Motorsports

Holden and motor racing go hand-in-hand in this country.

The Holden Commodore will live on on the racetrack, long after it has left the showroom.

Nissan has whipped the covers of its new electric racer, with the new-season Formula E car unveiled in Tokyo ahead of the sixth season of the EV race series.Wearing a striking red, black and white livery - traditional Nissan colours, but styled to look l

Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. It's the foundation on which the Bathurst 1000 was built on. For generations families declared themselves either 'Holden people' or 'Ford people' and it drove their buying habits.

Hyundai will use an entry in the World Time Attack Challenge as a test bed for a faster, more powerful i30 N in the future.

BMW seems to believe that there is simply no car that can't be improved with the addition of an M badge and some serious mumbo, and the mid-size SUV X4 is the latest to get the treatment. The company's sales figures show that Australians can't get enough of this approach, but is the X4 M Competition a giant leap too far?

What appears to be a pointless exercise in gratuitous drifts is actually a lesson learned in car physics and how under-prepared most Aussies would be for low-traction driving.

Ford has used the Goodwood festival of speed to unveil its latest development of the mid-engined Ford GT supercar.

The track-only Toyota Supra GT4 sports coupe has been unveiled, and it is designed for “low cost” private race teams around the world.

Bentley’s W12-powered Continental GT has been crowned fastest production car at Pikes Peak, following a record-setting run at the famous hill climb on Sunday, 30 June.Pikes Peak veteran Rhys Millen piloted the British coupe to the chequered flag in 10 minutes and 18.4 seconds, shaving eight seconds off the previous record, and averaging 112.4km/h.Millen was suitably pleased following the record drive: ''This is an amazing finish to a wet, snowy 2019 run at Pikes Peak,”“We came here with one goal in mind, and that was to be the fastest production car up the mountain and set a new record.“Today was a challenge with what Mother Nature threw at us, but the Continental GT held strong all the way to the top, and we are now number one.”The 156-bend, 20-kilometre hill climb was made particularly difficult this year due to poor weather conditions, and as always, the high altitude put the pressure on drivers and vehicles alike.With the start line positioned 2800 metres above sea level, the air density on the mountain is reduced by a third, forcing the Continental GT's 6.0-litre twin-turbocharged W12 to work extra hard.At ground level, the big coupe produces 473kW and 900Nm, and can sprint from zero to 100km/h in 3.7 seconds.Last year, Millen set the outright record for a production SUV on the Pikes Peak course, steering a Bentley Bentayga up the hill in 10 minutes and 49.9 seconds.