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Melbourne to Winton and back – In a Caterham Seven
No roof, no doors, no power steering… what could go wrong?

Opinion: Where does HSV go from here?
Editor Inwood sheds some solemn reflections after driving Clayton’s final curtain-call, the HSV GTS-R W1.

Fernando Alonso should win the Indy 500
Why world Motorsport stands to benefit from Fernando Alonso doing well at the Indy 500

2017 HSV GTS-R W1 – The Wheels gallery
Enjoy some of our best shots from our short time with Clayton’s curtain-call car, the insane HSV GTS-R W1.

Opinion: The days of barn-finds are almost over
It’s unlikely we’ll be pulling tarps of modern cars in the future and getting excited about them, making this probably the last era of barn finds.

The Indianapolis 500 for rookies
New to the greatest spectacle in sport? Let us run you through the basics

Opinion: Motoring journalists should own cars
Because you probably wouldn’t listen to a Chef who doesn’t have a kitchen.

What it’s like to live on Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama
Living at 505 Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama is the experience of a lifetime

Roger Moore, the Bond with the corkscrew car
Actor Roger Moore died overnight after a short fight with cancer. Here’s his most memorable car moment in a Bond move

2018 Megane RS to join list of Renault debuts at Monaco GP
Renault prepares to launch its latest hot-hatch at the same place it debuted these memorable concepts

Autonomous cars and the Laws of Robotics
While it’s easy to get lost in the promise of autonomous cars, our Insider explores some issues that render our autonomous future a little more distant than you might be expecting.

This is the secret BMW M8 Prototype
Pulling back the covers on BMW’s forgotten stillborn supercar

Formula 1 vs IndyCar: turbo V6 sound comparison
IndyCar shows Formula 1 how to make a small, boosted V6 sound awesome

Australia’s best concepts: 2015 Buick Avenir
Another Holden design team win, quite literally, gave us a glimpse at the future in 2015 with the Buick Avenir

Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2 vs Fiat Abarth 124 Spider: Can you put a price on fun?
Westerman and Editor Inwood pit a moderately priced rear-drive Fiat Spider against a not so moderately priced rear-drive Huracan to see if there really is a dollar figure on fun.

48 Hours in a GTS-R W1 – The End of Daze
You have 48 hours with the keys to the last and greatest Aussie muscle car ever, where do you take it? Victorian high-country of course.

Performance Car Podcast: Downsized engines
Engines are getting smaller but performance continues to improve

Retro: 1989 Mazda NA MX-5 – Roofless for the people
Mazda’s iconic roadster brought driving joy to the masses yearning to breathe free

Porsche driving school teaches the art of slide
A full day of sideways action with some of Porsche’s finest metal teaches valuable car control techniques

The 10 Worst Bond Cars – A View To A Fail
After 24 movies spanning more than half a century, the Bond franchise has brought us some great cars. These are not them.

Retro: Mirella 230TS – A dream car come true
Stunning, truly sensational and totally unreal, except that it’s registered, locally designed and built, the Mirella could have come from an Italian master.

NIO – the most progressive car company you’ve never heard of
Like a bolt from the blue, Chinese EV upstart NIO has seemingly burst from nowhere. Here’s what you need to know about the latest wannabe supercar marque.

BMW 8 Series revival resurrects supercar high hopes
With the return of the bold and beautiful BMW 8 Series, we look back at how a coveted M8 flagship would have changed the course of supercar history

Retro: Tatra T700 – The Bouncing Czech
Luxury- East European-style. BOB HALL catches up with the Tatra, an intriguing 20-a-year oddity