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Takata airbag recall
News

Aussie airbag recall blows out to 850K vehicles

Mazda, Nissan add another 195K cars – some more than a decade old – to a growing list of Australian vehicles with potentially dangerous safety systems.

Hot hatches
Features

Top 5 hot hatches under $20K

Practicality and performance for relative peanuts

Kia Sorrento test drive review
Reviews

2015 Kia Sorento review

A third-generation Kia Sorento seven-seat SUV wings in, delivering better quality, superior refinement, a reassuringly stellar crash rating and a tall stack of standard equipment to fight the likes of the Toyota Kluger and homegrown Ford Territory.

Lotec C1000
Features

For Sale: The supercar you’ve never heard of

One-off 430km/h supercar built for UAE oil tycoon for sale

Megane RS
Features

Opinion: The art of front-wheel drive

Is ‘wrong-wheel drive’ actually the greatest challenge of all?

Hamilton at Canada
Motorsport

Business as usual for the Three-Pointed Star

Monday Motorsport Report: Hamilton wins … again; Aussie-born Kiwi sets IndyCar pace; Le Mans Kiwi outdrives Webber; V8 Supercars tries more Asian spice; Yet another Kiwi does well at Isle of Man

Peter Brock HDT Opel Monza
News

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?

Nissan Navara D40 Dual Cab
Reviews

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.

An artist's render of a Mk7-based Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet
News

Plans for new Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet shelved

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

Reviews

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.

Legends behind the liveries
Features

The Legends behind Toyota’s liveries

Famous colours matched to their stories

Shelby Mustang
News

Shelby GT350 makes 392kW

Outputs and audio released for Ford’s hot new V8

Porsche 918
Features

Porsche 918 Spyder spits flames on dyno

Hybrid hypercar puts on a light show

Lotus Exige S roadster automatic
Reviews

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

86 liveries
News

Toyota wraps 86 in iconic livery

The 86 goes retro for Goodwood festival

Issue Preview
News

MOTOR July issue preview

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

Toyota 86
News

Toyota 86 demand slows

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

TVR returns
News

TVR returns with new V8 sports car

Powered by Cosworth, engineered by Gordon Murray

Quantum GP700
News

Quantum GP700: Australia’s Ariel Atom

Aussie-built track day weapon promises Veyron-beating pace

May 2015 new car sales
News

Toyota Hilux tops May 2015 Australian car sales

The ‘unbreakable’ ute seems unshakable in the showroom stakeout

Maldonado
Features

Maldonator – The Movie

New film documents the Venezuelan’s crash-tastic F1 career

2016 Citroen C4 Cactus
Reviews

2016 Citroen C4 Cactus review

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

Mad Mike RX-7 Goodwood Festival of Speed
News

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
Reviews

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.