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Does anybody believe in Nurburgring laptimes anymore?

Let’s face it. Things have got a bit silly at the Green Hell

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Michael Stahl: Waking up in Porsche paradise

Stahl takes a trip to Laguna Seca for the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI festival

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Stephen Corby: surrender your licence? Balls to that

“Having a vasectomy must be a lot like the day you have to hand your driver’s licence in.”

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John Carey: the hot air of climate deniers

Carbon dioxide was identified before Captain James Cook made the first map of the east coast of Australia. How much the gas contributes to the Greenhouse Effect was discovered when Ned Kelly was a boy.

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The Insider: ANCAP stars don’t always align

Are we too safety-focused?

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John Carey: Browsing the EV showroom

Carey wonders whether an EV will feature in his garage sometime soon

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Editor’s letter: tired of the Toyota Supra waiting game

How much longer can we wait for the Toyota Supra?

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What might’ve been: HSV’s hybrid eCommodore

Editor Inwood learns what HSV was planning, had they fettled with Holden’s ZB Commodore

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Michael Stahl: Tribulations of a marathon man

A few weeks back I put on a penguin suit and took my dad to dinner. This was special, because he lives in Brisbane and I’m in Sydney, where this dinner was being held, at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia

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Stephen Corby: Flat-six and out

“I spent a week in a yellow Cayman GTS and disliked it so much I never took it for a proper drive”

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John Carey remembers Sergio Marchionne

The legacy of sweater man

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Walter Rohrl on the everyday sports car: Porsche turns 70

The legendary test driver

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Mark Webber on his Porsche obsession: Porsche turns 70

The quiet obsessive

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Why Tailem Bend is the most important racetrack in Australia

A new motorsport oasis that the entire country can be proud of

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The Insider: EV uncertainty

Future planning with a wonky crystal ball

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Editor’s letter: Can David Buttner save Holden?

Standing on the shiny tiles of the dealership, his tie a perfect windsor, his posture relaxed and confident, David Buttner looks remarkably calm

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Michael Stahl on gathering a stable of prancing horses

F Scott Fitzgerald wrote the words: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me…”

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Why Ford is wrong to torpedo its US car portfolio

The Blue Oval has dumped all its eggs into the utility basket

Opinion Can one car do it all
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Opinion: Can one car do it all?

Many Australians feel the need to own more than one car, and Corby is starting to feel it too as he searches for his one car for all occasions

THE Bathurst 1000 is no longer the best event held on the fabled Mount Panorama Circuit
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The Bathurst 1000 is no longer the best event at Mount Panorama

The Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 1000 are two fantastic events, but if you only have time to attend one, there is a clear winner

Why the new Camry is the car we had to have
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Why the new Camry is the car we had to have

Australia suffered from its desire to keep making Toyota’s midsize car here. The new imported one is a welcome arrival

In-car Active safety will let you down one day
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Opinion: Active safety will let you down one day

In-car systems that automatically slam on the brakes or lunge to fill a gap still have some way to come

Beware: Lexus’ ‘Ultimate’ LC 500 review
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Beware: Lexus’ ‘Ultimate’ LC 500 review

Why you shouldn’t get just anyone to review a car – even if they do happen to be one of the world’s highest-paid writers.

Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth
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Why the Porsche Boxster should have been four-pot from birth

Love it or hate it, the four-cylinder Porsche Boxster is real. Here’s why it should always have been that way from the very start