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The world’s 10 most influential automotive designers
These are the 10 creative visionaries who are already shaping the cars we’ll be driving in years to come

Retro: 1969 Honda 1300 Coupe 9
Honda founder’s creation was a triumph of innovation, and a financial fiasco

Gallery: The art of speed and racing posters
A visual celebration of some of motorsport’s greatest posters

Meet the man who is leading Australia’s EV revolution
Tim Washington is prepared for take-off when it comes to electric vehicle charging in Australia

A photographer’s guide to getting the most from Monterey Car Week
Our resident snapper headed to the US for Monterey Car Week, this is his survival guide

Modern Classic: 1999 Porsche 996.1 911 GT3
Its true genius is more evident now than when this hero rolled out in 1999

Will Power’s Dream Garage
The Queensland-born IndyCar superstar on the three cars he’d most cherish in his ultimate garage

Retro: 1967 Ford XR Falcon
Success at the mountain elevated our first Aussie muscle car to legend status

Five car designs that missed the mark
Sometimes intelligent, cohesive design can be elusive. Here are five prime examples

Manthey Racing and the world’s toughest job: improving the 911 GT2 RS
We speak to Manthey Racing’s Michael Grassl for the inside line on peak Porsche and how to build a testier Tesla

Why Rimac spent millions deliberately making the Concept_Two a worse car
Clever gamesmanship by Elon Musk’s forced Rimac’s hand

Why Holden’s mountain of problems just got taller
The timing couldn’t have been worse for Holden, as its top boss quits amid a record-breaking sales slump

The unbelievable story of Australia’s crashed McLaren F1
It’s the stuff of local automotive legend, but what really happened when Australia’s only McLaren F1 was crashed?

Meet the new Mr 911
For decades one man has been in charge of the Porsche 911, but with August Achleitner retiring, a fresh face is taking over. Here’s what we can expect

Ian Callum’s Dream Garage
The design director who transformed the shape of jaguars over 20 years, on the cars that really rock his world

Mercedes-AMG A35 tackles winding passes to prove its worth
We point AMG’s entry-level hatch at some of the world’s maddest mountain passes to find out if it’s worthy of the fabled badge. And if hairpins are all they’re cracked up to be

Overrun: Manfred Fitzgerald has the Europeans in his sights
The head of Genesis reckons that being proudly Korean is the way forward for Hyundai’s premium brand

Modern Classic: Mazda RX-7
The most beautiful car ever to hail from Japan? No arguments there

Molly Taylor’s Dream Garage
Recce sorted: Australia’s history-making rally champ on the three cars she’d most like to have stashed in her ultimate garage

Top Gear: the coolest automotive products we found in July
A curated collection of auto-related car kit that you can buy

Learning how to drift a Raptor
We head to South Africa’s desert for some off-road racing in Ford’s tough Ranger Raptor

Tetsuya Tada: Four things’ I’ve learned
The master of the Toyota Supra and 86 shares some life wisdom

Modern Classic: Ferrari F355
Form factor perfected as the ghost of the 348 was finally buried

Suzuki Jimny vs McLaren 570 GT in a battle for attention
What swivels more heads – a supercar or a bright yellow off-roader? Inwood and Kirby discuss…
