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What happened in MOTOR 16 years ago? We spent a day driving Subaru Australia’s heritage fleet

Throwback to the time when Subaru threw us the keys to its collection of precious gems

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Legends: Porsche 928

This was the car designed to send the 911 into gentle retirement. Nice try

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Mercedes AMG One: First contact

We spend hours specifying a $3.4m Mercedes AMG One as the conclusion to this 786kW hypercar’s troubled gestation nears

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Walkinshaw’s history outside of Holden and GM explored

Despite being Team Red for the best part of three decades, Walkinshaw hasn’t always been associated with GM

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How hydrogen can be used to fuel combustion engines

Forget fuel cells, Toyota and Yamaha use hydrogen for internal combustion

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Everything you need to know before buying an Audi R8

The original R8 is an increasingly desirable modern icon – here’s how to get one today

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The Porsche 911 Dakar doesn’t exist (yet), but we think it should

Porsche’s iconic sports car heads off the beaten track

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Opinion: One of motorsport’s greatest overlooked rivalries has come to an end

Not every great racing rivalry takes place on the racetrack

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How ‘high’ mileage press cars offer a snapshot into a model’s reliability

Jumping behind the wheel of a well-used press car offers some interesting insights into modern build quality

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We take the Porsche Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo on a motorsport ghost tour

Will Porsche’s electric power wagon survive a sodden motorsport ghost tour? Let’s find out

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The Venturi Fétish was the first performance-orientated electric car everyone forgot about

Having since faded into relative obscurity, this little-known company built an electric performance car before anyone else

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We farewell the enduring Nissan R35 GT-R and Audi R8 V10 with one final drive

The Nissan R35 GT-R and the Audi R8 scored the only dead heat in MOTOR’s PCOTY history. Now they’re bowing out of the Aussie market together

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MOTOR Track Guide: Sandown Raceway

Warren Luff gives you the inside line on mastering one of Australia’s most historic circuits

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The top 25 fastest cars tested by MOTOR Magazine

MOTOR’s best quarter-mile times drawn from independent performance testing

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Q&A: Lamborghini APAC director Francesco Scardaoni

New engines incoming, confirmation of a fourth model, the challenges of doubling volumes and what the departure of Reggiani as CTO means to the business

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Q&A – Marek Reichman on the design process of the Aston Martin Valhalla

Aston’s design chief talks styling evolution, Nurburgring lap times, the working relationship with Newey and Moers and whether Gandini really did design the Miura

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How Trevor Worthington led Ford Australia to the world stage… and kept it there

From being a Ford Australia engineer to leading the Blue Oval’s global product development, this boy from Tallangatta has quite the resume

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Everything you need to know about MOTOR Performance Car of the Year 2022

PCOTY has undergone a mid-life update for 2022, with more cars and double the awards

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Renault Megane RS265 Trophy buyer’s guide

Wondering where the value is in the used sports market? Check out Renault’s range of hump-backed hotties

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How the Astron Omega 1 engine is reviving the rotary engine concept

Modern jet turbine technology could revive the rotary engine with a micro package and macro power output. Here’s how it works

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The Maserati MC20 Trofeo doesn’t exist, but we think it should

We envisage a world where Maserati goes all out with its new supercar halo

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Ten pieces of kit we’ve discovered this month

Whether you’re preparing for a track day or decorating the house, here are ten products we’ve been lusting over lately

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What happened in MOTOR 20 years ago? We went to Japan to drive the Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R M-Spec

The M-spec bridged the gap between Nissan’s domestic powerhouses and polished European sports cars. 20 years ago, we drove it to see what it could tell us about the incoming R35

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Top Ten: Performance Car Innovations

We examine ten contemporary pieces of tech that shifted the meter in the performance car world