Audi unleashes braggin’ wagon
The RS4 combines sensible family transport with sports-car thrills for the enthusiast.
Luxury
Benz S-Class, now from less than $200K, still pampers and performs
In the rarefied air of an S-Class cabin, the technology is all you’d expect of a Benz flagship and the driving experience is as impressive as the sheet metal.
Infiniti sedan sports improvements
The Infiniti Q50 Red Sport is impressively quick but, when it comes to being a genuine prestige performance sedan, it is still a work in progress.
New XC40 is Volvo’s first compact SUV
The Volvo XC40, the maker’s first compact SUV, was built to a price and designed to stand out — won’t be mistaken for any other classy rival.
Battle of the prestige SUVs
The premium badges’ search for niches brings the compact turbo diesel SUV … with ample scope to spend plenty on options
Most powerful Corvette ever
Chevrolet has unveiled the most powerful Corvette yet in a tantalising taste of the future for Aussie muscle-car fans.
Benz medium SUV is first with V8 punch
The Mercedes-AMG GLC 63, due in Australia next year, brings high-performance V8 power to the medium-size, premium-price SUV segment.
BMW M4 CS driven
BMW’s M4 CS is is the best drivers’ incarnation of the performance coupe … but you pay for the privilege.
Pick of the cabrio class
Mercedes’ mid-sized four-seat cabrio finally has the interior size to match its style.
What’s hot and what’s not in car showrooms
Australia’s taste in cars has changed dramatically in the past decade. The winners and losers will surprise you.
BMW’s best value M car
The M2 Pure boats many virtues and a 93,300 price before on-roads is one of the highlights.
Tested: Infiniti’s rapid mid-sized sedan
Nissan’s luxury offshoot is struggling to establish itself in the local market but is perservering with a revised version of the Q50 performance sedan.
X3 drives like a BMW should. Finally
It’s taken three attempts but they’ve got the X3 right — it drives like a real BMW. The medium SUV is tipped to succeed the 3 Series as the brand’s bestseller.
A great car made better — the $300K AMG GTS
The AMG GTS is the epitome of Mercedes-Benz performance, adding visual theatre to the visceral thunder when you ignite the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8
First drive: Lexus top seller
Lexus has given its best-selling SUV a mild update. But is it enough to compete with a new wave of quality European rivals.
Ferrari record-breaking $12m supercar
THE most expensive car of the 21st Century — with an Aussie behind the wheel — will headline a week of Ferrari birthday celebrations.
Five things we learned about the BMW X3
BMW’s mid-size SUV will soon be updated but the current model remains popular.
RUN-OUT BARGAIN
BMW X3 30d$81,000
Car tech trickles down quickly
The mid-size Swedish SUV borrows plenty from its bigger sibling.
Meet the happy premium-medium SUV
Second-row passengers savour the space — and ambience — in BMW’s just-right mid-size SUV, due in Australia in November
Aston Martin builds a luxury submarine
James Bond would be impressed — British luxury car maker Aston Martin has built a submarine.
Shocking! An electric Jaguar E-Type
JAGUAR is now going back in time to create electric cars of the future.
$959,000 car plunges into sinkhole
AN UNLUCKY motorist in China has been left furious after his luxury Rolls-Royce plunged into a sinkhole. The whole thing was caught on film.
Tiny turbo test: Mini Cooper v Audi A3
They come with perky three-cylinder turbo engines and premium prices. Drive one for excitement, the other for relaxation
BMW’s new 6-Series GT revealed
The 6 Series will please chauffeur and boss alike, with its easy access and powerful engines.
Surprise challenger to BMW and Mercedes
It cut its teeth selling cheap and cheerful hatchbacks, but this brand is about to take on the heavyweights of the luxury market.
Tested: the best hi-tech city cars
Small city hatchbacks now come loaded with technology once reserved for luxury limousines
Luxury utes could be the next big thing
HARD on the heels of the tradies’ Mercedes, a second luxury car maker is considering a workhorse ute with the lot.
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