BMW X1 Lego scale model built for charity

One of the most famous toys in the world is Lego, everyone at some stage in their life has played with it, as a child or as a parent. Lego has made a guest appearance at BMW Welt in Munich.

800 children spent four days to put together a true to scale model of a BMW [...]

Bugatti Veyron lagoon crash aftermath gallery

With the crash and recovery efforts both captured on film, it was only a matter of time before the aftermath of the Veyron plunging into the lagoon found its way onto the web.

Aside from sustaining heavy water damage, the black-on-silver Veyron appears to have come off relatively unscathed with only minor panel damage.
Although the quad-turbocharged [...]

Video: Bugatti Veyron plunges into lagoon in the US

With 1001hp at its disposal and a price tag well into the millions of dollars, the Bugatti Veyron certainly demands attention wherever it goes.

Unfortunately for one Veyron owner in the United States, this meant his most disastrous moment was caught on tape as his hypercar plunged into two feet of saltwater.
Earlier reports stated that the [...]

Porsche battles shoe company over use of Cayman name

In what has to be one of the most random pieces of news to cross the CarAdvice desk in sometime, Porsche, manufacturer of one of the world’s most beautiful cars, is battling with Crocs, manufacturer of the world’s ugliest shoe, over use of the Cayman name for one of its plastic footwear offerings.

Porsche claims that [...]

Use your brain when using SatNav

It seems obvious – or at least it should seem obvious. When using your satellite navigation, keep your mind switched firmly to the “on” position. However a recent survey by UK website motoring.co.uk shows that people are taking what the SatNav voice is telling them as gospel.
According to the research, 20 per cent of women [...]

Toyota Automobile Museum – picture tour

by Matt Brogan. Nagakute, Japan.
The Toyota Automobile Museum is just one of the two museums we’ll be presenting over the coming weeks as we wrap up our coverage from Japan.

TAM is located in Nagakute – just outside of Nagoya, Japan – and features a wide variety of cars not just from Toyota, but from a [...]

Shannons Melbourne summer auction

Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction on November 23rd will see a great range of pre 1950s Classic cars going under the hammer.

A pre-war 1934 Nash 120 Sedan, once owned by a minister in Chadstone, Melbourne, has been restored by its present owner over a nine year period.
The car was striped down to its chassis and each [...]

Unique Ferrari 599 sells for $2 million

A unique Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano was sold last night for AUD$2 million to a Chinese car buyer.

Leading Chinese artist, Lu Hao, had taken the Ferrari super car and decorated it with Song Dynasty Ge kiln pottery pattens. Lu Hao blended traditional design elements with Ferrari’s innovative styling to create a truly unique vehicle using [...]

Video: Armoured Rolls-Royce ballistics testing

Armoured prestige vehicles are certainly nothing new; BMW and Mercedes-Benz have purpose built models developed specifically to keep their VIP owners out of harm’s way.

But explosives and firearms testing is something we haven’t come across before, and it makes for some interesting viewing – especially when applied to a million-dollar Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Via: es.Autoblog.com

Costly options of little re-sale value

Residual value experts Glass’s have in a recent UK-based report claimed that some optional extras are of little value on the used car market.

Glass’s say that expensive manufacturer fit options such as radar cruise control can drop 86 per cent of its value over a 12 month period while the car itself may only drop [...]

Silver is the new white

Confirming what even the most colour blind car spotter could tell you, silver is the new white.

Silver has taken the title of world’s most popular automotive colour for the ninth consecutive year.
According to PPG, a leader in automotive paints, 25 per cent of new cars purchased in North America over the last year were some [...]

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