Old cars, older drivers roll up
IF you haven’t bought tickets for this weekend’s Goodwood revival you will miss 14 Spitfires and $200 million worth of exotic cars and bikes.
Motoring
BMW makes its mind up on an M1 remake
BMW is working on a supercar that draws inspiration from its original racetrack-to-road M1 of 1978.
Rollerskates run on hyperbole
SOME of the weirdest ideas at the Frankfurt show shone a light on the small car class.
High and mighty luxury SUVs
IF there’s a yawning gap in the market just waiting to be filled, it’s for a super-luxury, super-expensive sports utility vehicle.
As ever, the future looks like hydrogen
MERCEDES believes tomorrow’s large luxury cars will need to be powered by fuel cells.
Carmakers want in on the cloud
NEW apps for phones and tablets that communicate with and analyse the performance of cars were available overseas last year.
Rich pickings in luxury cars
PRESTIGE auction houses are accepting nearly twice the usual number of repossessed vehicles.
Hot list of classic you can use every day
IN the biggest competition of the year in which there are no prizes, you have voted on what you believe is the most usable classic car.
Overtaking vehicle
THE new $1.6m Bugatti Galibier, inspired by the brand’s previous super-collectibles, will be the fastest limo in the world.
The knees have it
RESEARCH is suggesting the shape of our joints determines whether we are likely to develop debilitating osteoarthritis.
Limo drifts into fashion
THE crudely customised Maybach in Kanye West and Jay-Z’s latest video gives the brand an entirely new kind of kudos.
Karma chameleon
FOR drivers of electric cars with range anxiety – that is, fear of a flat battery – comes a car with a power back-up.
Cayenne drives China Porsche
PORSCHE’S Cayenne is becoming the SUV for China’s coal barons, setting up the Stuttgart carmaker to push for record sales this year.
Porsche surging in China
CHINA is now Porsche’s second biggest market in the world, and the most popular model there is not a sports car.
Racing green?
JUST launched in Australia is the California HELE – a supercar with emission figures lower than some new family cars, says Ferrari.
Mercedes back in fashion
LOCAL designers welcomed yesterday’s return of Mercedes-Benz as the naming rights sponsor of Australian Fashion Week.
Ford kills upgrade of ageing engine
THE government’s decision to adopt the latest emissions standards will force the closure of Ford’s Geelong factory in five years.
Renault joins race to electric vehicles
RENAULT will join the charge to electric vehicles next year with a car being built by infrastructure company Better Place.
All the spin from Indy 500
AUSSIES lucked out in this year’s action-packed race.
A treat in store in Melbourne
MILANESE designer Luisa Beccaria’s has opened her first Australian store in South Yarra.
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