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The much anticipated all-new Mazda3 has been officially unveiled at an event held in Melbourne last night, ahead of similar launch events in New York, London, St Petersburg and Istanbul. The third-generation Mazda3 has been totally redesigned from the ground up. Like its larger Mazda6 sibling, the new model adopts …

The all-new Range Rover Sport has launched in Australia, priced from $102,800 for the entry-level 3.0-litre turbo-diesel V6 SE model. The Range Rover Sport is built on an all-new platform and designed to capture the distinnctive DNA of its predecessor, while boasting better aerodynamics. The brand says it is lighter …

Toyota has announced it will start offering a new turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine in its vehicles starting 2014. This includes the Lexus range, in particularly the upcoming compact crossover, which will be called the Lexus NX. It will be Toyota’s first forced-inducted four-pot in more than a decade since the …

Porsche’s next entry level SUV, the Macan has been caught testing at the Nurburgring circuit. This time the Macan can be seen riding on a slightly lowered suspension compared to previous spy pictures. The Porsche Macan will sit below the company’s first SUV, the Cayenne, both in size and in …

RM Design has created a rendering of the next generation Lexus IS convertible. With a coupe based on the Lexus LF-CC concept already a certainty, it only makes sense for Lexus to release a convertible version of the coupe. Compared to the outgoing Lexus IS hard top convertible which we …

We won’t blame you, if like us, you have never heard of Montecarlo Automobile. It was established in 1983 by racing driver and engineer, Fulvio Maria Ballabio and is Monaco’s first automaker. Since then, it has been joined by the more established Venturi. 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of Montecarlo …

Volkswagen has released full details of the Golf 7-based Volkswagen Golf Wagon which will go on sale in Europe soon. Like the rest of the new Golf range, the Golf wagon is built on Volkswagen’s latest modular transverse matrix platform (MQB). It is up to 105kg lighter than the outgoing …

The BMW 4-Series was officially unveiled last week and will replace the 3-Series coupe as a new member in the family bearing the “4” nameplate. Just a week after the launch, a 4-Series M Sport has been caught almost completely undisguised in a town near Munich, home to BMW. The …

Entries ‘Powered by Nissan’ have dominated the LM P2 class at the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours as the Circuit de la Sarthe in France over the weekend. Nissan-powered entries finished in the top five positions of the ultra-competitive LM P2 class, with the first four of those entries also …

While most people choose to wrap their supercars in various shades of matte hue, as long as they are black, gold or grey, a bright pink supercar is rare as Justin Bieber in a ballet dress. But that’s exactly what we have got for you. A pink Audi R8 V10! …

For the second time in succession, Audi has won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a hybrid race car and e-tron quattro drive, thus continuing its unique success story at the world’s most important endurance race. Victory was clinched by Loïc Duval (F), Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). …

It isn’t very often that car manufacturers actually hand the media with spy shots of their own test cars, but that’s exactly what Mercedes-Benz has done. The spy photos you see on this page were first sent to certain publications in the UK before our friends at CarScoops got hold …

Nissan has unveiled the world’s fastest electric racing car – the ZEOD RC, capable of reaching speeds in excess of 300km/h with electric technology. The ZEOD RC (Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car) will make its race debut at next year’s Le Mans 24 Hour. Nissan will trial variants of new electric …

Nissan-powered cars took the first three positions in the LM P2 class during qualifying for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours tonight. Nissan’s LM P2 customer engine programme has gone from strength-to-strength over the last three years. In 2013 a staggering 15 out of 22 LM P2 cars will be …