FIRST DRIVES

First Drive: 2014 Nissan Qashqai
Get used to saying Nissan Qashqai (pronounced ‘Cash-kye’) as the hot-selling crossover has been given a shot in the arm

First Drive: Mazda2 prototype
Carey’s sneak preview of bigger next-gen 2 reveals a potential light-car class leader

First Drive: Audi A3 Sportback e-tron
Audi plays catch-up with its first plug-in hybrid showroom model

First Drive: Lexus NX
Lexus turns the RAV4 into a Euro-worthy compact SUV

First Drive: Audi A3 Cabriolet
Ponch puts a small convertible – and his manhood – to the test

First Drive: Mercedes-Benz S63 Coupe
Robbo drives the brutal yet refined range-topping S-Class two-door

First Drive: BMW M3 & M4
If the eye-widening, hair-raising, sphincter-clenching all-new M3 and M4 are anything to go by, BMW’s revered M division is back

First Drive: Maserati Quattroporte Turbo Diesel
New diesel model makes stylish Italian luxury car more affordable, with little compromise on equipment

First Drive: Hyundai Genesis
Could the Hyundai Genesis be the post-Falcadore fix for Aussie rear-drive sedan fans? John Carey grabs some wheel-time in Korea to find out

First Drive: Ferrari California T
Maranello’s first turbocharged model since the prodigious F40 hits the right note

First Drive: BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe
Don’t buy that Audi A5 Sportback just yet, the 4 Series Gran Coupe stands out from the sea of sedans plying our roads

First drive: Mazda 3 XD Astina
Wheels drives the Mazda3 diesel that promises more performance and better economy than its petrol-powered siblings ahead of its Australian launch in September

First drive: FPV GT-F
FPV 351 GT-F is a cracker, even on first impressions

First drive: Porsche Macan
New Porsche SUV is sporty, but it’s no sports car

First drive: La Ferrari
Robbo takes Ferrari’s remarkable new hybrid supercar to the limits at Fiorano

First drive: Australia’s most powerful car
Say hello to the most powerful production car ever built in Australia.

First drive: Maserati Quattroporte
Twin-turbo Italian beauty gets more room and a stronger, lighter body to take the fight to Porsche and Aston Martin.

First drive: Audi A8
Facelifted Audi A8 brings improvements and performance, at a price

First drive: Jaguar XJR
Making a super sporty version of a luxury limousine may make as much sense as putting wheels on a king size bed, but that doesn’t stop car companies from doing it.

First drive: Infiniti Q50s hybrid
The Infiniti Q50 S proves that a hybrid-driven future doesn’t have to be horrible.

First drive: Skoda Rapid
Latest Czech small car fails to hit the mark

First drive: Jaguar XFR-S
It seems like just yesterday, because it was, that we were telling you about how strange it was of Jaguar to put its savagely tuned 5.0-litre V8 in its XJ limo to create the XJR.

First drive: Subaru WRX STI
One of rally’s original turbo ’toon cars grows up

First drive: BMW M3 & M4
Highly anticipated duo will restore M division’s stellar reputation