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Video: MOTOR Performance Car of the Year 2022 winner revealed

And the winner of MOTOR’s Performance Car of the Year 2022 title is…

2022 Lexus IS 500 F Sport Performance review

Lexus sends off its ageing IS by crafting it into a wonderfully mechanical, well-rounded performance sedan

PCOTY 2022: Lap times and corner speeds

We breakdown exactly where each of our 18 competitors made, and lost, time around Phillip Island raceway

There’s more to the Porsche Taycan Turbo S than raw numbers

We dive into the electric Porsche’s mechanical gubbins to see how it makes the most of those crazy power figures

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Battler from Britain: The MG TC

Prompt post-war timing gave this English roadster a key market advantage

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Q&A – Marek Reichman on the design process of the Aston Martin Valhalla

Aston’s design chief talks styling evolution, Nurburgring lap times, the working relationship with Newey and Moers and whether Gandini really did design the Miura

2022 Peugeot 508 GT Plug-in Hybrid review: First drive

Peugeot’s posh plug-in hybrid has plenty to offer – but at a price

The data behind Performance Car of the Year 2022

The eight greatest performance cars of the last 12 months race against the stopwatch

The data behind Sports Car of the Year 2022

We run the hard numbers to see which small player packs the biggest punch

2023 BMW i7 review: First prototype drive

Want new-age luxury and efficiency in an old-style wrapping? Enter BMW’s all-electric i7 limo

How Alpina gave the BMW M3’s engine an entirely new character

The shared internals are the same, but how the BMW M3 and Alpina B3’s engine’s perform are drastically different

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McLaren ownership still being fought over by Audi, BMW, Porsche

The battle for McLaren is far from over

BMW 128ti finishes in 10th place at MOTOR’s Sports Car of the Year 2022

In a field full of sports car heroes, one contender still has to round out the proceedings

April 6, 2022

2022 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack review: 162TSI Premium

The Passat’s rugged, taller Alltrack offering swaps diesel power for petrol

April 6, 2022

How the Ford Mustang Mach 1 transmission saved it on track

The Mach 1 was able to do what no Ford Mustang has done before. Finish PCOTY testing without going into limp mode. Here’s how

April 6, 2022

2022 BYD Atto 3 review: First Australian drive

The new BYD Atto 3 is coming with the Blade battery, attention-grabbing price and possibly one of the more confusing launches in recent memory

General Motor’s Magnetic Ride Control Dampers were the coolest suspension at PCOTY 2022

The Corvette C8 Stingray comes fitted with clever dampers unlike anything else in the field

Skoda Octavia RS finishes ninth at MOTOR’s Sports Car of the Year 2022

Skoda’s family hauler Octavia RS proves you don’t have to give up on fun when you grow up by finishing in a respectable ninth at MOTOR’s Sports Car of the Year 2022

Alpina B3 slinks its way to eighth in MOTOR’s Performance Car of the Year 2022

The German Autobahn monster flew fast and low under the radar at Performance Car of the Year 2022

2023 Maserati Grecale review: International first drive

The Grecale SUV stands to become Maserati’s best-selling car by a big margin – but can it live up to the brand’s promise?

How turning down the tempo improves the Hyundai i30 Sedan N’s driving experience

At what point does steering become too quick?

2021 Mazda CX-8 Touring SP petrol review

Mazda revives sporty SP nameplate for pragmatic three-row SUV

Jaguar F-Type P450 R-Dynamic slides into seventh at MOTOR’s Performance Car Of the Year 2022

The last time Australia was offered a rear-drive V8 F-Type it impressed the judges at Performance Car of the Year. Can the follow-up do the same?

Volkswagen Golf GTI continues its legacy to finish eighth at MOTOR’s Sports Car of the Year 2022

An all-new generation of the iconic hot hatch benchmark faces tough fresh competition at Sports Car of the Year 2022