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Wakefield Park 2019 snow
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Incredible images of snow-covered race tracks in NSW

It’s mid-September in Australia, yet these two race tracks are completely snowed in

Bugatti SUV
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Bugatti is planning an SUV. Yes, really

Stephan Winkelmann answers the prayers of chubby billionaires who can’t fit in a Chiron

Allow parents to access kids dashcam data
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Parental access to kids’ dashcam data would save young lives: report

Is accessing young people’s driving data spying, or an effective use of technology to help stem the road toll?

V8 Supercars safety car in New Zealand 2019
Motorsport

Supercars: So what the hell happened in New Zealand?

Fans and pundits left stunned and bemused by Supercars’ seeming own goal – but what really happened at Pukekohe Park?

Mini JCW Clubman coming to Australia
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Mini JCW Clubman to be fastest production Mini sold in Australia

Barn-door AWD wagon is headed for Australia with a ‘new’ engine

2020 Audi Q4 e-tron
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Every Audi SUV will spawn Sportback coupe version

Electric vehicles and environmental ethics shaping Audi’s future aesthetics as it confirms sportback SUVs for all models

Volkswagen settles Dieselgate claim with local owners
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Volkswagen settles Dieselgate claim with local owners

Up to 100,000 Australian VW, Skoda and Audi owners can expect small payment after company settles class action

Audi AI:Trail 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show
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The week that was: Frankfurt, EVs and Elon’s online bromance

Catch up on the week in automotive news and reviews from the WhichCar desk

Mercedes-Benz A250e
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Mercedes-Benz A250e hatch 2019 review

The Three-Pointed Star sets out its credentials as a plug-in player

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Why Land Rover delayed revealing the Defender for five years

Exposed: the secret show car hidden away to stop other companies copying the design

Novitec reveals Lamborghini Urus upgrades Frankfurt 2019
Frankfurt Motor Show

Novitec reveals 575kW/1032Nm Lamborghini Urus

Performance mods deliver SVJ rivalling power figures for Lamborghini’s SUV

Hyundai Veloster N ETCR racer revealed
Frankfurt Motor Show

Hyundai reveals 500kW electric rear-drive Veloster racer

500kW rear-wheel drive electric racer makes Frankfurt debut

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Tesla working on faster, secret Taycan-fighting Model S

Tesla is readying a triple-motor Model S to take on Porsche on the track

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Porsche Taycan completed an eight-minute lap at the ‘Ring without brakes

Taycan achieved an average speed of over 154km/h on a single lap without using the brake discs once

Frankfurt Motor Show

Volkswagen electric SUV to beat hatch to Australia

Australian boss confirms an electric SUV is top of the wishlist, and that VW’s electric revolution may kill the Golf

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‘Manuals are daft’, says Land Rover Defender engineering boss

Three-pedal traditionalists should cover their ears now

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No airbag for Defender’s front-row middle seat

Land Rover engineering boss is confident the Defender is as safe as possible, despite no airbag for third front-row occupant

Continental self-inflating tyre
Frankfurt Motor Show

Continental concepts pave way for self-inflating tyre

No more under inflated tyres or trips to the service station to check pressures, thanks to Continental’s new self-inflating prototype

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Finally, an EV for drivers! New issue of Wheels mag out now

Porsche’s first EV begs the question: do we finally have an electric car to be excited about? One with soul as well as soul-crushing straight line performance? We find out.

Frankfurt Motor Show

AMG boss lifts lid on plans for hybrid GT 4-Door

Tobias Moers points towards an EV future that doesn’t turn its back on internal combustion

Frankfurt Motor Show

How Michelin created a tyre that could survive 300mph

A joint venture with Michelin resulted in Bugatti fitting the Chiron with street-legal rubber with a carbonfibre carcass

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Fully electric Volvo XC40 arriving next year

Car of the Year champ sounds the charge for Volvo

Frankfurt Motor Show

New electric Mini confirmed for Australia in 2020

Mini’s latest electric hatch could be in Australia as early as mid-2020. But with an estimated price north of $50K, it won’t be cheap

Andy Wallace Bugatti Chiron jump
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Andy Wallace: “I jumped the Chiron at 447km/h”

Bugatti’s record-breaking driver reveals how he got airborne while flat out in a Chiron