Toyota Australia has unveiled a global first - a dramatic new "Shooting Brake" concept version of the 86 sports car.The prototype was conceived and developed by Toyota Australia's Product Design team and hand-built in Japan under the direction of the global sports car division.The Shooting Brake concept, which adds a more practical hatch styling to the rear of the sporty [...]
Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled its new 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) contender, the TS050 HYBRID, prior to the official 'Prologue' pre-season test at Circuit Paul Ricard, near Marseille in southern France.The all-new car, Toyota's third since joining the WEC in 2012, features a 2.4-litre twin-turbo direct-injection V6 petrol engine combined with a high-capacity 8MJ hybrid system.Developed by Toyota's [...]
Lexus will take the wraps off the hybrid version of its stunning LC luxury coupe at the Geneva Motor Show next month.The LC 500h is equipped with Lexus' next generation hybrid powertrain, the Lexus Multi Stage Hybrid System, to provide enhanced driving enjoyment, performance and efficiency. The announcement of the new hybrid LC 500h follows the unveiling of the LC [...]
A sparkling Sydney summer’s day is the perfect time to take your top off and get a little colour. In the MX5 you don’t have to wait 30 seconds, or 15 seconds or even 5 seconds, just click and drop. In a few seconds you’re open to the sky. The original 1989 model didn’t have power steering, but that [...]
Paris / Leverkusen: The Mazda RX-VISION, a stunning rotary-powered sports car concept, captured the “Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year” award at the 31st Festival Automobile International. Ikuo Maeda, the company’s international design chief, accepted the award Tuesday evening together with Kevin Rice, Mazda’s European design director, Julien Montousse, his counterpart at Mazda North America, and Mazda designer Norihito [...]
David Bowie 1947-2016: left only wonderful memories In the motoring world, you’re only as good as your last launch, so Subaru’s latest WRX has something to prove as the latest in a line going back to 1992. The handsome little otter is muscular and powerful, and in STi guise that little something extra. Please note: I didn’t use the [...]
HIROSHIMA, Japan: Mazda Motor Corporation’s All-New Mazda MX-5 has been named the 2015-2016 Car of the Year Japan. The All-New Mazda MX-5 is the sixth model in Mazda’s new-generation line-up of vehicles that features SKYACTIV Technology*¹ and ‘KODO - Soul of Motion’ design. This lightweight open-top two-seater front-engine rear-wheel drive sports car is designed for pure Jinba-ittai driving fun. [...]
MOTEGI, Japan (16 November 2015) – The final round of this year’s Super GT Championship was held on November 15th at Twin Ring Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, where the #1 MOTUL AUTECH Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 of Tsugio Matsuda (JAP) and Ronnie Quintarelli (ITA) accomplished an amazing come back from 12th to finish second. Displacing the points leader, the #12 CALSONIC [...]
Essen, Germany: Mazda has accepted the “Red Dot: Best of the Best” prize for the All-New Mazda MX-5 at a gala ceremony in front of some 1,200 guests at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany. The “Best of the Best” prize goes to exceptionally ground-breaking designs across many industries; only 1.6 per cent of all submissions received the [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Honda released the first official sketches of the all-new Honda BR-V Prototype, a new generation crossover utility vehicle, which will make its world premiere at the upcoming Gaikindo Indonesian International Auto Show 2015. The event is scheduled for 20 - 30 August 2015, in Tangerang, Indonesia.The new BR-V features tough and solid exterior design with high ground [...]
