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Wheels Review: Audi SQ5

Adding ‘S’ to the Q5 unveils a performance revolution at Audi: it’s the first S-badged SUV and the first diesel S. Significant, because the Q5 comfortably outsells its BMW, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz rivals globally and, locally, vies with the A4 as Audi’s best seller, so the $110K SQ5 extends the range at the top end.

December 5, 2012

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Wheels Review: Renault Clio

After a six-year hiatus, the full Renault Clio range is returning to Australia, and what a brilliant comeback it promises to be. So great is this all-new, fourth-generation model that it may dethrone the Polo in the light-hatch class when it lobs here next October for around $17K. Sacre bleu! France is back in the segment it once dominated.

December 4, 2012

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Wheels Review: Nissan Patrol

The new Patrol roughly approximates the dimensions of a tank. And that’s fitting because it’s already been attacked – actually, carpet-bombed – on at least three fronts long before it’s even due in Aussie showrooms in January, next year.

December 3, 2012

Features

Heavenly metal in the City of Angels

The Los Angeles motorshow has been growing in stature over recent years, with the industry’s biggest brands using it as a launching pad for their latest and greatest.

November 29, 2012

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Lamborghini’s Big Five-O

Lamborghini, maker of some of the worlds’s most spectacular sports cars, celebrates 50 years as a car maker in 2013, so join MOTOR magazine for a walk through this iconic brand’s amazing history.

November 28, 2012

Features

Cheaper Mercedes muscle cars coming

Mercedes-Benz’s in-house performance god AMG is working hard on two front-wheel drive-based offerings based on the forthcoming A-class hatch and CLA four-door coupe.

November 27, 2012

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Great modern V12s

November 25, 2012

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Fastest Electric Cars

As Tesla announces plans for an updated version of their Roadster, we look at the quickest electric concepts, prototypes and production models to have four (or more) wheels.

November 25, 2012

Features

Jaguar sells us on a striptease

Can you imagine Victoria’s Secret selling a new range of lingerie by showing you a cropped close-up of Miranda Kerr’s ankle (as lovely an ankle as it is)?

November 22, 2012

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Lamborghini reveals topless super coupe

It’s entirely possible that the new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster revealed today will displace Miranda Kerr on bedroom walls around Australia. Packing the same thundering 515kW V12 as its coupe sibling, the Roadster blasts from 0-100km/h in 3.0 seconds flat, and can hit a top speed of 350km/h.

November 13, 2012

Features

Ten movie cars we really want to drive

To celebrate the coming release of Skyfall we’ve pulled together a list of ten movie cars that we’d really, really love to drive. Really. Ten great machines that stole the show from their overpaid and overpampered human co-stars. Cars that took over the big-screen and filled our dreams for months afterwards. Cars we’d sell our mothers for a chance to drive. Maybe.

November 9, 2012

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Bush survival skills

When things go awry in the bush, staying alive shouldn’t be a matter of luck or relying on half-remembered tips gleaned from TV shows

November 8, 2012

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In pics: Wheels review BMW’s new M6

There are many things in this world that seem to have little or no reason to exist; mosquitoes, Delta Goodrem, jazz, and BMW’s M6. Until you drive it, that is.

November 8, 2012

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Wheels Review: Mazda MX-5

Wheels’ admiration for the MX-5 is well-documented; you don’t win two COTY awards by fluke. But there’s very little substance in the latest update, and while the roadster’s sporting essence is still evident, its shine is definitely fading.

November 5, 2012

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The worst cars ever made

October 25, 2012

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Wheels Review: Bentley Continental GT Speed

Adding the Speed suffix to the second-generation Bentley Continental GT pumps up top speed by 12km/h over the regular W12-powered Conti GT. With a 330km/h vmax, the Speed is the fastest car Bentley has ever made.

October 19, 2012

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Wheels Magazine: Volkswagen Up

As a name, ‘Up’ is ripe for ribbing. Even Volkswagen played the joker at the launch with a “This way Up” roof sticker on one example. I didn’t check to see if there was a companion sticker underneath that said “Wrong way Up”. But the VW Up is no joke.

October 16, 2012

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Wheels Review: McLaren MP4-12C

From 1998 until 2005, the McLaren F1 was the world’s fastest car – one of the longest reigns in WFC history.

October 16, 2012

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Wheels Review: Porsche Cayenne GTS

The future of the naturally-aspirated V8 is something of a bone of contention within Porsche at the moment.

October 11, 2012

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Wheels magazine: FPV GT R-Spec

Finally fitted with wider rear rubber and a sophisticated launch control system, FPV’s limited edition GT R-Spec is the fastest-accelerating car ever made in Australia.

October 10, 2012