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Nissan GT-R: Performance Car of the Year 2017 #8

Japanese supercar-slayer fast but not talented enough in this company

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Volkswagen Golf GTI 40 years: Performance Car of the Year 2017 #9

VW proves that four decades of practice makes pretty close to perfect

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HSV Clubsport R8 LSA: Performance Car of the Year 2017 #10

If this is a swansong, the Clubbie is leaving on a supercharged crescendo

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Ford Mustang GT: Performance Car of the Year 2017 #11

Needed to be a bit more horse and a little less pony

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Lexus GS F: 2017 Performance Car of the Year #12

Popular, if polarising, but fails to achieve greatness

PCOTY 2017 The road
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PCOTY 2017: The Road

With the sun having returned, it's time for the heavy hitters to prove their worth on twisty rural tarmac

PCOTY 2017 The track main
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PCOTY 2017: The Track

We brought 12 of the year's best fast cars to an empty Winton. And an umbrella

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Performance Car of the Year 2017

12 of the world's hottest new performance cars, 4 furious days, 1 upset. Welcome to the fastest PCOTY ever

2016 Ford Focus RS
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Ford Focus RS: 2017 Performance Car of the Year #3

Blue Oval builds a truly category-redefining hot hatch

Ferrari 488 GTB
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Ferrari 488 GTB: 2017 Performance Car of the Year #2

Jaws drop, eyes open and minds boggle at the foregone conclusion that wasn’t

Porsche 911 Turbo S
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Porsche 911 Turbo S: 2017 Performance Car of the Year Winner

The fastest car in PCOTY history has topped the strongest field ever. Behold, the 2017 Performance Car of the Year

Porsche 911 Turbo S wins PCOTY 2017
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Porsche 911 Turbo S wins PCOTY 2017

Another trophy for the bulging Stuttgart cabinet

2017 PCOTY: Meet the Judges
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2017 PCOTY: Meet the Judges

These five will decide the best performance car of the year

2017 PCOTY: The Judging process
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2017 PCOTY: The Judging process

We've changed the scoring. Here's how

2017 Performance Car Of The Year contenders
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2017 Performance Car Of The Year contenders

Behold, the greatest PCOTY field ever

Performance Car of the Year 2016
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Performance Car of the Year 2016

Eleven of 2015's best cars, but only one winner. Game on

Porsche 911 GT3
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Porsche 911 GT3: PCOTY '16 The Winner

Not just the best of 2015, but one of the best there has ever been. The 911 GT3 is your new PCOTY champ

PCOTY 2016: DECA
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PCOTY 2016: DECA

With the most potent PCOTY field ever, the public road isn't the place for pushing limits. Welcome to DECA

PCOTY 2016: The Road
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PCOTY 2016: The Road

A few surprises arise as the fleet fires through a freezing Victorian High Country

PCOTY 2016: The Strip
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PCOTY 2016: The Strip

Engines scream and rubber howls as we pull the trigger on each of our 11 bullets

PCOTY 2016: The Track
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PCOTY 2016: The Track

Circuit work cements the final order as some cars flourish and others flounder

PCOTY 2016: The Judges
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PCOTY 2016: The Judges

These five aren't short of an opinion

PCOTY 2016 The contenders
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PCOTY 2016: The contenders

Our 11-strong eclectic line-up

PCOTY 2016 What missed the cut
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PCOTY 2016 What missed the cut

Metal that didn't make it - and why