WIN: Top Gear Live 2010 Tickets - Round One Winner Announced! ∞

TOP GEAR LIVE is headed back to Australia in 2010 and, as we announced last month, The Motor Report has three double-passes to give away.

For the chance to win one of those double-passes, we asked you to tell us in 25 words or less what crazy stunt you'd like The Stig to perform at [...]

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2010 Aston Martin Cygnet Stars In New Teaser Video ∞

ASTON MARTIN has revealed a teaser video for its upcoming Cygnet supermini, featuring a pair of parkour-practicing pranksters infiltrating the supercar company's Gaydon headquarters and stumbling upon the new car.

Essentially a restyled and more luxuriously specified version of the Toyota iQ, the Cygnet is expected to enter limited production sometime this year, available only to [...]

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Toyota Etios Sedan Previewed Ahead Of New Delhi Auto Show: Video ∞

TOYOTA REVEALED in December that it will unveil a new small car at this month's New Delhi Auto Show, codenamed Entry Family Car.

The world number one carmaker has today released a teaser video of the new car, officially named Toyota Etios - meaning 'origin of'.

While Toyota remains tight-lipped on specific details, the Etios is [...]

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Subaru Impreza R To Continue Previously Limited Driveaway Price Through Tariff Savings ∞

SUBARU AUSTRALIA HAS announced this week that it will continue the previously limited driveaway price of $24,990 on Impreza R sedan and hatch models.

The Impreza R's new ongoing national price follows the Federal Government's five percent import tariff reduction, Subaru joining the likes of Honda and Mazda in passing savings on to customers.

Before announcing the [...]

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2011 Honda CR-Z - More Images Leaked ∞

HONDA'S UPCOMING CR-Z hybrid hot hatch has already been seen at the Tokyo Motor Show in 99% production-ready form, and leaked brochures have shown us just what to expect when the model goes on sale in Japan early next year.

Adding to the pre-launch hype, a  brace of still images from an official Honda promotional video [...]

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2010 Subaru Forester X Columbia Special Edition Announced ∞

SUBARU AUSTRALIA has announced a new special-edition model for the 2010 Forester line-up, which offers slightly improved equipment levels at a low price.

Priced at $33,990 driveaway, only 1050 Subaru Forester X Columbia's will be available when sales commence on January 4. Released as a collaboration with sportswear company Columbia, the new Forester model features a [...]

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2011 Hyundai Veloster/Tiburon Prototype Spied ∞

A KOREAN ENTHUSIAST has snapped the first picture of a prototype of Hyundai's Veloster small sports coupe.

The Veloster was revealed in concept form at the 2007 Seoul Auto Show, and Hyundai confirmed earlier this month that it would build a successor to the Tiburon around the Veloster's body.

The prototype spied here still wears some camouflage, [...]

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2011 Volvo S60 Revealed In Video ∞

VOLVO HAS LET SLIP the first video of its upcoming 2011 S60 sedan on its Facebook page, showing the shapely Swede in close-up detail.

There's no shots of the interior, but we can see that the Volvo S60's body is the most dynamic interpretation of Volvo's modern styling language to date.

Curved 'light tubes' accentuate the [...]

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2009 TMR ‘Best Drive, Best Value’ Awards ∞

THE MOTOR REPORT is pleased to announce its 2009 ‘Best Drive, Best Value’ Passenger Car Awards.

This is the second year of an annual Award from The Motor Report, Australia's fastest growing independent automotive news, analysis and car reviews site.

The TMR 'Best Drive, Best Value' awards are conferred each New Year’s Eve and granted to [...]

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Lexus Denies Rumoured “GS-F” Model Will Use LFA V10 ∞

RUMOURS IN THE in the Japanese press this week suggested that Lexus is preparing a hard-core GS F model to sit alongside its M3-fighting IS F, powered by a version of the LFA's 4.8 litre V10 engine.

Lexus' European press office has thrown water on the rumours, however. In a short message issued on the company's [...]

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Saab 9-5 Production Back On Schedule, GM Extends Sale Deadline: Report ∞

DESPITE BEING ON THE VERGE of death earlier this month, the Saab saga is still far from resolved. Reports are flowing in that GM has extended its deadline for Saab's sale from 31 December to January 7, 2010, and Saab itself is gearing up to restart production next month.

Production of the all-new 9-5 sedan is [...]

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Jay Leno Recreates “C’etait Un Rendezvous”In LA With Mercedes SLS AMG ∞

COMEDIAN AND TV HOST Jay Leno has put together a tribute to the classic short film C'etait un Rendezvous, but whereas the 1970s-era original was shot on the streets of Paris, Leno has chosen to set his on the roads surrounding Los Angeles.

Rendezvous was a nine-minute film that featured an unknown car driving at high [...]

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Toyota Developing Solar-Powered Recharging Station For EVs ∞

ONE OF THE MOST oft-cited criticisms of all-electric cars is that they indirectly pollute when charged using power generated from the burning of fossil fuels.

It's one of the main barriers to the widespread uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), especially in countries like Australia where most mains power is sourced from coal-burning power stations. However, Toyota [...]

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Audi To Pass On Tariff Savings ∞

AUDI AUSTRALIA has announced that it will pass on savings from the Federal Government's reduction in import tariffs directly to its customers from January 1, 2010.

Audi joins Honda, Mazda and Porsche on the list of manufacturers who will use the five percent drop in import tariffs to reduce retail prices across its range. The only [...]

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Ford To Become First Manufacturer To Offer iTunes Tagging Capability On In-Car Radio ∞

FORD'S SYNC in-car entertainment system will soon be able to offer drivers the ability to 'tag' and download songs they hear on a car's radio, a feature that promises benefits for music aficionados and record companies alike.

In vehicles fitted with both SYNC and a High-Definition radio, the driver or passenger simply presses the "Tag" button [...]

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9ff TR 1000 Claims Title Of World’s Fastest Porsche ∞

PORSCHE TUNING SPECIALIST  9ff claims it has built the world's fastest road-going Porsche.

The record-clinching car was built around a regular 997 Turbo, and recently managed to hit a top speed of 391.7km/h around Germany's Papenburg high-speed ring.

Besides being able to achieve a top speed approaching that of a Bugatti Veyron, the 9ff TR 1000 is [...]

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Aston Martin Cygnet Only Available With Purchase Of Actual Aston: Report ∞

THE CYGNET, Aston Martin's newly-announced city car based on the Toyota iQ, will reportedly only be available to current owners of other Aston Martin models.

With only 2000 Cygnets expected to be built the pint-sized Aston is already exclusive but, according to the New York Times, Aston CEO Dr Ulrich Bez described the car as "akin [...]

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2011 Audi Q5 Hybrid Confirmed ∞

AUDI HAS CONFIRMED that it will bring a hybrid Q5 model to market in 2011, the first full-hybrid vehicle for the German brand.

Specific details on the Q5 Hybrid are still under wraps, but like the Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid it will probably be destined for the US market only.

No commitment has been given to manufacturing the [...]

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2010 Saab 9-5 May Be Rebadged As Buick: Report ∞

SWEDISH NEWSPAPER Dagens Industri is reporting that General Motors may use the as-yet-unlaunched 2010 Saab 9-5 as the basis for a future Buick model, should the Swedish automaker be shut down.

With Spyker currently appealing against GM's decision to close Saab rather than sell it, an official decision on the future of the company has yet [...]

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2012 Mazda RX-7 On Its Way, May Replace RX-8: Report ∞

SPECULATION IS RIFE that Mazda is in the midst of preparing a successor to the much-loved RX-7 of the 1990s and early 2000s, which disappeared from Mazda's Japanese lineup in 2002 and was replaced by the RX-8 in 2003.

However, while the last generation RX-7 was powered by a twin-turbocharged 1.3 litre rotary, Mazda will apparently [...]

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