Performance Car Comparisons

1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E: retro series
Stuttgart rivals combine to produce performance knock-out

2016 Holden Spark review
Holden’s Barina Spark replacement has jumped from class dunce to dux. It’s just a shame the price isn’t quite right.

REVS check: why anything over $3.40 is too much
There are plenty of sharks circling the second-hand car market waiting to feed on the ill-informed and getting a simple REVS check – finding out if your car owes someone money – is one such place. Kellie Buckley’s simple piece of advice for those in the used-car market could end up saving you some money and give you added piece of mind.

2018 Toyota Corolla spy pics
The next-gen Toyota Corolla breaks cover in its European Toyota Auris gear

Opinion: the Porsche 911 is like AC/DC
Morley reckons there’s no need to fear change

Holden confirms Cruze production shut-down date
320 jobs and Cruze production to be axed from Holden’s Elizabeth plant on October 7th

Audi A4 Video Review
There are significant changes beneath the brand-new Audi A4’s familiar exterior, and it has never been better to drive.

What is a Fuel Cell?
David Bonnici explains what fuel cell technology is and how it works in cars, as Toyota gets set to begin testing its hydrogen-powered Mirai in Australia

2016 HSV Clubsport LSA Tourer Quick Review
HSV delivers – yet again – with the 2016 HSV Clubsport LSA Tourer

2017 Nissan Pathfinder unveiled
Nissan’s 2017-spec seven seater Pathfinder will focus driver safety aids and delivering more oomph from its tweaked 3.5-litre V6

Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle to start Australian trials
Late-year arrival of three Mirai test vehicles signals start to Toyota Australia’s hydrogen push

Porsche opens new V8 engine plant
New factory to construct V8 for Cayenne and Panamera

Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 British Grand Prix
Post-race radio penalty punishes Rosberg as whiz-kid Verstappen again outclasses “lonely and bored” Daniel Ricciardo

Buying a Highway Patrol car
Aussie performance sedans leave the beat, then become cheap

Citroen C5 special editions say au revoir to iconic suspension
Final Citroen C5 sedans and wagons mark the end of hydro-pneumatic suspension after an innovative 62-year innings

Mercedes boss says customers don’t want electric cars, they want AMGs
Car buyers aren’t hungry for the emissions-free cars manufacturers are being forced to produce

2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Night Quick Review
If you’re looking for sports car performance and handling but yearning for an SUV, let us introduce you to the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Night Limited Edition

2016 Volkswagen Polo GTI review
New suspension for MY16 at no extra cost – result!

Fiat Panda in the Northern Territory
We check out the Northern Territory’s new unrestricted-speed highway for ourselves. Not in a Ferrari, but a baby Fiat

What is high-octane fuel?
Confused about the different kinds of unleaded fuels available at the petrol pump these days? David Morley explains the meaning behind the numbers and how you can find out which one is the right one for your car.

2018 BMW Z5 spy pics
Co-developed with Toyota, the all-new and fabric-roofed BMW Z5 will only be soft on top…

Ferrari GTC4Lusso review
The new Ferrari GTC4Lusso is the car the FF should have been, says Stephen Corby.

Ferrari V8-powered Toyota 86
US drifter building Prancing Horse Hachi Roku

Citroen C5 and hydro-pneumatic suspension say ‘Au revoir’
It’s the end of the road for not just the C5 after constantly falling sales, but also for Citroen’s once-revolutionary hyrdro-pneumatic suspension platform, as cost pressures bite.