Skoda’s upcoming hot-SUV, the Kodiaq RS has set a new Nürburgring record in the hands of Sabine Schmitz, taking 9 minutes and 29.84 seconds to complete a lap of the Green Hell, making it the fastest 7-seat SUV around the fearsome circuit. Set to debut at the Paris Motor Show …
Read More »Watch a Tesla Model X tow a Boeing 787 Dreamliner [video]
Never has a passenger airliner been hitched to an electric vehicle for towing. Well at least until today. This morning at Melbourne Airport, in a world’s first a Tesla Model X P100D was hitched to a Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, successfully completing the heaviest tow by an electric production passenger …
Read More »Range Rover Sport climbs 999 steps in Heaven’s Gate challenge [video]
A dizzying 99 turns and 999 daunting steps didn’t stop the new Range Rover Sport PHEV from completing a world-first at one of China’s most famous landmarks. The petrol-electric performance SUV has become the first vehicle to climb the stairs to the natural rock arch of Heaven’s Gate. The challenge …
Read More »Lamborghini Aventador turned into driving simulator
This is one of the best uses of a $760,000 Lamborghini Aventador in our opinion, by turning the supercar into one of the most expensive driving simulators in the world! Not satisfied with the controllers of his humble Xbox console, car and gaming enthusiast, POG decided to take things to …
Read More »Video: Holden debuts twin-turbo V6 Supercar engine at Mt Panorama
In preparation for an era without a V8 engine, Red Bull Holden Racing Team is continuing to test its new twin-turbo V6 mill, which made its debut over the weekend at Mount Panorama ahead of the Bathurst 1000. The prototype engine was installed in the team’s one-off Project Sandman and …
Read More »Koenigsegg Agera takes on Bugatti Chiron for 0-400-0 record! [video]
Remember that video where a Bugatti Chiron, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, set a world record for the fastest production car to complete the zero to 400km/h to zero (now famously known as 0-400-0) sprint? If you have been living in a cave, here’s the video of it: Sporting a …
Read More »Watch the Honda Civic Type R breaks the Nürburgring lap record [video]
We all know that the 2017 Honda Civic Type R is officially the world’s fastest production front-wheel drive car around the infamous Nürburgring test track. The hot hatch lapped the famed German circuit in a record 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds, an improvement of nearly 7 seconds compared to the previous-generation Civic Type R, and over 3 …
Read More »Insanely fast Subaru WRX STI tackles Mt Washington Hillclimb [video]
If there is one race that will put both man and machine to the ultimate test, it would have to be the hill climb time attack race. The Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race, also known as the Climb to the Clouds, is one of the oldest hill climb events in the world. First run …
Read More »Lexus LS semi-autonomous driving demonstrated in new video
One of the highlights of the new Lexus LS that debuted earlier this year is its semi-autonomous driving technology. Not much is known or has been said about the feature except that it includes a world’s first system with Intuitive Pedestrian Detection and Active Steering within the lane in which the …
Read More »Toyota 86 sets the world’s longest drift record! [video]
Drifting has taken on a whole new level with this stunt from South African driver Jesse Adams, who drifted this Toyota 86 to a new Guinness Book of record for the world’s longest drift. The motoring journalist drifted a total distance of 165.04 kilometres around a skid pad in a standard …
Read More »Video: 2018 Hyundai i30 N prototype tackles Mount Panorama, Bathurst
Engineering development of Hyundai’s first-ever hot-hatch has reached Australia last month, as the i30 N made its Australian competition debut at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst. Driven by Australian tarmac rally specialist and Hyundai WRC test driver, Brendan Reeves, the heavily disguised i30 N prototype participate in the Nulon …
Read More »BMW M2 Coupe unrecognisable after severe impact in Scotland
This is what’s left of a BMW M2 after it crashed into a tree at high-speed near Scotland. The car was driven by a 22-year old, who was attending a car meet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland last weekend, where he was alleged to have raced down a country road at extreme …
Read More »Video: BMW M2 CS puts to its paces at Nürburgring
As development of the hardcore BMW M2 – likely to be known as the CS – enters its final stages, a prototype has been caught stretching its leg at the Nürburgring in Germany. Following on the footsteps of its big brother, the M4 CS, the M2 CS promises to be …
Read More »ANCAP shows you are 4x more likely to die in an older vehicle
While we all know that new vehicles are much safer than older ones, thanks to the raft of active and passive safety systems in new models today, including life saving ESP and airbags. But just how much safer are they? ANCAP has set out to answer this question – you …
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