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What can Jaguar do as it drops SUV models?
Jaguar will go fully electric, but which kind of EVs befit the brand?

Opinion: Hydrogen makes sense for heavy transport
Mercedes’ CEO is convinced that hydrogen’s role is as a fuel for high-mileage, electric-powered freighters of the road.

In defence of team orders in motorsport
Team orders in motorsport aren’t always a bad thing, argues Kirby

Opinion: Why Honda needs General Motors for its BEV development
Honda wants 40% of its vehicles sold in America to be BEVs or fuel cell vehicles by 2030, but there’s a catch

Opinion: Are enthusiasts blinded by rose-tinted glasses?
Are rose-tinted glasses skewing the view of enthusiasts online?

Opinion: Formula 1 ruined what should have been its crowning glory
In a moment of peak F1, the championship fight between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton will cross the finish line in an anonymous court room, not on track.

Opinion: Unreasonable speed limit changes risk losing public road safety support
A sudden speed limit drop has Newman pondering if road safety changes are losing the support of the public

Opinion: International motor shows need to stay
It’s not just the thrill of the chase, motor shows help keep the manufacturers accountable

Opinion: Motorsport needs to start paying volunteer marshals
It’s high time top level categories around the world do the right thing, and begin paying marshals

Opinion: Are we letting algorithms decide the next generation of classic cars?
The influence of social media can hype certain models and inflate prices; combat it by buying what you like

Opinion: road-going homologations set motorsport up for failure
We all love racing-based road cars but Kirby reckons they often hamper the success of motorsport categories

Opinion: Public EV charging in the UK raises new questions for Australia
Dan escapes to the UK and discovers new problems surrounding EV adoption

Underground takeovers: are they car enthusiasts?
A closer look at the most unsavoury corner of car culture

Opinion: Has the golden age of touring cars passed us by?
We look to the past to find solutions to the problems plaguing modern touring car racing

Remembering an unsung legend of Aussie motorsport
Adrian Morrisby was a larger than life character within Australian grassroots motorsport, but to everyone who knew him he was simply ‘Mozza’

Opinion: Does faster really always mean better?
Andy Enright wonders if the world of performance cars has become fixated on the wrong things

Opinion: The internal combustion engine is doomed
Thermal efficiency is consigning traditional cars as we know them to an inevitable electric future

Opinion: Why restomods are becoming big business
Nostalgia is a key part of why classics become just that, classic. But what if you could have the beauty of the original with new innards?

Opinion: Why traditional automotive black sheep now command high prices
It’s time to make peace with the fact that collectable cars of all types will never be cheap again

This race had driving standards so bad the whole event was called off
If you think you’ve seen bad racing in an online lobby, wait until you hear about this real-world omnishambles

Opinion: How Highball became Australia’s motoring Mecca
If you’re thinking of turning up at Highball Cars and Coffee in something ‘unique’, prepare to be humbled

Opinion: Car styling is spinning its wheels
Go on. Name one car that has moved the meter in terms of exterior styling the last decade

Opinion: The WRC’s return to Kenya teaches us an important lesson about racing
Manufacturers should never, ever be involved in creating either motorsport’s sporting or technical regulations

Opinion: Is the new Nissan Z going to be a triumph or a tragedy?
We remain optimistic about the new Nissan Z, but there is an unknown element that could scupper its potential brilliance
