PERFORMANCE CAR REVIEWS
First Fang: Toyota’s F1 Simulator
Far from a glorified video game, Toyota’s $10 million simulator plays a pivotal role in the race-winning speed of its latest endurance racing challenger
First Fang: Fiat 500 & Abarth
Fiat’s 500 and Abarth get a new colour palette and range topper
First Fang: Hyundai Veloster Race Car
The angry rasp filling the cabin offers a strong clue that this isn’t your typical Hyundai
First Fang: Peugeot RCZ-R
Peugeot’s new RCZ-R provides plenty of substance to match the style
Drive: Abarth 500 Esseesse
The long-awaited Abarth 500 Esseesse has finally arrived. And it’s surprisingly good
Driven: Audi A7 Sportback
If Audi’s new A7 Sportback is a sign of things to come from Ingolstadt, then there’s reason for optimism
Merc’s New C63 AMG Coupe
Mercedes-Benz has released images of the new C63 AMG Coupe, which is based on the new C-Class Coupe range
2013 HSV Gen-F range review
HSV Gen-F / Holden Special Vehicles – We road and track test the 2013 F-Gen HSV, the best high-performance rear-drive V8 Australia has ever built.
Mercedes-McLaren SLR 722 S Roadster review
The car with all the potential, but none of the drive.
Audi SQ5 review
Audi SQ5. Finally, a mid-size SUV with balls.
Volkswagen Golf Mk IV GTI vs Mk VI GTI comparison review
We put VW’s early and late-’00s hot-hatches up against each other to get an accurate look at how far the GTI has come.
Peugeot 208 GTi review
Peugeot has resurrected GTi badge and has created a cracking compact hot hatch worthy of wearing it.
2009 Porsche Boxster review
So how has the Boxster fared over its first full decade? Rather nicely, in fact.
Mercedes-Benz E500 Cabriolet 2014: Review
Mercedes-Benz has no excuses for not being at the top of the four-seat convertible game. It’s been at it for more than 100 years and its 2014 E500 Cabriolet is now cleaner looking, faster, more economical and far, far safer.
FPV Super Pursuit vs HSV Maloo R8
Blue-collar chic has never been as potent as these tray-backs on steroids
Audi S3 vs BMW M135i vs Mercedes A45 AMG: Comparison review
Gentlemen, start your engines for a two-day no-holds-barred 2013 shootout between the Audi S3, the BMW M135i and the Mercedes A45 AMG.
2009 HSV Clubsport R8 review
The big-selling Clubby has grown in size, power and poise. But is it really better?
Mercedes-Benz E-Class: Review
Call it facelift is you must, but the “new generation” Mercedes-Benz E-Class range has just lobbed into Oz with a bold new look, gutsier and more efficient engines, richer updated interiors, higher levels of standard equipment, better value and a raft of cutting-edge tech that brings (albeit very limited) autonomous driving to local terra firma. It’s a direct response, Merc-Benz says, to customer wants of more aggression, power and technology in their Es.
2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo review
It ain’t pretty, but the Panamera means business
Alfa Romeo 4C first drive
MOTOR slides in Australia’s first Alfa Romeo 4C
Hard Core! Porsche vs Lamborghini
Lamborghini’s hardest Gallardo takes on Porsche’s sharpest-shooting 911
First Fang: Jaguar F-Type Coupe
There’s a V6 version but forget it. The V8 is the one you want.
Holden Commodore SS V RS454 Sportwagon review
A Holden dealer has turned up the wick on the Commodore SS V Sportwagon’s 6.0-litre V8, offering 480kW and 920Nm of rubber-smoking, supercharged goodness
Lamborghini Aventador at Phillip Island
So rarefied is the Lamborghini Aventador’s air that only now has MOTOR managed to get its mitts on one
