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Australia’s road toll lowest since 1946

Australia's national road toll last year fell to its lowest level since 1946. In total, 1292 people were killed on Australia’s roads in 2011, down 4.4 per cent compared with 2010 and down almost 20 per cent from five years ago. All states...

10-year-old boy crashes dad’s $200,000 Maserati

A 10-year-old boy has been arrested after taking his dad’s Maserati for a joyride in Hong Kong and crashing it. The American boy grabbed the keys to the Maserati GranTurismo from an unlocked drawer in his father’s apartment, revved the eng...

Man wins Lamborghini, crashes it six hours later

A US truck driver has crashed a $380,000 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster just hours after winning it in a shopping centre raffle. David Dopp was taking his family for joy rides in the 471kW lime green supercar when he “hit some black ice and...

Manual transmission too hard to steal

Two carjackers in St. Petersburg, Florida, attempted to steal a 2007 Nissan fitted with a manual transmission early last Friday, but had to abandon the theft after they could not work the car's manual shift. According to the police report, a 4...

Supercar crash destroys 8 Ferraris in Japan

This is not the way you want a Sunday drive to end. Yesterday morning 14 cars were involved in a highway pile-up, resulting in the destruction of eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, three Mercedes-Benz vehicles... and a Toyota Prius. The epic accid...

Back to the Future III DeLorean up for auction

One of the DeLoreans from the set of Back to the Future is going up for auction at a Profiles in History event. The car is one of seven that were specially made for the movies, and this is one of three surviving models in existence. Used by Ma...

Most Sydney drivers don’t own up to hitting parked cars

More than 91 per cent of Sydney motorists admit to driving away without leaving a note after nudging a parked car.   A survey of 450 New South Wales drivers conducted by Pure Profile Research for NRMA Insurance discovered the overwhelming majority...

Massive 34-car crash kills 7 in the UK

In what has been described as one of the biggest motorway accidents ever seen, seven people lost their lives in a massive 34-car pile-up in the UK on Friday. (Image courtesy SWNS.com) The crash, which took place on the M5 motorway in Somerset,...