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, [...]
Audi e-tron revealed at Frankfurt
September 16, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under 4WD, 4x4, Audi, Car News, Concepts, Environment, Frankfurt, Fuel News, In car technology, Motor Shows, electric
German manufacturer Audi has revealed the highlight of its efforts at the Frankfurt Motor Show with the unveiling of the Audi e-tron, a high-performance sports car with a purely electric drive system.
Four motors, two each at the front and rear axles, drive the wheels, making the concept car a true Audi quattro.
Producing 230kW of power [...]
Lotus Evora at Frankfurt Motor Show
September 16, 2009 by Anthony Crawford
Filed under Car News, Frankfurt, Lotus, Sports Cars
After road testing Land Rover’s 2010 Range Rover and Discovery models, reviews of which, we will post later this week, it was time to fast track to Edinburgh and catch a plane to Frankfurt.
The Frankfurt International Motor Show has always been one of the largest in the world, but this year it is huge, [...]
Kia Cerato Koup First Steer
September 15, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Behind the Wheel, Car Reviews, First Steer, Kia, Sports
Update: Kia Cerato Koup Review.
Kia seems to have decided to establish itself as the Korean car company that finds a vacant niche in the car market and sets out to fill it.
First there was the love it or leave it Kia Soul, we kinda love it, and now there is the Cerato Koup, a car [...]
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 [...]
2013 Porsche Spyder first pics
September 14, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Car News, Porsche, spy photos
CarAdvice has today received two renderings of what we believe to be a very near representation of the Volkswagen BlueSport Concept based 2013 Porsche Spyder.
Rumoured to share many of its components with the Audi R2, the much loved Spyder will return to roads boasting a “reputation for unrivalled driving dynamics, but in a much lighter, [...]
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 [...]
Fiat 500 a hot tribute to Ferrari
September 10, 2009 by David Twomey
Filed under Car News, Ferrari, Fiat, Motorsport, Sports Cars
The hottest version yet of Fiat’s chic bambino, the Fiat 500, will surface at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show when Abarth unveil the Fiat 500 Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari, a limited edition that celebrates the history and shared values of Abarth and Ferrari.
The new pocket rocket from Fiat and Abarth boasts 134kW and a new [...]
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.
2010 Jaguar XK & XKR released
September 1, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Filed under Car News, Industry, Jaguar, Sports Cars
Jaguar has today released specification and images of its next generation XK coupe and convertible.
Featuring all-new engines, more dramatic looks, a new interior, an advanced lightweight aluminium body structure and a wider range of models, the new XK builds on 60 years of heritage to offer buyers a thoroughly modern car that still remaining true [...]


