Performance Car Event News

Why the Australian Orbital two-stroke engine never took off
In the early ’90s, Carey test drove a Ford Festiva with an Australian developed two-stroke engine and it worked quite well but never took off. Carey found the answer years later from a Porsche engineer

BMW and Mercedes sedans fighting sales trends
New-generation German four-doors buck sales trend… and cripple rivals

2017 Toyota 86: 5th place $0-$50K
The Drift king, Toyota 86 is not quite BFYB royalty

The 10 most annoying features of modern cars
No one is perfect and neither are our cars, so here are some suggestions that could make the latest vehicles even better to live with

2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 replaces SS as NASCAR racer
The death of the Commodore has resulted in GM tagging in the ZL1 to be its new left-turner

Lotus on track for full year of profit
British brand now ‘self-sufficient and sustainable’ regarding before-tax profits

Performance Car Podcast: Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint Part 2
XR8 Sprint owner Norm joins the MOTOR crew to talk Falcon

Why you should never ride with your feet on the dash
A graphic warning for those who mistake airbags for ottomans

Audi Q8 spied with virtually no disguise
Ingolstadt’s sporty SUV flagship gets papped naked

McLaren 650S nabbed doing 182km/h in Northern Territory
Supercar owner finds himself on the wrong side of the law after high-speed blast

Targa Florio coming to Australia
Classic Italian rally will take place outside of Sicily for first time ever

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S vs BMW M3 Competition comparison
Can Italy’s latest super sedan challenge the German establishment?

Peter Robinson’s top ten Ferraris
Robbo has steered almost every production Ferrari since the Dino 246, so to mark 70 years of the Prancing Horse, he lays out his top 10

Camaro replaces Commodore as Chevrolet NASCAR racer
Rebadged Holden Commodore replaced in the world’s most popular motorsport series

HSV GTSR W1 auction passes in
The ultimate Holden sedan, GTSR W1 get’s passed in

2017 Skoda Octavia RS: 6th place $0-$50K
If you want a car for the real world, the Skoda RS230 is a damn fine choice

Toyota Landcruiser or Prado Hybrid outed in patent filing?
Recent patent application suggests Toyota may be planning an electrified body-on-frame offroader

New Z4, 8 Series, and X7 details leaked in apparent BMW document
Co-developed Toyota Supra also listed. But is it legit?

BMW’s CS badge past and future
We explore the timeline of BMW’s driver-focused but elegant ‘Coupe Sport’ cars and what the CS badge might bring next

MOTOR Magazine September 2017 issue preview
A quick look at the pages of this month’s issue of Australia’s best fast car magazine

Singer and Williams create ultimate 911 engine
Singer Vehicle Design and Williams Advanced Engineering are working to upgrade a 1990 911

Ford Focus RS Limited Edition confirmed for Oz
Limited edition upgrades farewell current-gen Ford Focus RS

Kia Stinger GT pricing confirmed
Twin-turbo Stinger sedan lands for under $50K

Chevrolet Corvette badge cleared for Australia, with strings attached
GM’s battle to have the Corvette badge approved for use in Australia appears over, but it will come at a cost