BERNIE ECCLESTONE has given his personal assurance that Rome is not set to replace historic Monza on the formula one calendar. "Don't worry: the grand prix of Italy is staying at Monza," Enrico Gelpi, president of the Italian sanctioning body ACI, is quoted as saying by Il [...]
THE 2010 BRISBANE MOTOR SHOW is on track for its June opening, organiser Expertise Events has announced today. Originally scheduled for a February opening after the global financial crisis caused organisers to skip the 2009 calendar, this year's event will mark Brisbane's first motor show in 18 months. [...]
THE ZONDA R is the swansong for Pagani's first-ever supercar model, and fittingly it's also the fastest, most expensive and most exclusive Pagani you can buy. It would cost upwards of AU$2.8 million to buy one of the 16 that will be built, but you'd never be able to drive it [...]
MITSUBISHI HAS scored the distinction of being the first manufacturer to import a full-production all-electric vehicle into Australia, with the arrival of two of its i-MiEV battery-electric city cars in Brisbane today. The two i-MiEVs have been brought into the country to conduct pre-sales evaluation trials, and will be driven by [...]
MASERATI IS REPORTEDLY working on a new platform for its next generation of performance cars, a platform that could potentially be shared with future rear-wheel drive Alfa Romeos. According to Inside Line, the new platform will have a high proportion of aluminium in its construction and will be used to underpin [...]
Yamaha Motor Australia has announced that its factory Pro Open Motocorss and Supercross team, CDR Yamaha, has extended its agreement with Rockstar Energy Drink for the next three seasons.
The multi-year deal has come on the back of super successful 2008 and 2009 seasons for the team with Jay Marmont claiming back-to-back Pro Open MX Nationals [...]
TOYOTA AUSTRALIA has confirmed that it will bring the retro-styled FJ Cruiser to Australian showrooms, with the large off-roader possibly arriving before the end of this year. Speaking to TMR, Toyota Australia spokesman Mike Breen said that the FJ Cruiser could arrive by “late fourth quarter at the earliest”. [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ'S freshened-up SLK update has been spied undergoing road trials in Germany, wearing less camouflage than previously spied development mules and displaying more of its new front-end design. From the beltline-up, the 2011 SLK is essentially the same as the current model. However, as these photos show, there's a new grille [...]
Australia’s Chris Vermeulen could sit out the second round of the Superbike World Championship following his high-speed crash at Phillip Island’s season opener last month, citing a knee injury as his main opposition heading into round two.
“I went to a knee specialist after my MRI scan results, which showed up about five tears of ligaments, [...]
The countdown is now on to the opening round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on 2-5 April as the teams ended their pre-season testing in Spain at Guadix yesterday, where Aussie Josh Brookes set the third quickest time overall after being fastest on day two.
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