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We started our journey in Australia’s largest city, the bustling metropolis of Sydney. Having flown in from interstate on an early morning flight, the team was eager to get going quickly to make the most of the trip, and our car of choice was Holden’s final generation of Commodore. Built by Opel in Germany and carrying the iconic Aussie nameplate, we picked up the RS liftback variant, powered by a General Motors 3.6L High Feature V6 engine mated to a 9-speed all-wheel drive transmission.

A 12 car train carrying 120 brand new BMW cars derailed in the U.S. state of South Carolina, near the state capital of Colombia, whilst on their way from the BMW factory in Greer, South Carolina to Charleston. Luckily, no one was injured in the accident, but the same can’t be said for those poor BMW’s. 97 of the cars were damaged in the derailment. A very sad sight to see all of the new BMW’s wasted in such an accident.

Today is a sad day. Chassis #107 Koenigsegg One:1 (Carbon Edition) has unfortunately crashed at the Nürburgring today whilst trying to set a lap record. The $3.8 million dollar mega-car, one of only eight ever made, was trying to beat the previous record of a seemingly impossible 6:57.00 set by a Porsche 918 Spyder back in 2013, when the day became a lot more expensive for Koenigsegg Automotive AB than they originally planned…

Welcome back to Special Sundays, where we re-visit automotive history, and take you back in time to the automotive legends from the 20th century!

McLaren has decided that their P1 is too good to discontinue, so yep, following the footsteps of the legendary F1 LM, here comes the McLaren P1 LM. First off, how rare will this car be? We can get an insight into this from the F1 LM’s price. ‘Cheap’ is all we can say about the price… Last year, an F1 LM sold at an auction for just $13.75 million. Not a big deal… Yes, we use sarcasm.

Welcome back to Special Sundays, where we re-visit automotive history, and take you back in time to the automotive legends from the 20th century! Okay, so this weekend, we decided it was an opportunity to not visit a car from the past, but since a few weeks ago we wrote a post on a very special Porsche from the 20th century, we gathered that we probably might as well break the trend of 20th century automotive legends for just one week, and focus our attention on a car that has revolutionised the present day, and keep the Porsche trend going!

Subaru has revealed full details on a new limited production car! The Forester tS (Tuned by STI)! Oh great, another Forester? Wait… This is no normal limited edition Forester! This is Subaru Technica International’s newest creation, featuring the same engine as the famous WRX sports sedan! With 177kW (237 hp) from the WRX’s 2.0 litre turbocharged boxer/flat-4 engine, the car makes a 0-100kph time of approximately 7 seconds. Although based on the Forester XT Premium, this car has a revised interior and exterior with Brembo brakes and the front and rear both carrying ‘STI’ badges.

The Lamborghini Gallardo is one of Lamborghini’s most iconic cars, along with the Murciélargo and the renowned Aventador. The Lamborghini Gallardo, being the Raging Bull’s best selling production car, made roughly 14,022 sales during the years 2003 - 2013. Production of the Gallardo ran from 2003 - 2013 with model years ranging from 2004-2014. The first generation Gallardo came equipped with a 5-litre V10 engine, hitting speeds of 100 km/h in an astonishing 3.4 seconds, making the top speed of the Gallardo reach 325 km/h!

Have you ever though about the visual differences between the first and second generation Lamborghini Gallardo? Well if you haven’t, here is a GIF that pretty much sums it up! First Generation Vs Second Generation (Pre Facelift) Which generation appeals to you more? Notice the number plates XD

Welcome back to Special Sundays, where we re-visit automotive history, and take you back in time to the automotive legends from the 20th century! This week’s special featured automotive overview is a car from very late 20th century, the 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B STi! This car is a legend amongst the Japanese car community, and a lot of you will be able to confirm this! It is the holy grail among Subaru enthusiasts, and we were lucky to encounter one last year at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival!

Welcome back to Special Sundays, where we re-visit automotive history, and take you back in time to the automotive legends from the 20th century! This week’s special featured car is the Alpine (Renault) A110! The A110 isn’t a very well known car, and the company isn’t very well known either, but the car is quite a special and beautifully designed one. In production between the years of 1963 and 1973 and succeeding the A106 and A108, debuting at the Paris Auto Show, this car was one decade ahead of most other cars style-wise.

If you live in Hobart, Tasmania, it’s surroundings, or still haven’t left since Targa Tasmania ended a few days ago, then head over to Hobart Autohaus, where they have a pair of hybrid and electric i-series cars! An i8 and an i3!

The Aston Martin Vantage GT8 has been revealed! It is planned to have 150 units built, meaning it will be a collectors car for the rich, and a rare car for people to spot!

Well this is unfortunate… The rare accident happened to a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at Porsche Center in Amsterdam. The car had just been fitted with the Gulf livery when it went head first into the Oostwetering canal in Amsterdam! Luckily it landed on a slope and not fully in the water. Due to this, the car was very fortunately saved from the scrapyards and no damage was done to the engine, because it is a rear engined car! No one knows exactly what caused the car to drive off the side, but at least we all know it is able to be fixed!

Henry Ford was born in a farm in Dearborn, Michigan, North America on the 30th of July, 1863. When he was young, he always loved technology that was around. He befriended the people who ran the steam engines. And he taught himself how to fix watches. He also used the watch fixing as a guide to learn the principles of designing all sorts of machines. He was a keen leader, and learnt most things by trial and error. In 1879, at the age of 16, he moved out of his family’s farm, to work at an automobile company, which made trains and rail cars in Detroit.

This is the new Porsche 911 Carrera S (991.2). Now, the 911 series has become a worldwide phenomenon, ever since the first 911 back in 1963, and all of the new cars that have succeed the original 911 have also been named ‘911’! Since then, there have been many redesigns and updates. The 911 Series includes: 911 (1963-1989) 930 (1975-1989) This is a turbocharged version of the original 911 964 (1989-1994) 993 (1995-1998) 996 (1999-2004) was the breakthrough. This was when the 911 was redesigned and made into it’s modern styling and body. 997 (2005-2008)