Category: Street Commodores

That’s right folks! Cruise for Charity 5 kicks off on SATURDAY from Homebush Bay!

DON’T FORGET AND TELL YOUR MATES!!!

Category: Misc

Motorists are starting to point the finger at the media for their constant assault on the six-cylinder market segment and their impacts on the environment.

Internet, print and multimedia articles have slammed the use of the six-cylinder family car and labeled them as ‘gas guzzlers’ compared to smaller, less powerful cars.

Headlines such as NEWS.com.au’s ‘Six cylinders emerge as the latest dud buy’ have given readers the impression that the six cylinders cars days are strictly numbered.

In the article, the AU Falcon was slammed for it’s poor resale value and inability to sell quickly on the used car market.

With constant negative media attention the six-bangers are receiving, many motorists believe that the down turn in sales could be blamed partly on the negative media attention.

A recent study by the NRMA has shown that some larger cars have cost only a mere $11 a week more to run due to their size, something which to some people is a small price to pay for an increased level of occupant safety and comfort.

Category: Misc

GM have embargoed all media impressions of the ZR-1 until August 20th, so that means until that time all we can really do is watch journalists drive the wheels of them and slide ‘em around the twisties.

Not that it’s entertaining mind you, it’s a great watch, but what we also what to know is what they think of it. How does it steer, how does it go, and hoe does it rate on a world performance car scale.

Two YouTube videos have surfaced with the ZR-1 cutting laps of GM’s test facility in Milford.

Click HERE for Jim Mero’s lap of the track, or click HERE to see 0-60 Magazine’s test pilot having a steer around the same track.

Category: Holden News

Finally, the W427 has breathed its first taste of fresh air as HSV have announced the official unveiling of the $155k Supercar.

New media photos have also be released which show the HSV in other colours other than Panorama Silver, more to the point, we think the W427 looks killer in the red despite the deep roots the silver has with HSV and Tom Walkinshaw.

The W427 has been confirmed to be built in limited numbers, 427 to be exact, and will feature the awesome 375kW Z06 sourced 7-litre V8 which was used in the pre-production versions that teased the public some months ago.

The W427 also offers a full three year, 100,000km warranty to boot so you can be assured that HSV did some extensive work to the driveline to cope with the 640nm of torque available at the right foot.

The final price, inclusive of the new Luxury Car Tax regime, will be $155,500 which puts me fair out of the race to have one of these puppies parked in my drive way.

Category: GM News

You have to love the internet. Since it’s birth many moons ago, the WWW has bought us some of the juiciest rumors to ever pass around via e-mails and instant messaging. One such rumor that has been doing the rounds lately is that Chevrolet are going to use 1.4-litre turbocharged donks in their fuel miser Volt, possibly sparking interest in a semi-performance Volt.

One can help but ponder that a Volt SS would be about as popular as a TRD Prius, but according to some industry analysts, it actually makes perfect financial sense. The 1.4-litre boosted power plant will be featured in the Chevy Cruze which is making its debut around the same type as the Volt and it will also be lying on the same Delta platform as the Cruze, making for even more cost savings.

GM even seem to believe that the 1.4-litre when combined with the electric motor system will still achieve an awesome 50 mpg that was originally expected out of the Volt, but making for quite the spirited drive thanks to instant engine torque and a boosted top end thanks to a bit of petrol power.

Category: Motorsport

You can’t deny the fact that the V8 Supercar series run on pump 98 fuel isn’t impressive, what will get even more impressive is all teams will be switching to E85 blended fuel as of next year.

E85 is a mix of 85% blended ethanol fuels with 15% regular fuel, original recipe which in turn creates a higher RON rating of the fuel.

“You can absolutely take it from me that the Championship and Fujitsu series will be going to E85 next year,” Tony Cochrane confirmed.

“(From an education perspective) our job is very much based around ok, if we can run (it in) our cars, then maybe it’s the fuel the average motorist can use,” he said.

“It’s just getting the ethanol message out there that it is a viable product.”


The supplier of the E85 mix will be names at this years Supercheap Bathurst 1000 endurance race later in the year, one of the highlights of the yearly motor racing calendar.

Cochrane has also announced new plans to ban wind tunnel and other high end testing in the sport in an effort to reduce overall team running costs. As of January 1, no team will be permitted to wind tunnel or other high end exclusive testing such as shaker rigs on any V8 Supercar team car.

“You pick up a V8 Supercar and fly it to the United Kingdom or US (and) it’s expensive.”

“Our teams have done it over the years… and it’s one of the cost cutting things we are outlawing.