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Here is a drag race that we are unlikely to see on our roads anytime soon. Filmed at the Viva Italia & Supercar Sunday event in the Netherlands, this extreme drag race pits a Porsche 918 Spyder against a Koenigsegg Agera R and a McLaren 650S Spider. The Porsche with …

Subaru has announced it will participate for the seventh consecutive year in Germany’s famed Nürburgring 24-Hour Race, using the new All-Wheel Drive WRX STI race car. The company’s performance arm – Subaru Tecnica International (STI) – is aiming for its third victory in the SP3T class, on what is regarded …

Our spy photographers have caught what seems to be a near-production model of the upcoming 2015 Honda Civic Type R undergoing road test on the German B-roads. Totally undisguised, the highly anticipated model has been spotted with a matte black paint job, Brembo brakes and quad exhaust tips. As expected with …

Toyota and Panasonic will soon make it possible to avoid those “oh-no” moments after leaving home, such as forgetting to switch off the air-conditioning. The two companies are cooperating on a cloud-based in-car system to monitor and operate home appliances. The new cloud-based telematics service will make life easier and …

Volkswagen has released a new teaser image of the new 2015 Passat. Hidden under a cloak with its daytime running lights peeping through, the new Passat appears to be more chiselled and muscular, especially with the pumped up front guards. It will be the 2nd model in Volkswagen’s line up …

Ford Performance Vehicles have officially unveiled the FPV GT F 351, the most powerful Falcon ever made and the last one to come out of the local factory which will shut down in October 2016. The FPV GT F 351 is powered by a  5.0-litre supercharged V8 punching out 351kW at 6,000rpm and …

Toyota has drawn on the sporty appeal of its 86 coupé and Corolla hatch to dress up a new special-edition Camry, the Camry RZ. It has also packed the Camry RZ with a substantial list of added features, most of which are derived from the upmarket Camry Atara variants. The …

We all know how extensive, not to mention expensive, the Dubai Police Force’s fleet is. We have seen a few of them, such as the Bugatti Veyron and McLaren MP4-12C. Now the authorities have allowed the media to take a more in-depth look at their dream garage. Like the Porsche …

We have all drooled over the mighty Volkswagen Golf R 400 that made its debut at the Beijing Motor Show in April, now we can finally hear what it sounds like. Captured by YouTube user, Viennasupercars, in Austria where the R 400 graced the Wörthersee gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts, the …

The all-new Jeep Cherokee has arrived in Australia, priced from $33,500 plus on-road costs. Available in four models with two petrol and one diesel engine, the new KL Series Cherokee is said to be the first mid-size SUV on the market to offer three advanced, class-leading four-wheel drive systems with …

MINI has today unveiled a new model to join its line-up, the MINI 5 door. The brand’s first ever five door hatchback is expected to go on sale in Australia by February 2015. Simply called 5 Door, the second body variant of the new third generation MINI is part of …

  What you see here are some of the first official images of the 2nd generation BMW X6. Sporting a similar family face to the new X5, the X6 retains its coupé-like profile. It’s the same story at the back, with the larger taillights extending deeper into the rear hatch, …

A 2015 Subaru WRX STI piloted by British rally champion, Mark Higgins, set a new lap record of the fabled 59.5km Isle of Man TT Road Course with a time of 19 minutes and 26 seconds at an average lap speed of 187 km/h. This breaks the current record of 19 …

According to a report by Motor Trend, Toyota is working on another full-scale model of the wildly popular FT-1 concept – this time finished in a different hue. The Japanese giant is not known to construct two successive full-scale concept unless it is seriously looking to add a new model …