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Ash Westerman: Thieves in the night

“The, er, ‘unauthorised loans’ of mum’s ’66 beetle were deeply covert operations that required military-style planning...”

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The Insider: bumps in the autonomous road

News that police in California recently stopped a Tesla that was driving down the freeway while its drunk driver slumbered behind the wheel triggered more smiles than surprise...

How the Volvo XC40 won Wheels Car of the Year 2019
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How the Volvo XC40 won Wheels Car of the Year 2019

The backstory behind the XC40’s win

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John Carey: The Hume enters the EV era

Carey ponders how useful the Hume highway charging network will actually be

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Have no fear: EVs are only going to get better

Radical change can be deeply unnerving, but the revolution starting to sweep through the automotive industry shouldn’t be a source of trepidation, but something to be embraced

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Chinese-built Lotus SUVs: is this the beginning of the end?

Geely’s massive $1.8bn factory gets go-ahead in Wuhan

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Editor's letter: Range anxiety is not dead

I genuinely thought range anxiety was dead. But, as happens from time to time, I was wrong

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Opinion: How to dig Bentley out of a hole

Volkswagen AG has put the clock on the ailing Brits

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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