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Motorsport

Porsche shatters Nurburgring record with 919 Evo

Stefan Bellof’s record has been demolished by Timo Bernhard

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Aerial speed enforcement in Australia – busting the myth

Don’t believe the signs, flying cops won’t actually nab you for speeding

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Nissan builds no-limits GT-R prototype with Italdesign

This is what happens when the Japanese manufacturing giant allows an Italian design studio to develop a coach-built GT-R

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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera: Wheels gets a first look

The wraps come off Gaydon’s flagship in Melbourne

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Rumour buster – Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe lives on for now

North American Alfa 4C Coupe supply switched off, but global production continues

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Faster, lighter, more powerful: 2018 McLaren 600LT revealed

The most potent Sports Series model yet make its debut, and yes, it has top-mounted exhausts

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2018 Crown could spell more exciting Toyotas

Toyota wheels out first rear-drive chassis, new hybrid tech and 2.0-litre turbo on TNGA platform

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New Aston Martin crossover to be called Varekai?

Gaydon trademarks name for DBX SUV project. What do you think?

Motorsport

Roborace to complete fully-autonomous run at Goodwood

The world’s first driverless race car will have a crack at recording a time on Lord March’s driveway

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TCR Australia locked in for 2019

Category manager in final negotiations with CAMS for a new Australian touring car championship

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Renault “Captur coupe” teased ahead of Moscow reveal

Renault reveals the face of its next-gen compact crossover… coupe?

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2019 Audi A4 revealed

New snout and strangely alluring “S Line competition” pack mark the big changes to Audi’s revised BMW 3 Series fighter

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2019 Audi RS Q8 breaks company power ceiling: report

Pinched Porsche powertrain pushes peak power to 500kW for production RS Q8 performer

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Aussie trial finds Victorian freeways turn automated car into speed freaks

Early results of a study looking at how well automated cars integrate with Australia show they have a few issues to sort

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How VW smashed the Pikes Peak record

A combustion-powered hill climber will never snatch the outright record back from EVs – here’s why

Motorsport

Volkswagen obliterates outright Pikes Peak record while Hamilton cruises to victory

Former World Endurance Champion becomes first person to complete a sub-eight minute run at Pikes Peak

Motorsport

Pikes Peak – 7 of the most terrifying hillclimb monsters

Twin engines, obscene aero, and fearless drivers. These are the some of the most extreme mountain-slaying beasts to contest the Race to the Clouds

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Explained: Mazda’s Anechoic Chamber

Tricky tech in simple terms. This month we explain Mazda’s anechoic chamber

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Left-foot braking a factor in Ford’s PowerShift problems

PowerShift papers: Ford Australia highlights left-foot braking behaviour as a concern in documents on ‘faulty’ transmission saga

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Mazda USA testing CX-5 with 2.5-litre turbo engine

The CX-9’s turbo engine could find its way under the bonnet of the mid-size CX-5 in the future

Motorsport

Volkswagen I.D. R at the 2018 Pikes Peak hill climb: Run for the hills

Volkswagen makes EVs exciting with amped up 500kW Pikes Peak charger

Industry

Former Holden boss takes over GM’s global product planning

Mark Reuss, who steered the Australian arm through its darkest days, takes on a larger role in GM

Industry

Toyota Australia pegs a profit in its last year of manufacturing

The last manufacturer to fall has posted a $137 million windfall, but was again hit hard by closure costs

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Ford swamped with PowerShift complaints

PowerShift papers: Documents reveal that Ford Australia was flooded with almost 1000 complaints over faulty gearboxes in a single month