Car Reviews &#038; Features

LAUNCHED: Audi A6

Blown V6 leads facelifted charge.

May 28, 2009

Chevy Camaro is out of time

Holden helped develop it, but now GM looks set to deprive us of Detroit’s best 21st century pony car.

May 27, 2009

Honda Aussie Racing Car

No V8 supercars for Honda, but it may dive into Aussie Racing Cars.

May 26, 2009

Gran Turismo is go

BMW has confirmed what we already knew – that the 5 Series Gran Turismo is no longer a concept.

May 25, 2009

Ssangyong Actyon

Cheap, but with the dynamics of a truck.

May 25, 2009

Fast, fun, frugal – Nine car comparo

Want performance but don’t want to bleed big bucks at the bowser? We rounded up nine hotties that sprint but don’t slurp, then pointed them atboth track and servo forecourt…

May 22, 2009

LAUNCHED: Nissan Murano

Silky soft-roader has its priorities right.

May 21, 2009

Seeing yellow

UPDATED: Less is definitely more in the new 370Z, but an acceleration, braking and slalom exercise at the Zed launch revealed an unexpected problem …

May 21, 2009

LAUNCHED: Mazda MX-5

Revvier, rortier, more refined. It even looks happier…

May 19, 2009

1999 Subaru 22B STi: Greatest Impreza ever

Built to satisfy new world rally championship rules, the 1999 subaru STI 22B is the greatest impreza road car ever

Go cheap

Is this the way to go? India’s new budget Tata Nano has been an instant success and now Proton gearing up to offer Australia’s lowest-priced sedan.

Benz B180 CDI Short Stay – May 2009

Roomy, boomy and not real zoomy.

Hyundai i30 CRDi Long Termer – May 2009

Cruise gremlins miss deadline.

NISSAN GT-R evolves … again.

Nissan might have stunned the supercar establishment with the R35 GT-R but that doesn’t mean the Japanese maker’s content to rest on its laurels. Far from it …

May 15, 2009

LAUNCHED: Porsche Boxster

Stuttgart pumps up the base with all-new boxer and ‘boxes.

May 15, 2009

FIRST DRIVE: Ferrari 16M Scuderia Spider

Exclusive: Wheels drives the stunning new drop-top Scud.

May 14, 2009

Ferrari 430 Scuderia: Red roar

Ferrari’s new 430 Scuderia spanks even the legendary Enzo around Fiorano. With ex-F1 driver Marc Gene at the wheel, we don’t doubt that for even 60 milliseconds. Words and photos, John Lamm.

May 14, 2009

Top of the charts

Sales figures prove Honda’s green Insight hybrid is far from a passing ideological fad. Peter Nunn reports from Japan …

May 13, 2009

Honda CR-Z

Honda’s plan to take petrol-electric power to the mainstream looks logical …

May 6, 2009

Mazda CX-9 short stay – April 2009

Space, the final frontier.

May 6, 2009

LAUNCHED: Mini Cooper S Cabriolet

Finally, second-gen goes sunny-side up.

Get this straight

Rolled your Roller? Mangled your Murcielago? Meet the man endorsed by the high-end Euros to turn trashed exotics back to treasure.

Hyundai i30 CRDi Long Termer – March 2009

Going for gold, but all’s not cruisy…

City Of Lights – Ford Fiesta LX vs Honda Jazz VTi vs Mazda 2 Neo vs Toyota Yaris YRS

We’ve established that Ford’s globe-trotting Fiesta is a small car with sizeable talent. Time now to see how brightly it shines when facing its natural nemeses.