Alvin Lee

Founder and Chief Editor

Pumped-up Peugeot RCZ R launched from $68,990

Peugeot Australia has today launched the most powerful road-going car the brand has ever sold, the eagerly anticipated Peugeot RCZ R. The added performance in the RCZ R sees its price jumps $10,000 over the regular RCZ to $68,990. Only 35 RCZ Rs out of a global total of 500 are allocated …

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2015 Mercedes C-Class Estate officially unveiled

Mercedes-Benz has officially unveiled the new C-Class Estate today. The new estate model will join the C-Class family starting September 2014. The dimensions of new C-Class Estate have grown considerably. With an 80?millimetre increase in the wheelbase (2840 millimetres) compared with the previous model, the vehicle is 96 millimetres longer …

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MINI Superleggera Vision – a blend of the Traditional with the Modern

The BMW Group celebrates the meeting of the time-honoured and the contemporary at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2014 with a very special concept: the MINI Superleggera™ Vision. The open-top two-seater was created by MINI and Touring Superleggera, the tradition-steeped design and coach building house based in Milan. Fusing the tradition with …

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2014 Lexus ES 300h Review

The Lexus ES started out as the company’s mid-size luxury sedan complimenting the LS flagship when Lexus said hello to the world in 1989.  Six generations later, the ES has become Lexus’ best selling model in the brand’s largest and second largest market, the USA and China respectively. The ES …

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BMW M2 prototype spied testing at the Nurburgring

As the BMW M2 inches closer towards production, testing has also become more intensive. The performance flagship of the 2 Series range has been spotted undergoing more testing at the famed Nurburgring circuit recently, as our friends with the lens managed to photograph the half-camouflaged M2 in action around the green …

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Manhart Racing tuned BMW M4 packs 410 kW

If the 317 kw of power and 550 Nm of torque in the BMW M4 look rather pedestrian to you, then German tuner Manhart Racing is here for the rescue. Dubbed MH4 550, Manhart’s latest project will extract 410 kW (550 hp) from the 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged in-line six engine found under …

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Oettinger tweaks Mk7 Volkswagen Golf R

German tuner Oettinger have rolled out their latest project based on the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf R. Fitted with a larger turbo, high performance exhaust system and a stage 1 ECU remap, the 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine in Oettinger VW Golf R is able to put out 268 kW of power …

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BMW 228i Coupé joins 2 Series line up

BMW’s recently launched 2 Series Coupé line-up has received a new mid-range model in the form of the 228i Coupé, joining the 220i, 220d and the high performance M235i variants. Announcing details and pricing of the new BMW 228i Coupé today, Toni Andreevski, General Manager of Marketing for BMW Group Australia, says the new BMW …

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Jaguar releases production XE teaser image

Jaguar’s upcoming XE compact executive has been partially revealed ahead of its scheduled debut later this year. Taking advantage of the vast social media audience, the company released the first image of its all-important mid-sized sedan online. The long rumored rival to the likes of BMW 3-Series and Mercedes C-Class …

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2015 Nissan 370Z Nismo teased ahead of debut

Nissan has released a teaser image of the upcoming 2015 370Z Nismo ahead of its scheduled debut at the ZDayZ festival in North Carolina, US, this weekend. Tuned by Nissan’s in-house motorsport division, Nismo, the new 370Z Nismo, as seen in the teaser photo, will get a revised front bumper …

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