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Autonomous cars: Programmed to kill?
Researchers set up a website that lets you be the self-driving car faced with a life and death decision

2017 BMW M4 Competition Review
Improved software, a greater excitement factor and a negligible increase in price compared to the standard M4 makes BMW’s M4 Competition the one to go for, writes Mike Duff

2017 Wheels Car of the Year: The early contenders
Your form guide to some of the early standouts for the 2017 Wheels Car of the Year award

Volvo V90 T8 Estate coming to Australia
Commodore V8-matching wagon heading Down Under

2016 Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint: A Sprint to the finish
Farewelling a legend; Ponch’s emotional petrol bender in Ford’s final fast Falcon

Nissan silent on MY17 GT-R performance
0-100km/h performance claims no longer GT-R marketing focus

2017 Subaru Levorg dumps manual gearbox to attract female buyers
Subaru’s rally-bred wagon sticks with a CVT because female owners won’t like the manual experience.

Goodwood Festival of Speed: Ten of the Biggest Fails
No one likes making a goose of themselves, so when you make a goose of yourself in front of a crowd and it’s captured on film for posterity it’s far from ideal. Andy Enright takes a look at some of the Goodwood moments that these drivers would best prefer were forgotten.

Dodge Challenger Hellcat available in Australia
“World’s fastest muscle car” now right-hand drive and road-registered in Oz

Ford fans test XR Sprints
Ford faithful performance test the final fast Falcons

2017 Citroen C3 city car revealed
French car maker Citroen unveils its new Cactus-inspired, Facebook, You Tube and Instragram-friendly city car: the C3. Fingers crossed it makes it Down Under.

Archive: Top 10 cars of 2013
It was a year when great new metal was bountiful. Here, in no particular order, are the Top 10 cars of 2013 that really moved us

MOTOR August 2016 issue preview
A look between the covers of our latest magazine

Ski season – how to prepare for your drive
In the parts of Australia where the depths of winter turns us into human icy-poles, we have one positive outcome of Mother Nature’s wrath: the snow. But before you begin to drive your way kilometres above sea-level, here are a few things you should know.

Toyota C-HR: Aussie details revealed
A first look inside Toyota’s dynamic and original baby SUV.

What is stop-start technology?
It’s great if you want to do your bit in reducing emissions and fuel costs, but when it gets in peak-hour traffic, it needs to have its wits about it. David Morley takes a look at the pros and cons of stop-start technology

Citroen C3 Cactus leaked
Just hours before its official unveiling, leaked pictures shows Citroen’s new C3 gets the Cactus treatment.

Maserati Australia denied petrol Levante
LHD-only for twin-turbo performance SUV

Ford Ranger now safer, better equipped
The updated 2017 Ford Ranger has the long-standing Toyota Hilux firmly in its sights.

Caltex predicts $310m+ profit for first six months of 2016
Margins and profit squeezed for fuel retailer as sales tap the brakes

Opinion: Melbourne could save the motoring world
Melbourne could be the auto world’s Bruce Willis, saving the earth from homogenised mediocrity

New Porsche Panamera looks like a four-door 911
New styling, new engine, and one of the coolest rear wings this year

2017 Porsche Panamera revealed
Covers come off redesigned four-door Porsche, and Australian prices confirmed.

2017 Renault Alaskan spy pic
Russian website gives our first glimpse at a production version of France’s new beaut ute