REVIEWS
Review: 2013 Honda Civic DTi-S Diesel Hatch
Journalists, by nature, are cynics. So when Honda Australia declared its first ever diesel, fitted exclusively to the Civic hatch, is as refined and as quiet as its petrol offerings, I sniggered into my morning coffee.
Review: Audi S8
The people have spoken. Audi Australia has bowed to demand and given the S8 a ticket to Australia in the first quarter of 2014.
First Aussie drive: Jaguar F-Type
Associate editor Westerman’s worried. He’s driven Jaguar’s F-Type through Spain’s mountainous north, and in the July 2103 issue, given it bigger raps than Jay-Z and Tupac. But has he got it right? Does European brilliance translate to Aussie awesomeness?
First drive: Infiniti Q50s hybrid
The Infiniti Q50 S proves that a hybrid-driven future doesn’t have to be horrible.
2009 Skoda Fabia review
Polo sibling to bring Czech values to supermini market.
Fiesta’s worth easy to gauge
Priorities in the Blue Oval’s new world car – safety, performance, fuel efficiency and road holding. How come the gauge needles don’t rate?
LAUNCHED: Mazda 3 MPS
Second-gen hot hatch tames the torque, but still walks the walk.
Ferrari 458 Italia
Peter Robinson’s long history with Ferrari was ignited by a late-’60s love affair with a Dino 246. Since then he’s driven virtually every subsequent model from Maranello, making him hard to oust as the man to thrash the brilliant, blinding 458 Italia
Citroen DS3
Wannabe Goddess good but no deity
Review: Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD
Among 2012’s more eventful moments were Lance Armstrong’s performance-enhanced fall and the meteoric rise of Mazda’s CX-5.
Review: HSV Range
The company that claims to make Holden vehicles special has lived up to its promise with the introduction of its latest Gen-F line-up.
First drive: Australia’s most powerful car
Say hello to the most powerful production car ever built in Australia.
First drive: Subaru WRX STI
One of rally’s original turbo ’toon cars grows up
2009 Nissan GT-R review
Godzilla returns to Australia, and it’s fully sick.
LAUNCHED: Lexus IS 250 Convertible
Heavy metal strikes a serene chord.
2010 BMW X1 Review
The niche-filling continues as Munich milks the X factor
Driven: Audi A8 4.2 TDI
EIGHT-hundred Newton-Metres. It takes a lot longer to say it than to feel its full-bore rush when you stomp on the turbo-diesel version of Audi’s A8 limo
Volvo S60 Polestar Limited Edition
Here, at last, is a truly fast Volvo that isn’t rubbish.
Review: Mercedes-Benz E400
Will anyone lament the loss of the V8 from the engine menu in Mercedes-Benz’s standard E-Class line-up for Australia when a tasty V6 has been added? Probably not.
First drive: Porsche 911 Turbo S
An outward display of raw fear is not an attractive quality in a man, so it’s a good thing I wear a strong poker-face.
First drive: W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
BMW and Audi need to up their game enormously if the 3 Series and A4 are going to out-class the new C-Class
2009 Audi Q5 3.2 FSI Review
Ingolstadt’s mid-size SUV takes aim at X3.
Heir Triggers – Audi S4 vs BMW 335i
Can’t stretch to an M3 or RS4? Open both barrels on either Audi’s new supercharged S4 or BMW’s twin-turbo 335i and you’re unlikely to feel under-gunned.
Toyota Hybrid Camry
Oz-built eco-warrior ready to charge large-car rivals
