This mean looking mutha is the Jaguar XFR-S. It was recently revealed for the first time at the LA Auto Show and is Blighty’s answer to the German letters AMG, M and RS. The XFR-S is powered by Jaguar’s well-proven supercharged 5.0 litre V8. Given a bit of a once over by Jag’s men in […]
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In the chase for the 2012 Formula One world drivers’ championship, to be settled at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) sits in the best position. The 25-year-old German holds a 13 point lead over Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). With 25 points up for grabs for a race win, a typically Alonso […]
McLaren GT has good news for readers with a spare £375K (AU$575K) to burn. They’ve announced they will turn the 12C Can-Am Edition from concept to reality, with a limited production run confirmed today. The 12C Can-Am was first shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August this year. It’s a track-only special that […]
Sebastian Vettel has just edged out his Red Bull teammate, Mark Webber, to claim pole position during qualifying for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix. It’s no real surprise to see Vettel starting from pole, he was fastest in all three practice session leading into tonight’s qualifying. His time of 1:25.283 was just 0.044s faster than Webber. […]
Mark Webber has edged out his Red Bull teammate to clinch a desperately close pole position at the Korean Grand Prix. Webber’s time of 1:37.242 was just 0.074 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel (1:37.316). The result at Yeongam is Webber’s first bona fide pole position for the year, after inheriting pole in Monaco following Michael Schumacher’s […]
Paris 2012: McLaren P1
McLaren Automotive promised us they would reveal the P1 at the Paris Motor Show. And they have, look at it. It’s spectacular, it looks bloody fast and it has presence. We love it! You: I agree it looks awesome, but we already saw pics the other day. How much power does it have? How fast […]
You’re looking at the McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition. Inspired by McLaren’s rich Can-Am heritage and based on the MP4-12C GT3 racing model, it’s just a concept at this stage. The 12C Can-Am will be on show at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The concept looks fantastic, we think. There’s 630hp on tap from the […]
Here’s the press conference from last night’s German Grand Prix, won by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. As you’ll see from the transcript a lot of the questions focus on the overtaking move of Sebastian Vettel on Jenson Button. The German Grand Prix stewards showed no favours to Vettel, handing down the local lad a 20 second […]
Lucas di Grassi brings us a second installment with his driver’s eye view camera. Now under the employ of Pirelli, di Grassi takes us on a lap of the highly respected Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. By taking us into the driver’s seat we get a great insight into the rises, falls and blind corners experienced […]
As a rule we don’t care too much for convertibles here at AUSmotive. But, for the Aston Martin V12 Vantage Roadster, we think we could make an exception. The Vantage has long been one of the motoring world’s finest looking two door sports cars and, thankfully, nothing has been lost in the looks department after […]
McLaren MP4-12C Spider revealed
“The 12C Spider delivers all the thrills characteristic of a high performance roadster, and yet transforms into a raucous track beast at the flick of a switch.†They’re the words used to describe the new McLaren MP4-12C Spider from Antony Sheriff, McLaren Automotive Managing Director. It’s a bold comment too, when you consider the 12C […]
Aston Martin Vanquish revealed
As expected Aston Martin has come good with details on its new Vanquish. All of what we posted this morning still applies, so we’ll list the key stats then take you straight into the details of the full official press release and specifications. But first, some more bragging from Dr Bez: “Today’s Vanquish is the […]