REVIEWS
2009 Mini Cabrio review
Like its pricey stablemate, the BMW M3 Convertible, the latest Mini Cooper S drop-top can put a smile on your dial while you get a 200km/h tan.
LAUNCHED: Volkswagen Polo
New-gen small car ponies up tiny turbo tech.
LAUNCHED: Audi A5 Cabriolet
The Audi A5 Cabriolet performs exactly as you’d expect: it’s extremely refined top up or down.
Kia Sportage
May be misnamed, but won’t be misplaced in suburbia
Review: Mitsubishi Outlander LS
Previous Outlanders have never been standout performers in the increasingly competitive medium SUV segment, but they’ve sold solidly due to their appealing seven-seat practicality and good value.
Review: Mercedes-Benz GL350
What’s a nice drivetrain like you doing in a place like this?
Review: Nissan Pulsar SSS
Car companies love tapping into nostalgia. Invoking memories of a bygone hero is a shortcut to consumers’ wallets that potentially saves millions in advertising.
First drive: BMW M235i
Never in the history of automotive journalism has a road loop done less justice to the launch model.
First drive: Audi A8
Facelifted Audi A8 brings improvements and performance, at a price
2009 VW Golf 103TDI Comfortline review
Four blokes pile into a Mk Vl Golf for a weekend getaway. Good thing the diesel derivative is punchy, swift and, errr, macho.
Bloom times – Lotus Evora
It’s the Lotus built for touring, not just track days. But is the Evora enough to see the British sports-car maker blossom into a mainstream contender?
LAUNCHED: Peugeot 308 CC
At first acquaintance, the Peugeot 308 CC seems to have the goods.
Mercedes S63 AMG
Downsized donk still knows thunder road
Review: Range Rover
The new Range Rover is so quiet I can hear the leather creaking, and I can’t decide if that’s a flaw or a feature.
Review: Audi S3
Rapid, responsive, rorty. But where’s the passion?
Review: Fiat 500 1.2 Pop
“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!” singer/songwriter Dolly Parton once remarked. And then there’s this – Fiat’s ‘repositioned’ but otherwise unchanged 500. Now from $14,000 driveaway, it’s the least expensive way to look classy on four wheels.
First drive: Porsche 991 GT3 cup racer
‘The Stahlmeister’ tries out the latest 991 Carrera GT3 Cup race car.
First drive: BMW M3 & M4
Highly anticipated duo will restore M division’s stellar reputation
2009 Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman review
Not just a pretty facelift.
LAUNCHED: Audi TT RS
Reborn turbo five kicks RS, but chassis misses the sweet spot.
Jetta engine choices expand
Volkswagen has introduced a mid-life spruce up to its current Jetta sedan range in Australia
Lexus RX450h
Let’s take this one day at a time and see how it goes
Review: VW Beetle
Remember Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris? Evidently VW doesn’t.
Review: Volkswagen Golf 90TSI
Base model calls “fore!” as the opposition ducks for cover
