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Tesla flags end to free supercharging
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Tesla may soon unlock its Superchargers for other brands

Currently just the firm’s own vehicles can top up with the V3 Superchargers

Stephan Winkelmann Lamborghini CEO Aventador Urus Huracan
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Why the Lamborghini Huracan and Aventador are sticking around … for now

Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann sits down with MOTOR for an electrifying chat

Ferrari 296 GTB
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Ferrari 296 GTB debuts with hybrid V6

Wicked plug-in hybrid sports car is one of the fastest to come out of Maranello

GWM sales targets supply
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Great Wall Motors aims to triple sales, deems supply no issue

Growing Chinese manufacturer reveals ambitious sales goals and expanded product pipeline

Haval Big Dog and Tank 300 arrive in Australia
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Haval Big Dog and Tank 300 prototypes arrive in Australia for evaluation

Great Wall Motors imports a left-hook Big Dog and Tank 300 for market evaluation

Cupra range
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Cupra reveals line-up for Australian launch

VW-based performance brand set for a local berth

Porsche 917K
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Porsche 917 from Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ up for auction

Co-star car from Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ film to go under the hammer

Porsche GT2 RS MR claims Nuerburgring lap record
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Porsche 991 GT2 RS MR snatches back the Nordschleife production car lap record

Manthey-enhanced 911 GT2 RS steals the Nordschleife production car record from Mercedes-AMG

Rolls-Royce Sweptail
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Rolls-Royce plans more coachbuilding off the back of £20m Boat Tail

One of the world’s most exclusive car brands has re-opened its specialist division

2021 Hyundai Kona Electric
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Hyundai Kona Electric ‘Standard Range’ coming to Australia

Hyundai will bring a more affordable variant of its popular Kona Electric to Australia, at the cost of a reduced driving range

Sabine Schmitz Ring Taxi
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Queen of the ‘Ring honoured with renamed corner

Racer who clocked up over 30,000 laps of the world’s most famous circuit will have a section named after her

eV hybrid CHARGER
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Analysis: NSW takes Victoria’s EV policy and betters it

The NSW Government saw Victoria’s EV policy and went a step, or several, further

2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz
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Hyundai Santa Cruz production gets underway in US

Korea’s Ford Maverick challenger will be in American showrooms in just a few short months

The future of Alpine
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What the future of Alpine means for performance car enthusiasts

The era of RS-badged hot Renaults is over as Alpine shoots for the stars

Hammond's Workshop
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Richard Hammond to launch car restoration show on Discovery+

New British car restoration show will be hosted by one of the biggest names in the industry

Fisker Ocean
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Fisker could bring Ocean EV to Australia, outlines plans for a carbon neutral vehicle

American manufacturer says it is taking Australian reservations for its new EV crossover with ambitions of delivering a carbon neutral vehicle by 2027

Aston Martin Valhalla and Valkyrie
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The surprising challenges facing Tobias Moers at Aston Martin

Throwing the new twin-turbo V6 in the bin and replacing it with an AMG V8 was just the beginning for Tobias Moers

Volvo battery
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Volvo enters joint venture to develop and produce batteries

New joint venture aimed at bringing everything in-house for Swedish battery tech

Golf R
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Year of the R: VW plots 2022 performance-car assault

All will have a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine – except the Touareg R which is a plug-in hybrid combining a turbocharged V6 engine and electric motor

Touareg R
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Touareg R: VW’s most powerful model set for Australia

Volkswagen is set to introduce its most powerful model to Australia – the Touareg R.

Subaru WRX
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WRX passes 50,000 sales in Australia

Landmark sales for the flat-four, all-paw weapon ahead of fifth-gen’s arrival later this year

Audi electric range
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Audi to produce final ICE model by 2025, new cars to be EV only one year later

China will be the exception to the new ICE rule

Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
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2022 Porsche 911 GTS pricing and features revealed

Australians will be able to select a manual gearbox as a no-cost option, making the 992 GTS the only three-pedal 911 you can buy locally other than the track-ready GT3

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics
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Hyundai acquires robotics company Boston Dynamics

The motor group now controls 80 per cent of the US$1.1 billion tech firm