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Camouflaged cars captured on camera are no accident
Car makers let you see their latest hardware when they are good and ready, not in a moment’s lapse of concentration

2017 Kia Stinger GT vs 2016 Ford Falcon XR6T Sprint: New vs used
Brand new V6 Stinger, or a pre-loved legend of Aussie performance?

Opinion: Nissan’s Supercars future
Nissan Australia is once again faced with the dilemma of deciding whether to stay in, or leave Supercars

Opinion: The new hot hatch golden age
This is an exciting time for the hot hatch, and you’re missing out if you wouldn’t consider one

Best performance Commodores: The owners’ stories
When we needed to gather the Lion’s best for a send-off, our readers helped us out big time

Opinion: Please, Ferrari, don’t follow the SUV trend
A Ferrari SUV. It’s madness… Be a good dad, Sergio Marchionne and please say no to the SUV brats

How Michael Stahl became a Lewis Hamilton fan… sort of
Stahly was bewildered when he was once called a Lewis Hamilton fan, though that did somewhat change once the two met at the AMG GT R launch last year

Geek Speak: Porsche’s carbon fibre rims
Porsche’s unique new way of making carbon fibre rims

Editor’s letter: 2017 – The year of the Korean car
Anyone who drove the original Kia Sportage or an X3 Excel can attest- Korean cars have come a helluva long way

BMW 1M: Sweet Dream
For when you want an M2, but hot hatch is life

The Insider: RIP Performance SUVs
While demand for performance SUVs looks to soar for the foreseeable future, tightening emissions as power output increases may reign in the perfect storm for this red-hot sector

Opinion: The Holden Commodore’s future
“It was never Holden’s intention for the ZB to be a stop gap, but I can’t help but think that’s how it’s shaping up”

Top performance car investments part two: $25K-$50K
We check out the best investments in the $25,000 to $50,000 used classifieds

Top 10 performance Holden Commodores
From VB to VFII, we gather the hottest-ever Holden Commodores – according to us

2017 World Time Attack Challenge wrap-up
We debrief after Sydney’s annual gathering of the kilowatts for 2017

Top performance car investments part one: under $25K
We check out the most affordable five of our top 10 car investments

Fast Car History Lesson: Mercedes-Benz SL73 AMG
The 386kW V12 droptop you’ve never heard of

2017 Mercedes-Maybach Pullman S600 – The Shabby Sheikh
What do Elvis Presley, Gaddafi and the Pope have in common? The Mercedes-Benz Pullman. We spend a day in Dubai testing it the Maybach way; from the back seat

Retro: 1953 Holden FJ – Fundamental as anything
The FJ Holden was nothing too sophisticated, which was just the way Aussies liked it

Explained: Lift flexible wishbone suspension
We delve into the science behind a radical departure from the traditional spring and damper suspension unit, that could change performance and passenger cars in the very near future

Interview: Mark Skaife on being a Holden man
Holden hero Mark Skaife opens up about the end of local manufacturing – and retells stories from the glory days

The custom king of Queen Street
The panel beater who rose to customiser royalty by accident

Top 5: Oldest continuous nameplates
Here are the five longest running nameplates of cars still on sale today

Lamborghini’s man in Oz: From Italy to Australia via China
The bull moves in as last year saw Australia become Lamborghini’s eighth largest international market