Features

Mazda MX-5 to get targa look

A Porsche-style retractable roof should transform Mazda’s next-gen hardtop convertible.

F1: The Turbo Era

We explain F1’s turbo metamorphosis – and relive the fear of the turbo glory days, when men were forged from iron and tamed 1044kW animals

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta blasts Tassie

Clinging to Australia like a moon, Tasmania is the nation’s hidden heaven for driving lovers. We just found out for ourselves – in a 545kW Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. It was... epic

Opinion: Why I've always loved cars above other creations

A stretched Hummer, of all things, stokes the fire in Cockburn’s belly: we must dream big again

STUNNING 383-CUBE HOLDEN LC TORANA

David Cox's LC Torana is one extremely clean and mean streeter

Back in the Carr game: reflecting on Australia's automotive industry

Former minister wants Australia’s automotive industry to have a future.

A raising of spirits: We pursue the story behind McLaren

Kiwi motorsport legend Bruce McLaren was killed 45 years ago, but, as Michael Stahl and a current 650S find, the memory of him in the Shaky Isles is still very much alive.

XB FALCON JOHN GOSS SPECIAL DRIVES ACROSS THE OUTBACK

Luke Mansom drove his rare XB Falcon John Goss Special from Perth to Echuca for the Hardtop Anniversary

NINE-SECOND TURBO SIX FORD XA FALCON

Duncan's turbo Barra six-powered XA Falcon combines modern Falcon mumbo with old-school style

Canine cruisers

What happens when ‘man’s best friend’ meets ‘man’s other best friend’? This is probably the most unbelievable thing you’ll see all day.

Bathurst Shootout: Holden SS vs V8 SC vs F1 car

Lowndesy punts a trio of chalk-and-cheese V8s around Mount Panorama. Quickly.

Top 10 fastest female racers

Our list of the 10 best speed queens

MISCHIEF (1985): RIPPER CAR MOVIES

Mischief (1985) is a fun coming-of-age movie with some cool classic cars thrown in for good measure

1976 HOLDEN HX SANDMAN: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK

Brad and Raylea Thomson's HX Sandman panel van is a 70s head-turner

Nissan R35 GT-R at Bathurst: Classic MOTOR

We return the GT-R to the place its legend started, Mount Panorama

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKEND

Bathurst and a bunch of other cool car events are sure to heat up this weekend

RED CENTRE NATS RECAP

Highlights from the first ever Red CentreNATS

Hard day’s night: the Bathurst 24 Hour

We sit 24 hours ringside at one of Australia’s longest enduros

BURNOUTS IN BINDOON

The Ultimate Burnout Challenge headed to the massive pad at Bindoon, WA for a Grand Final Day smoke show

PRO TOURER PONTIAC GTO JUDGE

Don Nickelson’s GTO Judge tribute combines modern detail with old school mumbo

CLA 45 AMG v Lancer Evo X MR v Subaru WRX STI

Is Germany or Japan now the king of all-wheel drive?

Opinion: Why I’m praying for a new era of Japanese performance cars

Where have all the good fast Japanese cars gone?

Sweet Dream: Nissan S16 Silvia

Rear-drive hero car deserves a rebirth, says us

From the vault: HSV GTS vs FPV R-Spec

A flashback to a tussle between two Aussie titans