forbidden fruit

  • HSV GTS Maloo

    If you’re like us, you’re completely down with the automotive reverse mullet: party in the front, business in the back. That’s exactly what the HSV GTS Maloo is, and it’s amazing. Sadly, it’s only available in Australia and New Zealand. MUST SEE: Chrome Lamborghini Crashes Into Jeep Wrangler In Detroit: Gallery Based on the most powerful production car ever built in Australia, the HSV GTS sedan, the new GTS Maloo rates at an equal 580 horsepower and 546 pound-feet of torque from its supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V-8 engine. HSV hasn’t released performance...

  • 2015 Ford Falcon XR6 Ute
    2015 Ford Falcon Ute Revealed

    The last variant from Ford’s updated Falcon range being introduced in Australia next year has been revealed. The variant is the 2015 Ford Falcon Ute, and it’s been revealed in its XR6 performance guise. The car-based utility joins the regular Falcon and Territory in Ford’s...

  • 2014 Peugeot 308 GT
    Peugeot Reveals 308 GT Hot Hatchback, Diesel GT Wagon Too

    Most people associate the acronym GTI with Volkswagen, but French automaker Peugeot has a long and possibly even more illustrious history with those three letters than even VW. GTI has graced the rump of some of the best-ever hot hatchbacks (and even a few sedans, in the 1980s) and more recently...

  • 2015 Lotus Elise S Cup
    2015 Lotus Elise S Cup: Forbidden Fruit

    Only a couple of weeks ago we spotted a Lotus Elise prototype testing at the Nürburgring, which we reported at the time was for a road-going version of the automaker’s Elise S Cup R race car. Now, Lotus has confirmed the car's launch and released this first photo of it. The new sports...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Lamando (Chinese spec)
    Production Volkswagen New Midsize Coupe Is The Lamando

    At the 2014 Beijing Auto Show back in April, Volkswagen took the covers off a striking four-door coupe concept called the New Midsize Coupe. At the 2014 Chengdu Auto Show that took place last week, the German automaker introduced the production version, which dons the Lamando nameplate. ALSO SEE...

  • 2015 Peugeot 308 GTI spy shots
    2015 Peugeot 308 GTI Spy Shots

    Peugeot has been slowly expanding its lineup of performance offerings, initially launching a new 208 GTI in 2012 and then following it up with an R-badged version of its RCZ coupe a year later. Soon, we’ll be seeing a hotted-up version of the automaker's 308, 2014’s European Car of the...

  • 2015 Infiniti ESQ (Chinese spec)

    The Nissan Juke is hardly what you’d call premium, but Infiniti has seen fit to strap some of its own badges to the vehicle and market it to new car buyers in China. To be fair, we’re not talking about a base Nissan Juke here but the sporty Juke NISMO model. MUST SEE: Tiny V-8 Nitro Engine Looks, Sounds Amazing: Video That means the Infiniti-badged Juke, which has been labeled an ESQ, features a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine tuned to deliver 197 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. The engine is mated to a CVT and drives the front wheels as standard. All-wheel...

  • Infiniti Q50L
    Infiniti Q50 Long-Wheelbase Revealed, Will Be Built And Sold In China

    In China's heavy traffic, there's little appeal to be had from the driving process. Those who can afford it hire someone else to do the job for them, while they recline in the back—usually in one of the multitude of long-wheelbase models offered exclusively in the country. Latest to add...

  • 2015 Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid R-Design
    Polestar Tunes The Diesel-Electric Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid

    It wasn’t long ago that the term “hybrid” was associated purely with economy and saving the earth. However, thanks to the introduction of a new breed of hybrid supercars from the world’s leading performance manufacturers, the term is no longer taboo in performance circles...

  • 2015 Cadillac ATS-L (Chinese spec)
    Cadillac Reveals Long-Wheelbase ATS-L For Chinese Market

    With most of its rivals offering long-wheelbase versions of their small sedans in China, such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, it was only a matter of time until we saw Cadillac launch a stretched version of its award-winning ATS in the market. The stretched ATS has now been revealed as the ATS-L...

  • 2015 Ford Territory
    2015 Ford Territory Revealed, Will Be Last Aussie-Built SUV

    Last week we saw the final version of the Falcon rear-wheel-drive sedan that Ford plans to build in Australia until it finally winds up production there in 2016. Today, we have our first look at the car’s SUV sibling, the Territory, which is destined to be the last volume SUV built Down...

  • 2015 Ford Falcon XR8
    2015 Ford Falcon Revealed In XR Performance Trim: Forbidden Fruit

    This is the final version of Ford’s Falcon sedan designed and built in Australia. The latest Falcon was revealed today in its XR6 and XR8 performance trim and will be hitting the Aussie and New Zealand markets at the end of the year. The regular model will be revealed at a later date. Sadly...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Passat (European-spec)

    Volkswagen has revealed the latest versions of the Passat sedan and Passat Variant wagon that the rest of the world enjoys. They represent the eighth generation of the Passat line, the B8, and make their official debut at the 2014 Paris Auto Show in October. Although the cars won’t be sold in the U.S., they do provide clues as to what we can expect when our local version of the Passat, introduced for the 2012 model year, receives its mid-cycle update for 2016. So what does this piece of forbidden fruit contain? The new Passat debuts with new engines, less weight and the latest...

  • 2014 Audi RS 6 Avant
    New Audi RS 6 Avant Plus Details Leaked

    Audi hasn’t launched a more extreme ‘Plus’ version of its RS 6 since 2004 but a new one is planned, based on the latest RS 6 Avant wagon sold overseas. Rumors of the car first emerged a year ago but now we have the first official details, courtesy of a leak made by an Audi dealer...

  • Daihatsu Copen
    Daihatsu Copen Sports Car Revealed In All Its (Tiny) Glory

    Japan's strict kei car regulations, designed to get around some of the country's inherent automotive issues--lack of space, lack of parking, expensive gas--typically breed small, upright boxes where space is maximized and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ALSO SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best...

  • 2014 Lotus Exige LF1
    Lotus Celebrates F1 History With Exige LF1: Forbidden Fruit

    Lotus is celebrating its Formula One provenance with a special edition Exige S called the Exige LF1 (Lotus F1). The car marks the 81 victories in F1 that have been made by Lotus-branded cars, from the very first win at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix up to the final one at the 2013 Australian Grand...

  • 2015 BMW X6 M50d
    First Look At 2015 BMW X6's M Sport Package And X6 M50d Variant

    BMW has just revealed its second-generation X6 crossover, and soon its high-performance X6 M variant will debut. In the meantime, X6 fans looking to add some sport to the new 2015 X6 will have to settle for the crossover’s available M Sport package. Overseas, buyers also have the option of...

  • Volkswagen Amarok Power concept
    Volkswagen Amarok Power Concept Set To Rock Wörthersee With 5,000-Watt Audio

    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils a mobile DJ station at Wörthersee.

  • Honda S660 Concept at 2013 Tokyo Motor Show

    Rejoice or mourn, depending on your take: the mid-engine Honda S660 sports car will be built, according to a new report. But it probably won't be heading to the U.S. With the exit of the S2000 from Honda's range in 2009, there have been no true sports cars from the brand--the closest offering being the Civic Si. But the S660 certainly fills the sports car bill, packing a mid-mounted, turbocharged 660-cc three-cylinder engine rated at a meagre but adequate 64 horsepower. How is 64 horsepower adequate? Because the S660 is pint-sized. Kei-sized, actually, designed to fit just about anywhere in...

  • 2014 Lexus LX 570 Supercharger
    Supercharged Lexus LX 570 Launched In The Middle East

    Lexus applies forced induction to a special-edition SUV.

  • 2015 Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid R-Design
    2015 Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid R-Design: Forbidden Fruit

    Volvo’s first plug-in hybrid model in the U.S. will be based on its next-generation XC90 SUV and is still more than a year away from reaching showrooms, but overseas the Swedish automaker has been selling a plug-in version of its V60 station wagon for a couple of years. Called the V60 Plug-In...

  • 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD
    VW Golf GTD U.S. Sales In Jeopardy: Report

    The Volkswagen Golf GTD diesel hot hatch may not come to the U.S. after all.

  • 2015 Volkswagen Passat (European-spec) spy shots
    2015 Volkswagen Passat (European-Spec) Spy Shots

    Now that the Volkswagen Group’s latest modular platform, the MQB, is out in the open, having already appeared in the new 2015 Audi A3, 2015 Volkswagen Golf and recently revealed 2016 Audi TT, VW is accelerating the pace in which existing models are redesigned around the flexible architecture...

  • 2015 Ford Falcon spy shots - Image via James Stanford, Carsguide
    2015 Ford Falcon Spy Shots

    Ford’s final Falcon has been spotted testing in Australia ahead of its market launch in November. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:] has confirmed it is ending production in Australia in late 2016, and with no replacement models planned it means the local Falcon sedan and its Territory SUV derivative...

Follow Us on Instagram @motorauthority

News First Drives Auto Shows Photos Videos Spy Shots