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McLaren blasts from zero to 15,000 in seven years

Skyrocketing sales put the Woking start-up in step with Sant’Agata in next to no time

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Brabham BT62’s Phillip Island secrets revealed

Clues hidden inside a video of the reborn Brabham racer hint at how much record-breaking potential it has

Motorsport

Will Power becomes Australia’s first Indy 500 winner

On its 102nd running, the Indianapolis 500 finally got a True Blue Aussie winner

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Supercars star in widening Takata recall

Another million vehicles, including Ferraris and McLarens, join an already long list of those lining up for a fix

Motorsport

Daniel Ricciardo victorious in Monaco F1 Grand Prix

The Honey Badger owns those streets now

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The race towards 1000 horsepower

Hybrid charge set to make huge power outputs the norm

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In Gear: This month’s pick of awesome gadgets

Our picks of the most awesome automotive-related gear we found this month

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Zenvo TSR-S crazy rear wing looks broken, isn’t

Video shows off full-tilt active aero of this 866kW Danish hypercar

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Burnouts in TV ads okay as long as Usain Bolt is in it, watchdog says

The world’s fastest man can stand and watch as a car rips mad skids, but a BMW i3 can’t win a drag race

Motorsport

Not-so robo: human drivers to compete in Roborace series after all

Roborace CEO Lucas di Grassi confirms human drivers will participate in Roborace events

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Self-driving cars will still crash with humans behind the wheel, study says

Carmakers are wrong to think they can hand back control of a self-driving car to a human when things go pear-shaped

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Audi e-tron GT to become flagship ‘sporty’ EV for Audi

Audi’s Tesla-attacking pure electric four-door luxury sedan will be “very sporty” when it enters production in three years

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Ready for launch: 2019 BMW X5 development nears completion

BMW says it will put the Sports in Sports Activity Vehicle and makes the next-generation X5 jump for joy during testing

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Three of the coolest cars from the Royal Wedding

There was some seriously interesting metal on show at the biggest nuptials of the year

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Kia Cerato GT warm hatch to benefit from i30 N program

How the Hyundai i30 N and short-lived Kia ProCeed GT are combining to provide Kia Australia with a proper, locally tuned warm hatch

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Aussie carmaking to return, British industrialist claims

Five years to the day after Ford said it would walk away from carmaking, Sanjeev Gupta claims Australia could again have a viable industry

Motorsport

Mark Webber to drive Porsche 919 Evo at Goodwood

Aussie ace tipped to pilot Porsche’s ultimate Le Mans car up Lord Marsh’s driveway this June

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BMW X8 reportedly coming as flagship super-luxe SUV

BMW looks set to bridge the gap between the X7 and Rolls Royce Cullinan with a high-riding, high-featured SUV flagship predictably dubbed the X8

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Tesla announces specs of dual-motor Model 3

Elon’s been tweeting some punchy performance numbers

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2019 Porsche Mission E: Mark Webber’s first drive of the electric superstar

A first steer of Porsche’s “game changing” battery-powered production car revives a few memories for the former Aussie F1 star

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2021 BMW iNEXT teased ahead of concept car’s reveal

The most future-driven BMW to come out of the carmaker since the i8 has set a tentative date for its first official showing

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Alpina boss says performance diesel has bright future

The head of Alpina says the brand won’t turn its back on diesels despite recent controversies

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Nissan’s Australian future ‘not aligned’ with Supercars

There were never any plans to turn the Nissan GT-R into a Supercars contender, company says

Motorsport

Nissan to quit Supercars

The brand that kick-started the Car of the Future sees no future in Australia’s top-tier motorsport