PERFORMANCE CAR REVIEWS

1996 HSV VS GTS-R review: classic MOTOR
How does HSV’s original road racer stack up?

2005 Volkswagen Polo GTI pre-production review: classic MOTOR
Tiny tot Polo GTI set to pack big bang for bucks in two variants

2005 HSV Clubsport vs FPV F6 Typhoon vs Mitsubishi Evo VIII comparison review: classic MOTOR
FPV’s Typhoon is new kid on the block, but is its turbo six enough to put the wind up the Evolution VIII and ClubSport?

2018 Mazda MX-5 RF Limited Edition vs Subaru BRZ tS vs Toyota 86 Performance Pack comparison review
The best versions yet of 86, BRZ and ND MX-5 meet to settle the cut-price, rear-drive score

2005 Renault Sport Clio Cup vs Peugeot 206 GTi comparison review: classic MOTOR
Peugeot, the king of hot hatchdom, is facing a coup. Renault’s Clio wants its crown

2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM AMG performance review: classic MOTOR
With the 428kW Mercedes CLK DTM AMG as his steed, our man Kacher sets out to conquer five countries in just 24 hours

2004 Honda S2000 performance review: classic MOTOR
Revised, but you’ll have to look (and drive) hard to notice

2004 HSV Coupe 4 performance review: classic MOTOR
Two days, 1200 kays and every weather and road condition we could find. We put HSV’s Coupe 4 through its toughest-ever test

2018 Ferrari 488 Pista performance review
Ferrari has achieved the impossible – improving the stunning 488 with the 530kw hardcore ‘Pista’

2005 Chevrolet Corvette coupe performance review: classic MOTOR
America’s favourite sports car turns six, and Australia’s set to get the present

2004 Holden VZ SS ute performance review: classic MOTOR
Holden’s ute range cops a freshen-up to stay in line with VZ improvements

2004 Porsche 911 GT3 RS review: classic MOTOR
Just how hardcore is the Porsche 911 GT3 RS? It laps the Nürburgring faster than any other production 911

Falken Azenis FK510 performance tyre review
Japanese tyre makes its case with its competitive price-performance balance

2018 Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 performance review
We unleash Stuttgart’s newly muscled-up GT3 in the driving nirvana that is the Victorian High Country

2018 Lotus 3-Eleven performance review
Track-focused weapon gets last hurrah with ‘430’ treatment

2018 Renault Mégane RS 280 Cup performance review
Hardcore Cup chassis and manual ’box – yes, please

2018 Jaguar XE S quick performance review
More grunt, but we’d downsize

2018 Peugeot 308 GTi 270 quick performance review
Overlooked hot-hatch scores a price cut

2018 Audi R8 V10 Spyder vs Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster performance comparison review
Apparently, real drivers don’t choose convertibles, but this duo prove you can have your cake and eat it too

2018 Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 RS performance review
Porsche creates its mightiest naturally aspirated car ever in the new GT3 RS

2018 Abarth 595 Competizione quick performance review
Abarth’s hot-hatch is flawed, but a heap of fun

2009 Ruf CTR 3 review: classic MOTOR
The 911 has been reinvented with its engine in the right place. And not by Porsche

2018 Jaguar F-Type 2.0 performance review
Supermodel style goes on a four-cylinder diet

2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series review: classic MOTOR
If you thought the 450kW SL65 wasn’t buff enough, AMG has a solution…