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Top five fast SUVs

A trip to the store needn’t be a dull affair. With rip-snorting engines such as these powering your luxury barge, you’re bound to end your day with a smile.

Ghost hunting in the Rolls Wraith
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Ghost hunting in the Rolls- Royce Wraith

With power to embarrass most muscle cars, we get spooked by the 465kW Wraith – a Rolls-Royce that will haunt your licence

Opinion: Your car says a lot about you
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Opinion: Your car says a lot about you

You can tell a lot about someone by their choice of wheels

In memory of Bluebird
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In memory of Bluebird

MOTOR pays tribute to Donald Campbell’s obsession with speed

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Volvo shows off the freedom of its self-driving car

Autonomous driving technology promises to save us time, but can we really learn to trust in our machines?

Fast SUVs confuse me
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Opinion: Fast SUVs confuse me

Is the fast off-roader thing getting out of hand?

When Porsche drove its 956 racers on Australian roads
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When Porsche drove its 956 racers on Australian roads

You drive your track car to the circuit? That’s cute

Top 10 Tuning Disasters
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Top 10 Tuning Disasters

Sometimes things are just better left alone

Inside Toyota Motorsport
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Inside Toyota Motorsport

MOTOR explores Toyota’s German motorsport HQ and finds a stash of racing gems

Hyundai's 'Veloster Raptor'
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Hyundai’s ‘Veloster Raptor’

We flogged an ‘experimental’ Megane RS-chasing Veloster Turbo and interrogated the Aussie engineers heating up Hyundai’s hatch

Geek Speak: Flat-plane crankshafts
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Geek Speak: Flat-plane crankshafts

What they are, who does ’em, and why they’re good

Nissan GT-R drag racing compilation
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Nissan R32 GT-R drag racing compilation

Japanese madmen wrestling eight-second monsters

Mercedes-AMG A45
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Eight little Mercedes-AMG A45 things

A few likes and dislikes about Merc’s hottest hatch

Jaguar - The Wheels Report 2015
Wheels Report

Jaguar – The Wheels Report 2015

The XE was by far the biggest-selling Jag, but is it enough to worry the German big guns?

Sweet Dream: FG X Falcon GT
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Sweet Dream: FG X Falcon GT

Ford’s FG X Falcon, turned up to 11

Honda NSX
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Crystal ball: New sports cars to look for in 2016

The Ferrari 488 GTB and a reborn Honda NSX headline the high-performance sports car arrivals

Volkswagen - The Wheels Report 2015
Wheels Report

Volkswagen – The Wheels Report 2015

There are 17 models on Volkswagen’s books, but Golf does the bulk of the heavy lifting

Chrysler 300 SRT vs HSV Clubsport R8 LSA Tourer
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Chrysler 300 SRT vs HSV Clubsport R8 LSA Tourer

Chrysler has built a new 300 SRT pretty much just for Oz, so we’ve rolled out a supercharged HSV welcome mat to say thank you

Citroen C4 Cactus
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Crystal ball: New small cars to look for in 2016

Small cars are set for a big year, with appealing new hatchbacks and baby SUVs on the way

Block school: The tyre-slaying masterclass
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Block school: The tyre-slaying masterclass

MOTOR rides shotgun in Ken Block’s 630kW all-wheel drive Mustang – and spills the beans on Block’s maddeningly simple tyre-frying technique

Nissan - The Wheels Report 2015
Wheels Report

Nissan – The Wheels Report 2015

It’s all about SUVs for Nissan, with almost two-thirds of its sales coming from the high-riding wagons.

Ford Falcon XR8 vs Holden VFII SS V Redline
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Ford Falcon XR8 vs Holden VFII SS V Redline

Ford and Holden have traded blows for super-sedan supremacy for decades, but as the war’s end draws near, only one can end up on top

Ford - The Wheels Report 2015
Wheels Report

Ford – The Wheels Report 2015

It’s difficult not to refer to Ford’s recent sales results as anything but dismal.

Alistair Lee: The Blind Revhead
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Alistair Lee: The Blind Revhead

A diehard petrolhead, Alistair Lee likes nothing better than tinkering with cars or going for a drive – but, as Paul Cockburn found, there’s a slight catch