Wheelie good sales prospect

A RACE of a different kind is taking place this week, with buyers now vying for the car that landed formula one ace Lewis Hamilton in hot water with police.

Letters

We depend on police to stop reckless drivers

CALL OF THE CLASSIC CALL OF THE CLASSIC

BMW leaves design controversies in the dust to produce a combination of luxury and performance, writes BARRY PARK.

CAR POOL

THE CAR Volkswagen Golf GTI 3-door

Sports edge for a power player

THE CAR BMW 335i with M Sport package HOW MUCH? $112,100 plus on-road and dealer costs VITAL STATISTICS 3.0-litre twin-turbo 6-cyl, 225kW, 400Nm, 6-sp auto, 9.6L/100km, 231g/km CO2, RWD

Rivalry? What rivalry?

THEY'RE both performance versions of Australian-made large cars that compete for the cut-throat fleet market and families alike. Each also capitalises on the success €” or otherwise €” of cars on the race track.

Race relations

Holden or Ford? Red lion or blue oval? Which camp you're in can be a tribal thing €” and it's a line rarely crossed.

MODEL WATCH

HOLDEN Special Vehicles has never been backward in coming forward with distinctive exterior designs for its Commodore-based performance-car range but has outdone itself with the latest update, dubbed E Series 2.

What's new in wheel world?

THAT depends on your definition of "new" but here are a few things that have happened fairly recently, looked at completely dispassionately, of course.

Hsv Mines Opels

HSV, Holden's performance arm, has made no secrets about its desire to wean itself off V8s and on to something leaner.

He Says, She Says

HE: Volkswagen stablemate Skoda has taken an interesting turn with its RS performance badge, applying it to a high-output, diesel-engined hatch.

This Year It's Coffs Here We Come

SPINIFEX rolled down the marina car park and slabs of warm VB gathered cobwebs on pallets all told, it was a pretty quiet start to the new year in Coffs Harbour last year, storm conditions having created a hiccup for the organisers of the annual race from Pittwater.