Performance Car Comparisons

Monaro or Monza? Holden faces a coupe conundrum
Could Holden’s next two-door sports car drop the Monaro name and instead be called Monza?

2014-15 Nissan Navara D40 Review
Strong performance from the V6 turbo-diesel in more expensive models sets the Nissan Navara D40 apart, and that is enhanced by an excellent, seven-speed automatic gearbox.

Plans for new Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet shelved
Old-tech Mk6 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet to fight Mini, Renault, Holden rivals until 2018

Snackable Review: Fiat 500X
Good things don’t always come in small packages: think supermodel-portioned meals. But small is Fiat’s forte and the new 500X is proof as it takes on the small-SUV segment.

The Legends behind Toyota’s liveries
Famous colours matched to their stories

Shelby GT350 makes 392kW
Outputs and audio released for Ford’s hot new V8

Porsche 918 Spyder spits flames on dyno
Hybrid hypercar puts on a light show

2015 Lotus Exige S roadster automatic review
The Lotus Exige S is the second Lotus to receive an automatic transmission. The British brand, known for taking a purist stance, has relented to sports-car-buyer demand

Toyota wraps 86 in iconic livery
The 86 goes retro for Goodwood festival

MOTOR July issue preview
A jam-packed issue with more performance cars than you can handle

Toyota 86 demand slows
Is the market losing interest in the Toyota 86 golden child?

TVR returns with new V8 sports car
Powered by Cosworth, engineered by Gordon Murray

Quantum GP700: Australia’s Ariel Atom
Aussie-built track day weapon promises Veyron-beating pace

Toyota Hilux tops May 2015 Australian car sales
The ‘unbreakable’ ute seems unshakable in the showroom stakeout

Maldonator – The Movie
New film documents the Venezuelan’s crash-tastic F1 career

2016 Citroen C4 Cactus review
The funky new Citroen Cactus marks a serious return to traditional French values of comfort, cost and fun

Goodwood Festival of Speed adds drifting competition
The annual UK event usually features fast cars taking to the hillclimb, but this year organisers have snared some big names to find a turn of speed while getting in touch with a car’s lock stops

2015 Range Rover Sport SVR review
The new Range Rover Sport SVR takes a 5.0-litre, supercharged V8 heart, dons some automotive Nikes and proves that weighing 2.4 tonnes need not be an impediment to going quick.

2017 Holden Astra first official pics
The next Holden Astra has been shown off with a tweet from Opel’s boss following a series of online leaks

Bucket List: Ford Falcon GT-HO
It all began with a poster of Allan Moffat’s emphatic Hardie Ferodo 500 victory in 1971. By the time the yellowed Sellotape crumbled, a ghosted outline remained etched on the wall

Bucket List: Mercedes-Benz 220SL
Mercedes-Benz Australia pulled the sheets an absolute one-off that comprehensively one-ups anything else we had at Broadford. It’s an original right-hand-drive 220SL

Bucket List: Holden Efijy
Holden built one of the standout custom cars of the modern era. It won accolades around the world. And here I am, about to drive it!

Bucket List: Lamborghini Countach QV
A Countach, the 5000QV version no less, is parked in front of me and its owner is actually going to let me drive it

Bucket List: Renault Alpine A110
I’ve had a lifelong lust for two particular cars. Both giant-killers in racing and rallying during my fascinated childhood, and both happen to be rear-engined