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Porsche 718 Cayman S Performance Car of the Year 2018 3rd Place feature
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Porsche 718 Cayman S: Performance Car of the Year 2018 3rd Place

X marks what’s missing, rather than the spot

Nissan GT R Nismo Performance Car of the Year 2018 4th
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Nissan GT-R Nismo: Performance Car of the Year 2018 4th Place

If the regular GT-R is a weapon, the Nismo is a nuke

HSV GTSR W1 Performance Car of the Year 2018 feature
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HSV GTSR W1: Performance Car of the Year 2018 5th Place

The ultimate example of Aussie engineering is a fitting swansong

Audi TT RS Performance Car of the Year 2018 6th feature
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Audi TT RS: Performance Car of the Year 2018 6th Place

Ferociously fast style icon is easy to like, but hard to love

BMW M4 CS Performance Car of the Year 2018 7th feature
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BMW M4 CS: Performance Car of the Year 2018 7th Place

Recipe for greatness hampered by missing ingredients

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV Performance Car of the Year 2018 8th place feature
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Alfa Romeo Giulia QV: Performance Car of the Year 2018 8th Place

Flamboyant Italian remains deeply impressive, but it isn’t a four-door Ferrari

Lexus LC500 Performance Car of the Year 2018 9th
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Lexus LC500: Performance Car of the Year 2018 9th Place

More style than substance – but what style!

Performance Car of the Year 2018 Kia Stinger 330Si review
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Kia Stinger 330Si: Performance Car of the Year 2018 10th Place

Almost too much venom for its own good

Performance Car of the Year 2018 On the Road feature
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Performance Car of the Year 2018: On the Road

Escaping the captivity of Winton, the stunning roads of Victoria’s alpine region will decide the year’s best performance car

Performance Car of the Year 2018 The Drag Strip
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Performance Car of the Year 2018: The Drag Strip

We live our life a quarter mile at a time as numbers tumble in the hunt for PCOTY’s quickest car

Performance Car of the Year 2018 Track Test feature
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Performance Car of the Year 2018: Track Test

We grab a Bathurst 1000 winner and an empty racetrack to split the heroes from the hopefuls

2018 MOTOR PCOTY Introduction
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Performance Car of the Year 2018: Welcome to PCOTY

Sweet dreams are made of this – 10 of the year’s best performance cars clash on road, track and strip across four epic days

Performance Car of the Year 2018 revealed
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Performance Car of the Year 2018 revealed

We announce the victor of this year’s greatest performance car test

PCOTY18 contenders main
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2018 Performance Car of the Year contenders

Ten cars duke it out for bragging rights as the best performance car of the year

2005 Porsche 911 Carrera S side
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Porsche 911 Carrera S wins Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

A Porsche 911 won the first ever PCOTY. Here’s why history repeated itself in 2005…

2005 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII at Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

Is this all it could give, or would a fully fit EVO have won PCOTY?

Subaru Impreza WRX STi
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Subaru Impreza WRX STi at Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

Chassis tweaks eliminated the push for more shove

Mercedes AMG C55 AMG
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Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG at Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

Stomped by the E55 in a straight line, C55 plays catch up on track

2005 HSV Clubsport
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HSV Clubsport R8 at Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

Clubsports lose pace around the track but are better for it

2005 Renault Sport Clio Cup nw
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Renault Sport Clio Cup at Performance Car of the Year 2005: Classic MOTOR

It’s no PCOTY rookie, so why do we love the Frenchie more this time?

FPV Falcon GT P vs MG ZT260 nw
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Performance Car of the Year 2005 - The Cull: Classic MOTOR

Here’s the sometimes-sorry tale of the 15 cars that didn’t make the PCOTY finals grade in 2005

Winton Raceway testing
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Performance Car of the Year 2005 - Our reader's diary: Classic MOTOR

We invited a MOTOR reader to join us at PCOTY with the proviso of acknowledging that he was one Lucky Bastard

Performance Car of the Year 2005 hillclimb
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Performance Car of the Year 2005 - Hillclimb: Classic MOTOR

After sprinting and blasting at the Airport and Winton, PCOTY’s fast fleet meets the real world on The Hillclimb

Winton Raceway PCOTY 2005
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Performance Car of the Year 2005 - Winton Raceway: Classic MOTOR

It has been known to make grown cars melt in their own steering juices, it’s Winton Raceway and it sorts the gold from the brass