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At this year's Targa Tasmania, Australia's only factory-backed rotary Mazda race car was forced out of the event after colliding with a competitor's car. The Mazda RX-8 SP has been fixed though and is ready to return to racing. It will compete at the
A few months ago CarAdvice's Anthony Crawford got in the navigator's seat of a Hyundai i30 diesel at Australia's premiere tarmac rally, the 2010 Targa Tasmania. You can read the written story here. However, while we were in Launceston we recorded som
In this clip from the 2010 Targa Tasmania campaign, Tony Quinn in his 2009 Nissan GT-R overtakes Rex Broadbent in his 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS - who then decides to give chase. Despite the 34 year age gap between his car and the Nissan GT-R
Some more photos of the Hyundai i30 diesel and other cars at Targa Tasmania from Day 2 of the event (or Day 0 depending on how you look at it). Today saw the Prologue take place for placement. The slowest cars will start at the front and the fastest
Here are some photos of Monday night's collection of cars at the 2010 Targa Tasmania. CarAdvice is currently at Targa Tasmania supporting the Hyundai i30 team with our own Anthony Crawford navigating. Enjoy the photos: [gallery]
If you thought Targa Tasmania (one of the most famous Targa Rally events in the world) was only for Lamborghinis, Porsches, Mitsubishi Evolution and Subaru STIs, you'd probably be right. However, in recent times everyday cars have began to enter the
Mazda Australia will run its turbocharged Mazda RX-8 SP on E85 ethanol blend fuel at the upcoming Targa Tasmania rally. As the event moves to encourage more eco-friendly themes, alternate fuels such as E85 have allowed the team at Mazda Motorsport
Toyota's most fuel-efficient locally-built sedan, the Camry Hybrid, will take place in an unlikely event early next month when it joins competitors at Australia's premier tarmac rally, Targa Tasmania. Organisers say Camry Hybrid's eco-friendly cre
Lotus is set to make its official return to Targa Tasmania next month with the global tarmac rally debut of the Exige Cup 260, its fastest road registrable model yet. The near showroom-spec Cup 260 takes the Lotus mantra to new levels, boastin
If you're like us, you've probably wondered at one point or another, why doesn't Mazda turbocharge the RX-8 and the MX-5 as regular production models? The answer is long and complicated, we've been told by inside sources that even though Mazda Aus