Lotus Australia has announced local availability for the Lotus Exige Scura - Italian for ‘dark’ - limited to just 35 examples worldwide.
Priced at $139,990 (plus on-roads) in Australia, only a very small number of Scura edition Exiges will be available.
Finished in a matt black and carbon fibre theme with ‘Phantom Black’ striping, the Scura made [...]

There seems to be a conga line of Audi R8 variations rolling out of Ingolstadt.
At the recent Frankfurt motor show, the German carmaker unveiled the drop-top Spyder, the electric e-Tron - and a chromed show car, just in case the stand needed any more bling. And now spy photographers Carparazzi have caught what is rumoured [...]

Silverstone has been offered a chance to regain the rights to host the British Grand Prix for 2010 and beyond after Donington Park’s bid to stage the event fell apart over financial problems.
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has approached event manager Silverstone Holdings with a proposal for the circuit to host the British race for [...]

A surprising result of a poll by website The Motor Report has shown that the impending release of electric cars into the Australian market may not meet the buyer resistance some may be expecting.
Of the 1009 respondents to the poll, 44% indicated that they would consider the purchase of an electric car if priced competitively.Nissan [...]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft decision that could see more competition on Australian wharves, potentially reducing the costs of importing vehicles into the country.
The commission is proposing to grant conditional authorisation to Australian Amalgamated Terminals Pty Ltd to allow it to operate motor vehicle and general cargo handling facilities at [...]

For the last 20 years in Australia the number of small cars available in 3 door variants has been steadily dropping.
Apart from European hot-hatches such as the Renault Cleo Sport and Peugeot 206 GTi seldom have we seen any manufactures brave enough to bring 3 door hatch variants into our market. Sure you can [...]

The farmer’s friend - the Holden Commodore utility - has received a big tick for crash safety.
It is the first five-star rating for any ute on the Australian market, according to the latest Australian New Car Assessment Program. The top score comes just a month after two imports, the Proton Jumbuck and Great Wall Motors [...]

The motorcycle market has continued to show declines on last year’s record figures.
Figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) show 82,601 motorcycles, scooters and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) were sold in the nine months to September - a 14.4% decline compared to the same period in 2008.
“The motorcycle market has faced a period [...]

POWERED BY the Korean carmaker’s new R series turbo-diesel engine, two new 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs will form the thrust of Hyundai’s attack on the 2009 Global Green Car Challenge.
Offering 32 percent more power and a 10 percent reduction in emissions over the previous model, the Santa Fe SUVs will go up against the [...]

Mazda introduced a unique promotion through its dealer network, bringing forward the 2010 import duty cut, saving new car buyers up to $2000.
From January 2010, the Federal Government will reduce duty on imported passenger cars. The duty will halve from 10% to 5%.
Doug DicksonMazda, however, has made the savings available as of Monday.
The duty drop [...]