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Australia’s most expensive cars aren’t selling
They’re quick off the mark, but some of Australia’s most exclusive cars are hard to move
Self-driving cars will still crash with humans behind the wheel, study says
Carmakers are wrong to think they can hand back control of a self-driving car to a human when things go pear-shaped

Audi e-tron GT to become flagship ‘sporty’ EV for Audi
Audi’s Tesla-attacking pure electric four-door luxury sedan will be “very sporty” when it enters production in three years

Ready for launch: 2019 BMW X5 development nears completion
BMW says it will put the Sports in Sports Activity Vehicle and makes the next-generation X5 jump for joy during testing

Ferrari SP38 is the latest one-off Prancing Horse
Ferrari’s One-Off program has pumped out another unique car for a wealthy customer

2018 Kia Sportage adds diesel-hybrid option, but not for Australia
Frugal electrified drivetrain unveiled as part of a mid-life refresh, but Kia’s focus here is on other tech

2018 Audi Q5 3.0 TDI Australian pricing and features
Audi has released details of a Q5-badged flagship that will join local showrooms later this year

Three of the coolest cars from the Royal Wedding
There was some seriously interesting metal on show at the biggest nuptials of the year

Kia Cerato GT warm hatch to benefit from i30 N program
How the Hyundai i30 N and short-lived Kia ProCeed GT are combining to provide Kia Australia with a proper, locally tuned warm hatch

2017 Ford GT sells for $2.4m at auction
Mecum beats Ford’s no-resale contract to shift big-dollars supercar

Next-gen Accord will be Honda’s showroom flagship, but delayed until late 2019
Honda has confirmed it will bring the tenth-generation Accord to the Australian market, though it’s still about a year and a half away from touching down in showrooms.

Aussie carmaking to return, British industrialist claims
Five years to the day after Ford said it would walk away from carmaking, Sanjeev Gupta claims Australia could again have a viable industry

Herrod Performance planning 522kW pack for new Mustang
Rob Herrod sets his sights on supercar-rivalling outputs for 2018 GT

Ford Ranger added to wider Takata airbag recall
Almost 70,000 older commercial vehicles are scooped up in the killer airbag scandal

2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Ti pricing and features
The most powerful four-cylinder version of Alfa’s first-ever SUV will add extra grunt to the local range ahead of the arrival of the twin-turbo V6 Stelvio Q

Sales figures prove Australians love performance cars
Breaking down the data that proves Aussies love a fast set of wheels

Mark Webber to drive Porsche 919 Evo at Goodwood
Aussie ace tipped to pilot Porsche’s ultimate Le Mans car up Lord Marsh’s driveway this June

2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI gains Performance Edition specs
More power, a front diff, and bigger brakes, but no third pedal

BMW X8 reportedly coming as flagship super-luxe SUV
BMW looks set to bridge the gap between the X7 and Rolls Royce Cullinan with a high-riding, high-featured SUV flagship predictably dubbed the X8

UK’s wildest HSV up for sale
A VXR8 with a Walkinshaw upgrade and a ‘Psychedelic’ wrap is up for grabs

Meghan Markle to receive military-grade driver training
American actor and newly minted royal Meghan Markle will learn how to steer like the special forces

Tesla announces specs of dual-motor Model 3
Elon’s been tweeting some punchy performance numbers

Tesla Model 3 ‘Performance’ version revealed
Tesla boss tweets ‘candid’ details of upcoming ‘M3-rivalling’ model

2019 Porsche Mission E: Mark Webber’s first drive of the electric superstar
A first steer of Porsche’s “game changing” battery-powered production car revives a few memories for the former Aussie F1 star