Performance Car Comparisons

WRC Rally Australia: Day 1 review
A tight battle at the front between Citroen and Volkswagen

Toyota builds IS F powered Hilux
One-off Hilux scores 5.0-litre V8

Fiat 500 racecar for the road from $65K
With a $65,000 starting price the Abarth 695 Biposto is both the most affordable road-legal racer and most expensive supermini around.

Morley: Why racing HQs beats stamp collecting?
Racing rust-bucket HQ Holdens sure beats collecting stamps

Snackable Review: Mercedes-Benz A180
A luxury badge, a good price and stylish. The baby-Benz A180 may lack punch of others in its class, but it still looks the part.

2015 Toyota Prado review
Toyota has given the Prado its first all-new diesel engine in nine years. It’s smaller but more powerful than the engine it replaces, and a sixth ratio has been added to the auto gearbox. The unloved petrol V6 has also been tweaked

All-new Honda Civic Type R in spy images
Not the hot-hatch firecracker recently released in Europe, but a next-gen Honda Civic Type R that is sizing up to be the best and sharpest yet

OPINION: Lamborghini Aventador
A love of cars isn’t an easy thing to understand for some people. We all have our moments – until we got hold of the keys to a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4.

WRC Rally Australia: Shakedown
All the latest from the drivers ahead of tomorrow’s Rally Australia

VW to build Golf GTI Clubsport
Stove-hot Golf GTI makes leap from concept to reality

Nine Putrid Paint Jobs
Paint schemes you wish you never saw

Call Porsche 911 – I’ve got a first-world emergency
Will your new Carrera S thump and slap around town? Um yeah, they all do that. Ain’t it wonderful…

Snackable Review: Hyundai Veloster
The Veloster isn’t your typical Hyundai. It’s a quirky, feature-packed hatch that’s out-selling most others in its class; a good option for those who want a fun and affordable little sports car.

Bentley Bentayga revealed
It is the most controversial Bentley in history, but the Bentayga has come out swinging with some brilliantly indulgent and excessive figures.

Audi R8 V10 Plus review
Evolution rather than revolution has formed Audi’s new R8, but with the baby supercar segment more crowded than ever, is it enough?

Snackable Review: Kia Sorento
Meet the best people mover Kia has ever produced. This new generation Sorento doesn’t only look fantastic, but screams value and shatters preconceptions about Korean build quality, design and dynamics.

Honda Project 2&4 revealed
Radical ultra-lightweight track car proves Honda can be exciting again

Rolls-Royce Dawn revealed
Drop-top Wraith ushers in a new Dawn for Rolls-Royce

Road deaths on the rise in Australia, and we’re not alone
The number of people killed on Australian roads appears to be edging up once again, a trend mirrored in other countries including the US, New Zealand, France and Portugal

2015 Lexus RX review
That attention has been lavished on the new Lexus RX is clear from the styling, but the popular large SUV needs to make more than a visual statement if it is to match the BMW X5 and Volvo XC90.

Audi SQ5 scores the Plus treatment
More power and equipment for SQ5

Automatic braking technology
Next time you walk into the showroom and say: “I want a car with ABS, EBD and BA”, the dealer will know not to BS you with tech talk.

Nissan Z-car to become SUV
Iconic sports car to tread a new path

Bentley Bentayga is world’s fastest SUV
New ultra-luxury 4×4 cracks the triple ton in testing