F1-plated Bugatti Veyron headlines MPH Show in UK
October 21, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Bugatti, Car News, Sports Cars, Supercars
A rare pure white example of the Bugatti Veyron, complete with exclusive F1 number plates, will be the main attraction at this year’s MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live in the UK.
Owned by Afzal Kahn, the man behind bespoke tuning house Project Kahn, this Veyron is strictly a case of ‘if you need to ask [...]
McLaren MP4–12C Team is powering up
October 15, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Car News, Supercars, mclaren
McLaren Automotive, the company behind the much talked about supercar, the MP4 – 12C is gearing up with some key staff appointments after the launch of the car in September.
The MP4-12C will be the first in the range of McLaren Automotive’s high performance stable, which goes into production in 2010 and in showrooms by late [...]
Aston Martin Rapide at Frankfurt Motor Show
September 17, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Aston Martin, Car News, Frankfurt, Motor Shows, Sports Cars, Supercars, Top Australian Cars
All eyes were on the Aston Martin stand at Frankfurt this year with the unveiling of the much talked about and much praised, Rapide four-door sports sedan.
Adding two extra doors to a DB9, which is often regarded as one of the most beautiful coupes in the world, is no easy design job. It had [...]
Ferrari 458 Italia at Frankfurt Motor Show
September 17, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Car News, Ferrari, Frankfurt, Motor Shows, Sports Cars, Supercars, Top Australian Cars
There would have to be something seriously wrong with any human being, if they didn’t visit the Ferrari stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
That’s especially true this year, where you will see on display one of the best shapes to come out of Maranello in years.
The 458 Italia is a drop dead gorgeous machine, [...]
Ferrari California Review
September 15, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Behind the Wheel, Car Reviews, Ferrari, First Steer, Sports, Sports Cars, Supercars, Top Australian Cars
Perhaps I’ve got an overly developed sense of self, but I like to think that my opinions of various cars might occasionally serve a purpose. Not in the case of the 2009 Ferrari California.
Words Mark Hacking, San Diego, California
Reason being, this car, the fourth platform in the current Ferrari lineup, recently hit dealer showrooms around [...]
Lamborghini Reventón Roadster offical details
September 15, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Car News, Lamborghini, Sports Cars, Supercars, Top Australian Cars
Lamborghini has today released official details of what it calls “the ultimate driving machine among open-top two-seaters” – or as we known it, the Reventón Roadster.
Open-top sports cars are a tradition at Lamborghini that stretches back more than 40 years. In 1968, the company from Sant’Agata Bolognese built a Miura without a fixed roof as [...]
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
September 10, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
Filed under AMG, Car News, Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz, Motor Shows, Sports Cars, Supercars
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Photo Gallery & Specifications
If there was ever a car everyone at CarAdvice simply agreed on, it’s the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG that is scheduled for its world premiere at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (which CarAdvice will be attending) next Monday.
Although we’ve criticised Mercedes-Benz for making some less than inspiring cars in [...]
Australian Muscle Car Masters
September 7, 2009 by George Skentzos
Filed under Australian Car Industry News, Car News, FPV, Falcon, Ford, Gallery, HSV, Holden, Holden VE Commodore, Motorsport, New South Wales, Sports Cars, Supercars, Top Australian Cars
It is no coincidence that the Australian Muscle Car Masters falls on Australia’s Father’s Day weekend, and for many dads there’s would be no better way to spend their day than with the smell of vintage automotive ‘muscle’ in the air.
I arrived at Eastern Creek International Raceway, in Sydney, with my own dad at perhaps [...]
Volkswagen ponders Porsche Panamera platform
September 7, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Car News, Lamborghini, Porsche, Supercars, Volkswagen
While the board of Volkswagen AG may have already voted to axe the Panamera from the Porsche line-up post merger, a report published by Edmunds today has said the four-door coupe’s platform will be used by at least one of the company’s other premium brands.
With so little clarification available we’re left wondering as to [...]
Porsche TechArt GTstreetRS (GT2)
September 5, 2009 by Karl Peskett
Filed under Behind the Wheel, Car News, Full Throttle, Porsche, Sports Cars, Supercar Odyssey, Supercars, Top Australian Cars, techart
This is one Porsche for which you’ll need your brave pills
Locked away in the German countryside is an unassuming light grey building. It’s two storeys high, and a sloping car park on the right hand side dips away to a few garages at the back. To drive down the road, you’d probably go straight past [...]
Radical SR3 RS & SR8 track day supercars
September 2, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Bugatti, Car News, Full Throttle, Speeding, Sports Cars, Supercars
I’m all for safe driving, but our maximum legal speed limit in Australia is considered dangerously slow in many sections of Germany’s high-speed autobahn system.
By Anthony Crawford
And no, I’m not trying to be funny either we have absolute proof of how dangerous these so-called safe speeds of ours can be over there.


