Australia

Faced with truck drivers not heeding warnings when their tractor trailers were too tall to enter the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, officials turned to a company called Laservision to put an end to these costly crashes that were not only closing the tunnel for weeks at a time, but also put other drivers ...

A few things have changed since the Spartan V track car was announced almost three years ago. Back in 2010, the red open-top sportscar from Australia was slated to be a 300 kg (661-pound) apex-hugger with 170 horsepower coming from a 1,200-cc Ducati engine. The slinky red bodywork remains, but ...

With the Volvo S60 Polestar going on sale in Australia this June, Volvo has finally released images and specs for the production version of the performance sedan. While no official build number has been announced, one image of the car's steering wheel shows a serial number plaque that says "No. ...

Google Street View serves two main purposes, helping people with directions and entertaining us with the funny antics its caught on camera. Just when you thought we'd probably seen it all, it looks like a rather risque Australian couple decided to take the term "fender bender" a little too far ...

The Volvo S60 Polestar Concept may be entering limited production in Australia and, depending how the Aussies take to this Swedish super sports sedan, could then be made available worldwide. The news comes from Austrlia's GoAuto, which claims to have received early info from its sources inside ...

New Zealand officially has a new international-standard road track. Highlands Motorsport Park is a 4.5 km (2.8-mile) circuit with three complete tracks that can be safely operated at the same time. Designed to serve as a members-only facility, the boots on the ground say this track is likely one ...

A pre-season full of talking points was swapped for a brand-new set of talking points after the running of the opening grand prix of the 2013 Formula One season. The consistency of the regulations from last year to this year and the triplicate dominance of Infiniti Red Bull Racing meant that no ...

We've all seen stunt videos of professional athletes showing off their vertical jump skills, but this unknown stuntman shocked the world with his recent leap of faith... over a speeding Lamborghini Murcielago in Sydney, Australia. This bizarre stunt was performed at last weekend's TopGear ...

The Australian GT Championship is one of the more entertaining race series going. Racers compete head to head in hardware plucked from our supercar dreams. Drivers campaign bruisers like the Ferrari 458 Italia, Porsche 911 GT3-R, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Audi R8 and even the ...

Nobody likes paying traffic fines, but few have had the gumption to avoid them so thoroughly as Mario Hili. The 64-year-old Australian man came up with an ingenious method of fooling police into canceling any fines against him by reporting his car stolen. Logically, if the car hadn't been in his ...