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First Drive: BMW 2 Series Active Tourer
It’s a BMW, but not as we know it. Think practical, spacious … and not particularly sporty
Chris Atkinson interview
MOTOR sits down with Aussie rally star Chris Atkinson for an in-depth interview ahead of this year’s Rally Australia
First Drive: Kia Soul
Hidden somewhere inside this spearmint Tic Tac is the fountain of youth
BMW mobs South Africa
Watch a fleet of drifting M235is bring Cape Town to a halt
First Drive: Honda Jazz
Honda hits a higher note with third-generation Jazz city runabout
First Drive: Nissan Navara
A smaller engine and a shorter wheelbase but still a big performer
The Weekend Read: End of the Line
In February 2013, Peter Robinson drove from Sydney to Adelaide in the Holden VE Commodore, the last clean-sheet Australian car, to reflect on what future generations will miss
First Drive: BMW X4
Sporty Bavarian compact SUV arrives with more practicality than expected
First Fang: Peugeot RCZ-R
Peugeot’s new RCZ-R provides plenty of substance to match the style
First Drive: Renault Megane GT-Line (2014)
New-look Megane benefits from specification upgrade and dual-clutch transmission
First Drive: Audi RS5 TDI Concept
Ponch drives an audacious and innovative Audi RS5 diesel prototype in Sweden
First Drive: Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate
Coming Mercedes-Benz C-Class shows it’s also a class above the opposition in wagon form
First Drive: 2014 Nissan Qashqai
Get used to saying Nissan Qashqai (pronounced ‘Cash-kye’) as the hot-selling crossover has been given a shot in the arm
First Drive: Mazda2 prototype
Carey’s sneak preview of bigger next-gen 2 reveals a potential light-car class leader
Head2Head: Renault Clio RS200 vs Subaru BRZ
Subaru’s must-drive BRZ goes up against Renault’s practical performer
The Weekend Read: 40 Years of M
A smorgasbord of bucket-list BMWs to choose from, and the Nordschleife on which to thrash them. No wonder an invite to M’s 40th birthday bash was the hottest ticket in town
Arctic Trucks in Iceland
Scott crawls his way over Icelandic terrain in a steroid-fed Toyota off-roader
First Drive: Audi A3 Sportback e-tron
Audi plays catch-up with its first plug-in hybrid showroom model
2010 Audi RS5 review
The RS5 should be just like the glorious old RS4 only sexier and better. But is it?
First Fang: Porsche Panamera GTS
A collective groan must sweep through the engineering department whenever the product planners emerge from a meeting exclaiming “We need a sports limousine!” All the premium car makers are it, attempting to meld the seemingly contradictory qualities of a sports car (agile, lightweight, involving) and a luxury cruiser (big, comfortable, refined) with varying degrees of success.
Gallery: PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
Mother Truckers
BMW’s new twin-turbo-V8 X5 M isn’t alone in monster-truck land…
POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
Maranello, Modena, and St Agata … homes of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. For many car enthusiasts they define the spiritual centre of the super sports car universe as northern Italy. Others might nominate Zuffenhausen, Germany (Porsche), Molsheim, France (Bugatti), or Woking, UK (McLaren). But if emerging maker Arrinera Automotive hits its ambitious targets, Warsaw, Poland will soon be added to that impressive, geographic roll-call.
Drive: Abarth 500 Esseesse
The long-awaited Abarth 500 Esseesse has finally arrived. And it’s surprisingly good
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