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Monster Tajima’s monster crash
Hillclimb legend destroys one-off super 86

VIDEO: Meet the Hypercar Hoon
One man who’s not afraid to use his toy cupboard hard

Skoda Fabia R5
Czech rally racer to take on the world’s best

Peugeot 308 R Hybrid
Electrified 373kW hot hatch offers electrifying performance

VW power struggle as chairman locks horns with CEO
Ferdinand Piëch has notoriously ended the tenure of VW Group execs with a pith comment to the media; now he’s at odds with his expected successor, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn

2015 BMW X6M review
Niche within niches is a peculiarly German phenomenon, as the BMW X6M hammerhead proves. Now in its second-gen guise, the SUV flagship offers more power yet greater efficiency. But the point of it isn’t any clearer

2016 BMW M2 spy pics
Smaller and lighter than the M3, the BMW M2 could be the best M-car on sale when it shows itself mid-year, but we’ve spied it getting ready to conquer the world

Volkswagen teases GTI Supersport Vision GT
Crazy virtual concept set for real-life debut

Subaru Levorg considered for Australia
WRX wagon set for Oz?

Nissan threatens to pull plug on loss-making Leaf
Lack of government support could spell an early end for Australia’s cheapest electric car, the Nissan Leaf, despite the incentives offered in other markets

2015 BMW X5M review
BMW’s bahn-storming X5M returns for another stab at the super-est SUV title, bringing boosts in power, efficiency and features, for a faster yet more frugal proposition. But cheap it’s not.

Wheels May 2015 issue preview
The Honda NSX is coming and we’ve stripped it down to see if it’s a serious threat to the Porsche 911 Turbo; we reveal Holden’s Astra Attack with its German-source Opel models and talk top Ford Australia’s new boss about the company’s future and the man he replaces.

Nissan boss slams industry minister
Knee-jerk decision-making, short-term thinking shows a need for more support, better leadership from the Federal Government, says Nissan Australia MD Richard Emery

REVIEW: Volkswagen Polo GTI
New engine, more power and a manual gearbox!

Government backs parallel imports
Government minister adds to industry fears that Australia will open the floodgates to parallel imports, arguing that it would give motorists more choice

2015 VW Polo GTI review
Remember the manual gearbox? One drive of the new Polo GTI and you won’t forget the joy of this manual hot-hatch as Volkswagen goes back to the future with its new baby

Safety watchdog flip-flops on five stars
Latest ANCAP safety assessments give top star rating to a car lacking potentially life-saving airbags

Wallpaper Wednesday: Porsche 918 in the outback
Welcome to our latest weekly series, where we offer up the finest images in the MOTOR archive for your downloadable enjoyment

Hyundai ix25 canned for Oz
Hyundai’s answer to the Honda HR-V, Holden Trax and Mazda CX-3 is still years away from launching in Australia, as its only global compact SUV – the recently revealed ix25 – lacks essential safety gear for our market

2015 Ferrari California T review
The $409,000 Ferrari California T is at the vanguard of a brave new world for Maranello. With a turbocharged 3.9-litre V8 under the bonnet, it sets the template for Ferrari’s coming generation of road cars

Mitsubishi president promises product-led future
Mitsubishi global boss Tetsuro Aikawa, who was part of the third-generation Magna and Verada development team in the 1990s, has committed the brand to a global rebuilding phase driven by “new and unique market-leading products”

OPINION: Why Top Gear mattered
The show may continue, but it won’t be the same

Classic Wheels: A Dilambda in a Cave!
It reads like a film script … this, I SWEAR, is exactly the way it happened

VIDEO: Audi S1 rallycross
Two legendary drivers in one incredible car