Features

Anna Smith's XY GS Fairmont

Anna Smith from Melbourne has been a revhead since she was a teenager and especially always loved XY Falcons

The Porsche 911 Dakar doesn’t exist (yet), but we think it should

Porsche’s iconic sports car heads off the beaten track

Holden 355 stroker-powered LX Torana SL/R 5000

Another one of those 'quick tidy-ups' that got more than a little out of hand - and don't we love it!

Opinion: One of motorsport's greatest overlooked rivalries has come to an end

Not every great racing rivalry takes place on the racetrack

Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez - interview

We chat with Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez about his time at the helm of the world's greatest car show - and his first trip down Skid Row!

How ‘high’ mileage press cars offer a snapshot into a model’s reliability

Jumping behind the wheel of a well-used press car offers some interesting insights into modern build quality

Ricky Mill's L98-swapped Monaro

Ricky Mill's Monaro started life as a CV6 until its LS conversion a few years ago

525hp 1964 XM Falcon Deluxe

Luke Josling's plan for a tidy cruiser went off the rails. Now his champagne-hued XM Deluxe is dressed to the nines and hides 525 horses under the bonnet

We take the Porsche Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo on a motorsport ghost tour

Will Porsche’s electric power wagon survive a sodden motorsport ghost tour? Let’s find out

Readers' project cars in the build

We check out some more of our readers' works in progress from the February 2022 issue of Street Machine

Expression Session: Pro touring F100

Our own Iain Kelly reimagines a bumpside F100 as a pro tourer, and Aidan brings the idea to life

Looking back at the 1974 Datsun 260Z

Follow-up to the lithe 240Z had to face the challenge of extra ballast

The Venturi Fétish was the first performance-orientated electric car everyone forgot about

Having since faded into relative obscurity, this little-known company built an electric performance car before anyone else

Brodie Francis's 1977 LX Torana

Brodie Francis from Port Lincoln, South Australia, managed to punch out her LX Torana build just months before her wedding

We farewell the enduring Nissan R35 GT-R and Audi R8 V10 with one final drive

The Nissan R35 GT-R and the Audi R8 scored the only dead heat in MOTOR's PCOTY history. Now they’re bowing out of the Aussie market together

MOTOR Track Guide: Sandown Raceway

Warren Luff gives you the inside line on mastering one of Australia's most historic circuits

Pro Street pioneer Wayne Pagel - interview

Widely regarded as a founding father of Australia’s pro street movement, Wayne Pagel shook the foundations of our sport with a legendary HT Monaro. Three decades on, his passion for tough, high-quality builds is as strong as ever

Carmine Carofano's INFINITY HQ Statesman

In the 1990s, Carmine Carofano's slick HQ Statesman was a weapons-grade trophy magnet

The top 25 fastest cars tested by MOTOR Magazine

MOTOR’s best quarter-mile times drawn from independent performance testing

Short Time (1990) - ripper car movies

Getting killed isn't as easy as it looks

GALLERY: 2022 New York Auto Show highlights

New York shows that while the big international motor shows are back, there is still a way to go before they're back to their pre-COVID-19 glory

LS3-swapped HQ Monaro

More than 30 years after buying it, Dave Barnard has finally pieced together the quick-and-angry Monaro he always wanted

392 Hemi-powered 1971 Barracuda with hand controls

With some family assistance, Matt Mitchell & Katie Bourke created the hand-controlled Barracuda of their dreams

Home-built, eight-second VL Commodore streeter

Justin Schmidt began tinkering with VLs as a broke teenager, and it's paid off big-time in the form of this home-built eight-second streeter