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– Commemorates 25 years since Prodrive entered its first two-door Subaru Impreza in the World Rally Championship.
– Draws inspiration from the Subaru Impreza WRX 22B STi road car.
– Powered by a 2.5-litre turbocharged flat four engine, with outputs of 300kW and 600Nm.
Continue reading “Watch the Prodrive P25 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022”
– The high-performance GR Corolla two-seater is set to join the five-seat variant in Australia in 2023, with limited allocation for the first year of production.
– Weight reduction, revised suspension, stiffer chassis and more torque than five-seater.
– Ordering for the GR Corolla to commence in Q4 2022.
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– Released to mark the 50th anniversary of BMW’s M Division.
– Follows in the wheel tracks of successful special-edition models from earlier generations of the BMW M3/M4, most notably the BMW M3 CSL from 2003 and the BMW M4 GTS unveiled in 2016.
– Priced at $303,900, with Australian introduction set for Q4, 2022.
Continue reading “BMW M4 CSL Australian pricing and features”
Toyota’s iconic GR Supra will be available with a manual transmission when it arrives in Australia in the final quarter of 2022. The newly developed six-speed manual gearbox has been specifically developed to match the performance characteristics of the 285kW/500Nm 3.0-litre straight six.
Customer demand for the Lotus Emira V6 First Edition has exceeded expectations, with the entire Australian allocation of 120 cars sold out. Demand for the I4 First Edition
has been equally strong with 70% of the anticipated Australian allocation already deposited.
Continue reading “Lotus Emira I4 First Edition and Base Editions: Australian Pricing”
In this guide, I’d like to share with you the steps that I’ve taken to obtain different press cars, since starting my website Automotive Torque. I’ve found that there generally isn’t much help in this area for those starting out in automotive journalism in Australia and would like to give some guidance based off my own experiences.
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Jeff Morton, driving a 2019 Porsche GT2 RS, claimed a dominant victory at the 2022 edition of the Targa High Country. Morton, alongside co-driver Daymon Nicoli, cruised to victory in the Mt Buller GT Outright category, winning by 2 minutes 24 seconds over Angus Kennard and Steve Glenney in a 2015 Nissan GT-R. Third position went to Tony Quinn and Kate Catford in a 2018 Nissan GT-R.
Frenchman Sébastien Loeb has taken his 80th World Rally Championship victory at the Monte Carlo Rally, in a Ford Puma.
Continue reading “Rally legend Sébastien Loeb wins the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally”
The legendary Nissan GT-R R35 will be farewelled in Australia in 2022, with the inclusion of two special editions, the GT-R T-Spec and GT-R NISMO SV. Fewer than 50 cars in total will be arriving for the final model year in Australia, with 30 of these being the T-Spec edition.
There will be significant changes to the track layout of the iconic Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, when the Formula 1 World Championship returns in 2022.
The latest generation BMW M3 Competition has been performing specialist duties in the hands of Victoria Police Highway Patrol officers in recent weeks across the state. It will be used temporarily as part of the Police Highway Patrol’s vehicle evaluation and assessment process.
Continue reading “Victoria Police Highway Patrol BMW M3 Competition”
A 1994 BMW E36 M3 has been sold through global online auction platform, Collecting Cars. This example is one of the first E36 M3s sold in Australia and one of few produced in the rare combination of Dakar Yellow with the sunroof delete option.
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– Hyundai’s i20 N is the first light hot hatch from the acclaimed N Division.
– Offered in a single feature-packed grade.
– Powered by a SmartStream 150kW, 275Nm turbocharged 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine with overboost function, driving the front wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox and mechanical LSD.
McLaren Automotive has revealed a limited-edition series of just three Daniel Ricciardo Edition 720S by McLaren Special Operations (MSO) models, to arrive in Australia in Q4 2021. The limited edition has been commissioned by MSO in collaboration with McLaren dealerships in Melbourne and Sydney, to celebrate the McLaren Formula 1 driver.
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– The Lotus Emira GT4 race car is an all new competition-spec GT4 challenger.
– Advanced composite bodywork makes the car exceptionally lightweight.
– Uses Toyota’s race-proven 3.5-litre V6 engine and optimised GT4 aerodynamics.
