May
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Gambling mogul lists superyacht at $10m, starts retailing supercars
A spokesman for Laurence Escalante’s private office said the sales were part of a new business venture.
- Primrose Riordan
June 2023
- Opinion
- Motoring
Thrill (or scare) your passengers with Mercedes-AMG’s new $214,900 EV
The EQE 53 sedan is stunning in every respect – but the electric vehicle’s range has been sacrificed for a dazzling rest-to-100km/h time of just 3.5 seconds.
- Tony Davis
February 2023
The Rolls-Royce Spectre EV is the purest Rolls ever
The $725,000 six-metre long and two-metre wide coupe is smoother, more silent and more powerful – not to mention better looking – than any of its V-12 predecessors.
- Hannah Elliott
January 2023
This $500,000 Mercedes is an unapologetic joyride
The next-generation 2022 Mercedes-AMG G63 4x4² screams disruption. Driving it feels honest, unapologetic and very bossy. I loved it.
- Hannah Elliott
November 2022
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
The new electric BMW with a cinema in the back
The i7 xDrive60 knows just about everything about its occupants and their needs. Passengers, why not watch a film on your own 79.5cm screen?
- Tony Davis
October 2022
Skoda delivers an updated, sportier SUV
Starting at $68,390, the seven-seat Kodiak RS is a niche proposition – but no niche seems too small for the Australian market.
- Tony Davis
March 2022
- Opinion
- Cars
This new Porsche will turn your onlookers green with envy
The 2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS is a sublime swansong for the naturally aspirated mid-engine racer. If you have to sell your left kidney to get one, do it.
- Hannah Elliott
December 2021
- Opinion
- Motoring
The best car I drove in 2021
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a vehicle for the ages – even our dawning battery-powered one, because electric vehicles aren’t perfect yet.
- Hannah Elliott
November 2021
- Opinion
- Motoring
The new Lamborghini that makes me drive like a grandma
The Huracan STO’s door panels are as naked as the day you were born. It’s a track car supposedly meant for the streets, but is it fun to drive on them?
- Hannah Elliott
October 2021
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
This new electric BMW looks good (but drives great)
Ignore those buck teeth for a moment and set your eyes on the future revealed by the i4’s exceptional interior technology and confidence-inspiring battery life.
- Hannah Elliott
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
A shouty, fun new BMW is joining the hot hatch fray
The 128 Ti is a revival of a designation dating back to 1963 and a reminder of how much joy a well-thought-through hatchback performance car can bring.
- Tony Davis
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
BMW’s new beaver-toothed electric SUV isn’t as ugly as you think it is
A first drive of the 2022 iX reveals it is like a just-plain-decent person you might try dating despite their looks, because, why not?
- Hannah Elliott
September 2021
An SUV blended with a sedan? That’s this new electric Porsche
The Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo sport utility vehicle, an off-road version of the prestige car maker’s green flagship, is a bit of a jacked-up beast.
- Tony Davis
August 2021
- Opinion
- Cars
What it’s like to drive Bentley’s $2.7m Bacalar
This is the first of the small-batch, highly specialised cars the marque’s modern Mulliner operation aims to produce. If I could afford it, I’d buy it.
- Hannah Elliott
- Opinion
- Opinion
A supercar with creature comforts
The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S may not look made for the track, but it drives as if it is. And it’ll hold your drinks, to boot.
- Hannah Elliott
June 2021
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
This flagship Lexus is one for the dwindling luxury sedan crowd
Despite its high levels of refinement and magnificent sound system, the brand’s halo limousine, the LS500 F Sport, feels dated next to its competition.
- Tony Davis
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
This car is close to the most fun you can have in a road-legal BMW
The company’s smallest M coupe is not only loud and brutal but feels as direct and responsive as a track car, which in a sense it is.
- Tony Davis
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Thrills but no frills in Tesla’s Model 3 Standard Range Plus
The near-seamless interaction of software, app and hardware is a delight, although you do have to touch the central tablet for almost everything.
- Tony Davis
May 2021
- Opinion
- Cars
Porsche delivers world’s first electric station wagon
The entry-level Taycan 4 Cross Turismo can handle off-road terrain and is a better buy than its far more expensive top-of-the-range sibling.
- Hannah Elliott
April 2021
This $60,000 luxury SUV is both expensive and forgettable
Infiniti has debuted its first crossover, but the Infiniti QX55 isn’t really all that new - or impressive.
- Hannah Elliott