Subaru BRZ in Australia

The Subaru BRZ is one half of a compact sports car joint project shared with Toyota – and since dubbed the “Toyobaru” by the industry. It was revealed in production guise for the first time at the 2011 Tokyo motor show last month, along with the Toyota 86.

Both cars will be built by Subaru in Japan. The Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are virtually identical, including copycat exterior styling bar the odd detail.

The platform is derived from the Impreza small car’s underpinnings and is powered by a Subaru 2.0-litre horizontally opposed “boxer” four-cylinder engine but featuring Toyota direct fuel injection technology.

Subaru BRZ Price

Toyota Australia is expected to price the 86 from between $35,000 and $40,000 when it lands in mid 2012.

2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost EWB coming in March 2012

2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost EWB powered by a twin-turbo 6.6-litre V12 which produces 420kW and a healthy 780Nm, all running through the ultra-smooth ZF eight-speed automatic. The EWB gains an additional 170mm of rear legroom, and was built in response to the region’s demand for a Ghost with even easier access through the rear doors. It only weighs an extra 35kg over the standard Ghost.


2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost EWB Price

It will arrive in Australia with a price tag of around $750,000.

Volvo S60 Polestar extended preview

Polestar has been Volvo’s official motorsport partner since 1996, and with their considerable experience in developing Volvo race cars for competition in both the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STTC) and the World Touring Car Championship (WTTC), offer Performance enhancing packages for selected Volvo production series models.

S60 Polestar Price

The S60 Polestar will be priced from $82,990 and carry a full 3-year unlimited km factory warranty with 3 years free roadside assistance and a service interval of 15,000 kilometres.

Volvo Car Australia will introduce the S60 Polestar, which is essentially a factory-tuned version of the S60 T6 packing a modest increase in power and torque, but without affecting the fuel consumption over the standard model. Power goes from 224 kW to 242 kW, and torque rises to 480 Nm from 440 Nm.