John Connolly

John ConnollyMotoring Columnist

UNDER Australian law, carmakers must guarantee the cars they sell even without a warranty.

CAR advertisments have traditionally played to men’s basic instincts.

WHEN we announced the Porsche Macan as one of our best cars of 2014 we were asked how we could have ignored the Range Rover.

WHAT you really wanted for Christmas was your own private racecourse complete with four V8 Supercars.

AT The Weekend Australian we don’t write about our cars. Mainly out of embarrassment and the fact that we don’t have double-barrelled names.

AFTER a few hours over a long lunch, the judges of The Weekend Australian Best Car of 2014 made their choice.

YOU can buy a lot of car for the price of leaving your own ride at Sydney or Melbourne airport for a week.

IT’S hard not to be a racer if your name is Brabham. Twenty-year-old Matthew Chase Brabham is Geoff’s son and Jack’s grandson.

GET your mind past Christmas and focus on the best month of the year for car nuts. I’m talking January, I’m talking Scottsdale.

THE Sunday car used to be a big thing. It was something you had in your garage, or a rented garage somewhere.