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Motoring
Setting a hot pace with some sting in the tale
There are two things you don’t want to happen while cornering at 115km/h and, wouldn’t you know it, they both did.
This Audi is one of the greatest hot hatches ever
Sadly, buying an RS3 is a too-expensive proposition, but why not try this experience instead?
Bright spark: Luxury car dealer Martin Roller on EV charge
You know it’s time to get on board the electric vehicle rollout when former Brisbane luxury car deals Martin Roller starts selling them.
Who knew? The new president is a petrol head
Under the carports at Florida’s Spanish Revival Mar-a-Lago Club sits an impressive collection of very expensive vehicles – none of which the Trumpster can drive.
What would the world be like if the concept of global warming never caught on?
Your heating bills would be lower, there’d be no such thing as a vegan sausage roll and most of the world’s great art wouldn’t have orange paint all over it. But what about the cars?
‘Mega-monster’: Bentley unveils its near-perfect Continental GT
While the Bentley brand feels as old-school as flogging your peasants with a birch, this Continental GT Speed embraces new tech and borrows brilliant engineering from some other premier carmakers.
Unreliability comes at a price for new car buyers
Try this quick quiz: Do batteries make a boring vehicle less boring? No, but they make it more expensive.
Keeping it sweet on the road
It’s a sign for your car, on which you can flash up a choice of two words: SORRY or THANKS. Why didn’t anyone think of this before?
Yes, I’ll admit this Porsche is janky (now that I know what that means)
The S/T has been described as Porsche’s 60th birthday gift to itself, but frankly, on paper, it feels like it was built for me. But here comes the Roald Dahl twist …
Porsche dealerships moving faster than Chuck Leclerc in Texas
US auto giant Penske has bought another Porsche dealership in Melbourne taking its reach to 362 globally and you can be certain, unlike other car dealers in Victoria, it will give good service.
‘VW is screwed and all other western carmakers are too’
The mad rush towards an EV world has left the venerable German brand in dire trouble. And if they go, the brilliant new Golf GTI will go with them.
This is simply the most impressive electric SUV I’ve driven
I was not only confident that I would dislike this car, I was certain I would find it offensive, and was looking forward to giving it the kind of review that burns off eyelids in a PR department. I was in for a surprise.
Cheers big ears: King Chuck’s secret pilgrimage to the Kensi pub
We can exclusively reveal King Chuck and the missus are destined for a trip to the City of Churches’ Kensi Hotel – which makes sense as his eldest lives at Kensington Palace.
Is it a cinema? Is it a plane? Welcome to the car of the future
Look forward to cars that not only do the driving – or even flying – but also offer cinema-like entertainment to while away the journey, plus so much more.
The EV v hybrid dilemma: why there is a clear winner
After crunching the numbers and owning both an EV and a hybrid, it’s clear why one comes out on top.
To an off-road enthusiast, this is porn. Does it work? Not really
This vehicle is fitted with every single mud-plugging option you could wish for – but it’s missing an engine.
I have a soft spot for the little Swift – even if it has lost its looks
I’ve always found it to be the best in breed, fun, well priced and quite good-looking in a girl-next-door sort of way. But times have changed.
OK sport, which party gets your motor running?
It may be Labor-ing a point but when it comes to party support, only one is sinking cash into motoring by, of all things, slapping a submarine slogan on the side of a NASCAR racer in the US.
This supercar has just one failing … an unshapely behind
If you’re willing to reverse the McLaren Artura Spider into your garage so you don’t see its one fault, then I think you should definitely spend $525,010 buying one.
‘Pure pace, pure theatre’: driving the new Ferrari 12 Cilindri
The only thing that could match the unhinged power of Ferrari’s $800,000 new release is the sound generated by its V12 engine. Magnifico! | WATCH THE VIDEO
‘It’s like someone has fitted afterburners to Yorkshire’
The new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 isn’t just huge, it’s ridiculously loud and fast, hitting 100km/h in just 3.2 seconds. It’s mad and completely out of tune with the times – and I love it.
‘Washed up’ at 35? Our Dan deserved better
Red Bull’s boss reckons some drivers struggle to adapt as they age, hinting that was behind Daniel Ricciardo’s struggles. Tell that to Alonso, Hamilton and Hulkenberg.
This is certainly a classy SUV — but no one can agree on its looks
I’m not saying that Hyundai’s new Santa Fe is Ryan Reynolds on wheels – but neither is it, as my car-obsessed neighbour put it, ‘a giant, glistening turd’. Just don’t look at it from behind.
Brisbane biochemist takes a left turn on EV production
Ten years after the demise of Australia’s car industry, Eddie Kocwa has an assembly line to convert the US’s most popular electric ute for use in Australia and the Pacific.
‘The instruction book is like War and Pieces’
You can have this McLaren P1, one of the world’s most lauded hypercars, for just $699.99. But there’s a catch …
Chiko’s on a roll, as Max puts the F#*%! into F1
Chiko’s going to be rolling across Mount Panorama thanks to a tasty deal with Erebus Motorsport. Meanwhile FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem wants a ban on ‘rude’ words.
Something truly radical has happened with this Aston Martin
It will set you back $455,000. But for the first time ever, if you buy this Aston Martin, I won’t think you’re the kind of poncey pretender who rates style over substance.
Oscar’s our next world champ as long as he’s not driving a Jeep
Today we assess why Aussie Oscar is our next F1 campione del mondo and why you have a better chance of beating a Jeep in a foot race than extracting satisfactory repairs.
With so many switches, driving this car is like flying a plane
I disliked this car intensely at first, but then ended up driving more than 600km in it – after which it still had a third of a tank of fuel left, thanks to its clever hybrid set-up.
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