OPINION
Should you buy a car online?
I was buying shoes recently and started thinking about buying cars. Not instead of the shoes, although I do believe the car is the best invention ever, especially once you’ve compared it with walking.
Speeding should be legal says US proposal
A US lawmaker has proposed changes making it legal to speed while overtaking. Meanwhile Australian authorities are discussing lower speed limits. Stephen Corby has something to say about that.
Why the diesel engine’s clatter will be silenced
Don’t blame – or thank – Volkswagen for the impending demise of the diesel car.
ANCAP might be flawed, but it’s also vital
Mustang’s disastrous crash rating proves the worth of independent crash test authorities, even if they’re not perfect
2017 Audi A5 coupe design and perception
Perception is key in the motoring industry – John Carey sits down with the designer of the Audi A5 coupe to discuss the prestige of luxury car design.
Sports cars, classic cars and travel
I’ve had an awesome summer. Enjoying a late-March trip to South Africa, then a month mid-year in Europe – taking in Goodwood and the Le Mans Classic.
McLaren supercars: research and development
Supercars don’t just go fast, they evolve quickly as well. Just look at McLaren, which has come a huge way in fewer than five years.
2018 Holden Commodore – what will it be called?
We should have known better, but the truth is none of us expected the venom or sheer volume of emotion that hitting ‘publish’ would spawn.
Australians need to learn to keep left
Move the hell over, or speed the hell up. Keep Left Unless Overtaking is a simple rule, so why are we so bad at following it?
Why Elon Musk is scaring the rest of the automotive world
It’s easy to cast Elon Musk as the villain in a bond film. One who, in the light of recent news, sits in his hollowed-out volcano stroking a white cat and cackling like Scaramanga.
MG is back, but will it succeed?
Once a British builder of low-volume sports cars, now a ‘mainstream’ manufacturer owned by a Chinese giant, and chasing a piece of the action in Australia. So, what are MG’s chances?
Motorsport in 2030 looks utterly insane
But will anybody be watching?
2016 Ferrari 488 Spider: One perfect day
Corby enjoys a blast in a drop-top Fezza, and almost bins it at the first corner
The joy of Ferrari’s automatic transmission
Don’t decry the death of manual gearboxes, celebrate it, says John Carey
2016 Paris Motor Show: Electric, for real
Toby divulges what we learnt about electric cars from Paris Motor Show.
Paris Motor Show on a collision course with autonomous future
How well would a self-driving car have coped with your commute this morning? Yeah, thought so …
The joys of driving a Lamborghini Huracan in Tokyo peak hour
Sometimes you don’t have to go fast to enjoy a car
AMG snow drifting is cooler than Ford Focus RS drift mode
Turns out driving on snow isn’t only ridiculous fun, but educational too. Here’s what we learnt, and why you should do it.
Why scrapping unrestricted speed limits in the Northern Territory is a stupid decision
Stephen Corby fires up over the planned reinstating of speed limits on the Stuart Highway
A baby NSX won’t make Honda exciting again
Tony O’Kane has a rant about why the last thing Honda needs is a scaled-down version of the NSX supercar.
What you can learn from a car crash
The best moments in your life tend to replay in your memory at full speed: that sporting triumph; the wondrous moment of attraction and reaction with your soulmate; that time you said just the right thing at the right moment.
Australia’s motoring future is bleak
We have had a glimpse at our automotive future, and it is bloody miserable.
Why an Apple Car is a worrying prospect
Apple often rushes things to market then works on fixing the issues. You can’t do that with cars
Living with a Rolls-Royce would be a nightmare
Just a weekend with a Rolls-Royce Ghost was a pain in the arse for Stahly
