the proud owner of the only street-legal Batmobile in his country. With the help of his grandfather’s engineer expertise and even using some parts o...
Toyota TRD Pro Could Reach Australia in 2015
4 Nov 2014, 11:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Tundra is nowhere to be found in standard Australian dealerships, where the Hilux is offered instead, but it seems like the super hot TRD Pro version will find a way there somehow. Acc...
New Ford Everest Debut Slated for the 13th of November · Video
4 Nov 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It’s been a rumor-laden road until the Blue Oval finally decided to announce it. The latest example in a long line of One Ford global products will come in the form of the highly-anticipated 2...
Holden Barina Trio Limited Edition to Be Built in Just 450 Examples
22 Oct 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Did you know there's something very wrong with the Australian automotive industry? We are not referring to the fact that Ford and Holden decided to close every manufacturing plant from the Land...
V8 Supercars Star Craig Lowndes Has a Holden Named After Him · Video
10 Oct 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Three-time V8 Supercars champion and five-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes agreed to lend his name for a very special and extremely rarefied breed of the Holden Commodore SS V Redline. Bas...
2015 Holden Commodore VF Shows Its Face
10 Oct 2014, 12:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In production since 2013, the Aussie-built Holden Commodore VF received a mild update to keep it fresh through next year and competitive against the facelifted Ford Falcon FG X. Mind you, there are ...
Renault Pickup Truck Confirmed for 2016, Will Be Based on Nissan Navara
6 Oct 2014, 13:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Espace is definitely the highlight of Renault's stand at the Paris Motor Show this week, but Australian journalists weren't all too concerned with MPV, since this doesn't matc...
How Australian Police Ended Up with a Porsche 911 Carrera
27 Sep 2014, 11:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / They might crack down on boy racers and DUI suspects for a living, but we'll let you in on a little secret about policemen: most of them love cars. You wouldn't believe how many times we g...
Ford Emergency Assistance Coming to New Ford Falcon and Territory
22 Sep 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford Australia has officially confirmed that the updated Falcon and Territory SUV will get an automatic Triple Zero assistance system. Slated to go on sale in a few months time, both models will rec...
MINI 5-Door Hardtop Pricing for Australia Starts at $27,750
19 Sep 2014, 10:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In a rather interesting twist, the new MINI 5-door hardtop actually got a decent pricing in Australia, unlike what we’ve been getting used from its parent company, BMW. The new body style&rsqu...
Australia Buys Fleet of BMW 7 Series Security Cars
15 Sep 2014, 13:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / This year, the G20 Summit will take place in Australia. As the host of the event, the Government is responsible for providing protection for visiting dignitaries. In this regard, they decided to buy...
FG X Falcon Lineup Detailed
14 Sep 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As we already know, Ford Australia will close shop in 2016 due to a number of reasons. In the meantime, the Falcon will live on for two years in its best, most advanced iteration to date. So what�...
HSV GTS Maloo Packs 430 kW of Aussie Grunt · Video
11 Sep 2014, 18:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Ford unveiled the 2015 Falcon Ute XR6 and Walkinshaw Performance detailed a berserk tune of the Commodore packing 550 kW, HSV hopped in and showcased the new GTS Maloo today. Holden Special Ve...
Commodore Pumped to 550 kW by Walkinshaw Performance
11 Sep 2014, 18:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Australia is widely known because of Steve Irwin, koalas, crocodiles, spiders and its glorious outback, but us petrolheads love it best for its insatiable thirst for kilowatts. FPV and HSV offer som...
New Ford Falcon Ute XR6 Unveiled
11 Sep 2014, 17:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the end of July, the right guy with the right camera at the right moment in the right place caught on film an undisguised example of the 2015 Ford Falcon Ute in a parking lot. After the little ac...
RHD 2015 Ford F-250 Priced from $105k in Australia
5 Sep 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, Ford North America charges you a tad over 31,000 U.S. dollars for an entry-level F-250 Super Duty pickup truck. But those in Australia that want a right-hand drive F-250 wil...
Eye-Tracking Technology to Be Adopted By General Motors
3 Sep 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's a general rule that says new technologies will be adopted by the public only if they're easier to use than to ignore. Near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi connectivity and mobile ...