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Mercedes-AMG Red Pig
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Top 5 Mercedes-AMG landmark vehicles

AMG’s thumping new E63 is being described by some as the best AMG ever. Here are five other bar-raising cars from Affalterbach.

2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC 250d Coupe
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2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC 250d Coupe Quick Review

Form comes ahead of function in Mercedes’ fastback soft roader as we discover when we drive the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC 250d Coupe.

Ford Focus RS vs Mercedes-AMG A45 vs VW Golf GTI 40 Years
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Ford Focus RS vs Mercedes-AMG A45 vs VW Golf GTI 40 Years

Ford’s drift-tastic Focus RS has received plenty of praise, but how does it rate against Europe’s hottest hatches?

2017 Abarth 124 Spider
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2017 Fiat Abarth 124 Spider Range Review

The Abarth 124 Spider is a rear-drive sports car built for wind-in-the-hair enthusiasts from the Mazda MX-5. A turbo engine up front adds zest to the lightweight two-seater.

Renault Captur
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Renault Captur long term car review

Can a flirty turbo triple win us over? Read our long term 2015 Renault Captur review

Opinion: The Subtle Art of Caring Just Enough
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Opinion: The Subtle Art of Caring Just Enough

I know too well the disparity between what is stated as fact in nine-point Helvetica and what serves as reality

Mazda CX-9 Sport
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Seven seater comparison review: Mazda CX-9 Sport

It’s time to embrace the best post-Ford Mazda that isn’t an MX-5 – the Mazda CX-9. The last time we were this pumped about a large SUV, it was 12 years ago, it wore a Territory badge, and it won Car of the Year.

2016 Fiat 124 Spider review
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2016 Abarth 124 Spider review

Noodles with Bolognese sauce anyone?

Kia Carnival S
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Seven seater comparison review: Kia Carnival S

The Kia Carnival S confines its brief to ‘movement of the people’ and succeeds. Carnival successfully marries handsome styling with luxurious space, which isn’t easy for a base-model people mover.

2017 Ford Everest RWD
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2017 Ford Everest RWD: 12 things you didn’t know

The Australian developed Ford Everest Trend is now available in a two-wheel-drive version that’s $5000 cheaper than the 4WD equivalent.

2016 Mercedes-AMG E43 review
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2016 Mercedes-AMG E43 review

43 Shades of AMG grey

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD
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2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD Quick Review

We get hands on with the rear-wheel drive only Ford Everest – an SUV designed to have the space, ruggedness and towing ability of the 4WD models.

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD
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2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD review

It looks and smells like a regular Everest, but the rear-drive Trend is all about towing, long distance touring and ferrying families rather than venturing too far off-road.

2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S
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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S: 8 things you need to know

How do you get a car with the equivalent of an atomic bomb under the bonnet to behave in a civilised manner?

Kia Sorento Si
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Kia Sorento Si

The Kia Sorento Si is Sufficiently strong in enough areas to hoist bronze. The South Korean seven-seater SUV wooed us with its practicality, performance, value, and industry-leading warranty.

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
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Seven seater comparison review: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso

Quirkiness meets cool to deliver a mostly warm embrace. But cool is as cool does and in other ways the Citroen Grand C4 Picasso’s quirkiness requires you to relearn how to operate a car.

2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S
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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S Quick Review

The Mercedes-AMG E63 S carries on where its predecessor left off. There’s one crucial difference, though –standard all-wheel drive.

2016 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S review
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2016 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S review

A hilariously-rapid lesson in glorious excess

2017 Toyota Mirai
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2017 Toyota Mirai Quick Review

Toyota had brought the Mirai to Australia to spark discussion about hydrogen powered cars. So what’s it like to drive?

2017 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S review

An all-wheel-drive supercar-baiting Mercedes-AMG E63 will soon arrive in Australia. We get an early taste of it in Portugal.

2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S review
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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S review

AMG’s blistering new E63 S is the best sports sedan in the world

Audi Q5
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2017 Audi Q5 Quick Review

Second generation of Audi’s best-selling Q5 SUV crossover is set to answer the challenge from Mercedes’ new GLC, Jaguar’s F-Pace and the Porsche Macan.

F1 steering wheel evolution
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Evolution of Formula One steering wheels video

Watch how F1 steering wheels have changed over the past 60 years. Today they look like game console controls on steroids, but they evolved from much more humble beginnings.

2016 Toyota Mirai
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2016 Toyota Mirai: 12 things you didn’t know

Here’s a dozen things about the hydrogen-fuelled Toyota Mirai that surprised us.