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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

Chrysler 300 SRT Core, BMW 530d confirmed for NSW Police
New South Wales Highway Patrol scores Hemi power and executive style

2021 BMW iNEXT teased ahead of concept car’s reveal
The most future-driven BMW to come out of the carmaker since the i8 has set a tentative date for its first official showing

2018 Ford Ranger Raptor: Desert Stormer
Ford’s biturbo Ranger Raptor amps up the shock and awe. We take a look at what makes it tick

Baby seat crash testing finds only one five-star result
Local testing by Crashlab reveals less than a quarter of child seats assessed rated four stars or higher

Hot Wheels turns 50-years-old
Classic tiny car brand hits big milestone

Alpina boss says performance diesel has bright future
The head of Alpina says the brand won’t turn its back on diesels despite recent controversies

Honda Civic Type R sets new Magny-Cours GP record
Front-drive record around the GP Circuit broken by MOTOR’s Performance Car of the Year

1967 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake revived
Just 10 units of a continuation series will be available

2019 Ford Everest borrows Ranger Raptor engine
Ford’s gutsy 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel headlines the upgrade to Ford’s big, go-anywhere SUV