Nineteen Leicester City Football Club players have been rewarded with a brand new BMW i8 each by the club’s chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, after the team’s surprise win in the Premier League. Besides handing out the i8s costing more than £100,000 each in the UK (the i8 costs at least A$299,000 …

Subaru do Motorsport duo, Molly Taylor and Bill Hayes, have claimed their debut win for the team, in the Southern Safari Tasmania. Their Group N production class WRX STI NR4 swept to victory in the 98.86 kilometre round of the Eastern Autobody Tasmanian Rally Series. Molly’s win is believed to …

The Volkswagen Passat Wagon is already a practical family hauler, but the new Passat Alltrack model takes it up a notch with added ride height and mild off-road ability. Like the previous-generation Alltrack, the recipe is similar. Start with the Passat wagon, then infuse with a set of jacked up suspension …

Not happy with ‘just’ 257kW from your Focus RS? This Mountune performance upgrade might just be your answer. Co-developed by the race engine and road car performance specialist and Ford Performance, the upgrade boosts peak power from the Ford 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine by 21kW to 278kW and peak torque by …

Aston Martin is reportedly planning to release an average of one new model every year in the next seven years, including a mid-engine sports car to rival the Ferrari 488 GTB. As part of Aston Martin’s “Second Century Plan”, the British sports car maker will launch a series of new …

The Fiat 500X is the latest member of the fast-growing Fiat 500 family and is one of the more style-focused compact crossover in the segment. Infused with the cutesy looks of its smaller hatch sibling that almost single-handed revived the Fiat brand in Australia, the high-riding 500X aims to bring …

Toyota Australia has today issued a recall of almost 15,000 Toyota 86 vehicles built between April 2012 and March 2015 due to a potential loss of power steering assist. The recall affects right-hand drive vehicles that are equipped with a driver’s knee airbag. Due to an improper wire harness layout, …

While we already know Mitsubishi would not be building a new Lancer Evolution after this generation, that doesn’t stop a talented industrial design student from the Philippines from coming up with his interpretation of the EVO XI. To create his EVO XI, Enoch Gabriel Gonzales first has to design the …

Tesla has announced the pricing of the company’s first crossover or SUV, the Model X. The Australian line-up will consist of five variants and powertrain grades – the 60D, 75D, 90D, P90D and range-topping P100D, each denoting a trim level as well as the output of the battery pack. Sitting …

Ford Australia has today announced it will be adding a fourth model to its SUV lineup. The new model, to be based on the Ford Edge, will essentially replace the Territory after sales end in 2017. “Ford will continue to be ready for SUV growth to reach even higher record …

What’s even stronger and lighter than carbon fibre? Graphene composite. And British sports car maker, BAC, is the first company to utilitse the material in their single-seater Mono. According to BAC, graphene is created out of sheets of carbon just one atom thick and is significantly stronger and lighter than …

Volkswagen has introduced its VW Passat GTE plug-in hybrid in the UK, promising to offer customers the best of both worlds. The plug-in hybrid model – a first for the Passat – certainly looks promising, combining a 115kW (154hp) 1.4-litre EA211 TSI engine with an 84kW (113hp) electric motor for a …

Reigning champion Gordon Shedden claimed a last-gasp victory to end a breathless day of British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) racing at Snetterton, UK which also included wins for Colin Turkington and Mat Jackson. Halfords Yuasa Racing’s Shedden had already secured Honda’s first pole position in more than three years during …

We’ve recently seen a Toyota 86 being given a big heart transplant in the form of a Ferrari V8. Now, it’s the Mazda MX-5’s turn. Thanks to the crazy but talented folks from Flyin’ Miata in the US, the little MX-5 has had its humble 2.0-litre SkyActiv-G engine replaced with …