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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
Opinion: Dishonest badges are taking us for a ride
If a car has a GT badge, does that automatically make it the sport version?
Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – You voted. And so did we.
Our staffers take to the polls to see what comes up trumps
A Day in France with Ari Vatanen and a BMW M4 GTS
We slung the keys to BMW’s race-ready M4 GTS to former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen to see if he still had all the right moves.
Sweet Dream: HSV Grange W1
We feel like HSV’s long-wheelbase Grange never quite got the send-off it deserved
The worst supercar shunts to make you cringe
More proof that money doesn’t buy talent, or sense
Six of the world’s most radical racecars… that sucked
Thinking outside the box doesn’t always yield the desired results
Opinion: Formula 1 regulatory system
F1 is about being mean, not green. Bring back the raucous racers and much of the appeal will be restored.
Australia’s best concepts: 1970 Holden Torana GTR-X
Holden’s Torana GTR-X concept has more in common with today’s Mazda MX-5 than you might expect
The top 10 Hot Hatches of all time
We take a look at the top 10 hot hatches of all time, excluding the Mk1 Golf GTI. Do you agree?
The last performance manuals you can buy today
The list of cars with big power, a stick and three pedals gets very short indeed
Anti-lag turbo systems
Why anti-lag finds its way into road going turbo terrors
