Motors
Vintage style
Ferrari 250 GT snapped up for $5.5m
A Ferrari bought new by Roger Vadim, the movie director and actor who discovered and married Brigitte Bardot, sold last night for about $5.5m as choosy investors bought rare classic cars.
Big deal
Paris has classic car lovers in a spin
Car dealers in Paris for sales of Porsche and Aston Martin classics revealed a Ferrari was bought this year for about $US32 million.
Flying high
Honda's first business jet gets set for takeoff
Honda Motor is in the final stages of realising its long-standing goal of taking to the skies, with the new $US4.5 million HondaJet.
Women better at parking than men, says study
Martha Linden Women are better at parking than men, according to new research from Britain.
Driverless cars yield to reality
John Markoff Google's autonomous vehicle project might face bigger obstacles than the technological ones.
Road test
Safety ratings on a crash course
Joshua Dowling Some cars that earned five stars overseas don't meet the higher criteria in Australia.
A salute to Australia's 10 most important cars
Tony Davis braves the knockers to list his best local models of all time. Let the arguments begin.
GranTurismo coupe
Boy, 10, crashes father's $200,000 Maserati
Hong Kong police briefly detained a 10-year-old American boy who took his father's Maserati GranTurismo coupe out for a spin.
Biggest and best
Battle of the super yachts
Super-sized luxury yacht ownership is a competitive pursuit: just ask Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, whose super yacht, Eclipse, has edged out 99 of the world's grandest craft to be ranked largest.
New horizons
Lure of luxury keeps show afloat
In place of the absent superyachts are luxury cars, watches, a contemporary fine art gallery, jewelry and a home cinema.
Prize auto
Lamborghini winner crashes it just hours after driving off in prize
A US man who won a $US380,000 Lamborghini in a contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it.
Christmas on wheels: Gifts for car lovers
Stephen Ottley and Erin Cunneen Our complete gift guide to cover every motorist from petrolheads and caual commuters.
The reveal
Mercedes-Benz SL
Toby Hagon After multiple leaks, Mercedes-Benz has officially pulled the covers of its new SL convertible sports car.
'A gathering of narcissists': police hit out at drivers after supercar smash
Police have described supercar drivers involved in a 14 car pile-up in Japan as "a gathering of narcissists", with speed and wet conditions the likely cause of the spectacular crash that turned several luxury cars into scrap metal.
$3 million smash: supercars caught in mass pile-up
A Sunday drive has ended in a $3 million nightmare, with eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini involved in a 14-car pile-up in Japan.
Custom cruiser
Cargo vans take a lavish turn
Steve Kantor admits that he likes to travel in style. He is an affable investment banker, concerned about flaunting his wealth, but he drives around Manhattan in what looks like a simple black delivery van.
Playground for petrolheads
Stephen Ottley What would you do if you were a multimillionaire with a passion for fast cars? Well, you could build your own racetrack.
