Coupes under $50k
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Whether you’re just starting to drive or heading into a mid-life crisis, coupes appeal to all of us. Luckily, these days you don’t need to spend big money to enjoy the thrills of the swept-back driving experience.
While you are able to buy a Subaru BRZ or Toyota 86 for less than $40,000, choices start to expand once you’re shopping under the $50,000 so let’s start there.
Toyota 86
It is getting a little long in the tooth, but the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ combo still offers sports car thrills for an affordable price. Available in manual or automatic with a choice of specification levels, the Toyota 86 has stood the test of time despite external pressure to fill it with extra power.
Mazda MX-5
With the nameplate just celebrating its 30th birthday, there’s small wonder why so many flock to the Mazda MX-5 for an engaging top-down drive. Even if you’re more of a hard-top fan, Mazda now offers the RF version which includes a folding metal roof.
Hyundai i30 Fastback N
A relatively new player to the coupe game, Hyundai’s i30 N was transformed into a four-door coupe following the success of the hatchback. Sleeker styling marries with everything that made Hyundai’s first true hot hatch great
Turbo Kias coming
KIA is set to jump-start its long-promised but still-dormant performance image with turbo versions of the all-new Koup, as well as the facelifted Optima and Sportage models.
Jaguar’s biggest, baddest cat unleashed
The hunt for Editor Corby’s next long term test car is over.
Range Rover Sport drops weight, sharpens focus
Range Rover says the new Sport released at the New York Auto Show this week has been refocused to emphasise on-road agility, but not at the expense of Range Rover’s trademark offroad ability.
Range Rover is the new green
Not content with knocking a hefty 400kg from the latest generations Range Rover Vogue and Sport, now Range Rover wants to be known as a green car company.
Jaguar XKR-S GT rewrites performance history
Jaguar claims the XKR-S GT, revealed at the New York Auto Show this week, is the fastest production car the company has ever built.
2015 Subaru WRX Concept leaked!
This image of the 2015 Subaru WRX Concept has been leaked to rave reviews.
World’s wildest golf kart costs 83K!
GERMAN high-performance tuning specialist Mansory has collaborated with luxury golf kart maker Garia to create one of the world’s most exotic golf machines.
Merc’s mental 6×6 off-roader
Four-wheel-drive not mental enough for you?
Modern E-Type to be built
Love the romance and style of the iconic E-Type, but hate its age and unreliability?
Audi’s Ferrari killer
Details of Audi’s LeMans racer for the road are beginning to emerge.
Police to charge over $4 million crash
Japanese police are set to lay charges for the infamous supercar pile-up that totalled eight exotic Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzs and a Lamborghini.
Lost F1 car to fetch $7 million
The automotive equivalent of a lost Picasso – a 1954 Formula 1 car driven to victory by Juan Manuel Fangio – has been found buried at the back of a shed.
Audi R8’s video screamer!
Audi has pumped up the volume and performance of its flagship R8 supercar, with a new ‘Plus’ version of the top-spec V10 variant, and Audi UK has produced a sensational video of the new car wailing its way to maximum rpm on the dynamometer.
Pulsar lights up small car market
OCCASIONALLY the backstory is more intriguing than the subject itself. Welcome, then, to the fall and rise of the Pulsar, dormant after seven long years of the spectacularly unsuccessful C11-series Tiida.
Forget the Ferrari, second-hand Holden on sale for $1m
Billionaires with big bucks to spend on a car are usually looking at brands like Bugatti, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce, but they can now add a new name – Holden.
Audi spark for Tony Stark in Iron Man 3
After a brief liaison with Honda’s next generation NSX sports car in Marvel’s 2012 superhero film ‘The Avengers’, ultra-geek Tony stark is back in the Audi saddle, steering an Audi R8 e-tron electric sports prototype in ‘Iron Man 3.’
New, cheaper AMGs for Oz
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed pricing and specifications of the three high performance AMG models set to hit Australia later this year.
World record: daredevil hits 335km/h on ice
Think breaking the land speed record isn’t crazy enough?
Lamborghini makes $32K bike
For the ultimate Lamborghini enthusiast comes this – the $32,000 BMC bicycle.
Kia to build 290kW RWD coupe
What’s got into Kia?
US dealer swaps cars for pigs & maple syrup
Want to buy a car with maple syrup? Or a piano? Or even a dog?
Mazda teaches celebrities
Ah the celebrity race at the Australian Grand Prix. How we love it.
Car emissions slashed
It’s official. Today’s cars are kinder to the environment. A lot kinder.
The Mexican supercar
Sick of its enchiladas and tequila, Mexico has donned a sombrero and given the world a supercar.
