Automatic vs Manual: what should the enthusiast choose?
As automatics, DSGs and CVTs get smarter is there still a place for the manual gearbox in sportscars? We grabbed two WRXs, one manual and the other with a CVT, to find out.
2016 Jaguar F-Pace review
Isaac Bober’s launch-based 2016 Jaguar F-Pace review with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and score.
2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 review
Robert Pepper’s 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 review with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and rating.
Which is more fun or more practical: Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 vs Suzuki Swift Sport
This is not about luxury, nor about value. It’s just about hot hatch fun and practicality – Mercedes-Benz AMG A45 vs Suzuki Swift Sport.
What is the Nurburgring and why should you care?
Why should you, the car buyer, car about some racetrack in Germany called the Nurburgring? A track that almost every car maker ‘hones’ its cars on…
New Mazda MX-5 ND scores a 5-star ANCAP rating and best-ever pedestrian rating
Mazda’s fourth-generation MX-5 is the first to score a 5-star safety rating and the highest pedestrian rating for a vehicle tested in Australia…
Could the JL Wrangler be automatic-only with a three-speed transfer case?
Jeep has been rather coy about the new JL Wrangler, but a recent Q&A provided a hint of their thinking, for instance, could it be automatic only?
Toyota 86 long term review – update 9 – the harness bar
Safety before speed, and how a harness bar helps. Many people think that the first modifications a car needs for the racetrack involve more power. Wrong, completely wrong. The priority for just about all roadcars – Porsche and Lotus tend to be honourable exceptions – is definitely brakes. Specifically, track/street brake
2016 Honda Civic review
Isaac Bober’s 2016 Honda Civic review with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and score.
A conversation with Tetsuya Tada, chief designer of the Toyota 86
Tetsuya Tada is the man in charge of the Toyota 86, which means he’s got a job much bigger than just merely designing a car.
What’s it like to drive the Toyota 86 racing car?
The Toyota 86 is a proper motorsports car, but that’s not the same as a racecar…until now. We drive the new 86 racing car ahead of its 86 race series debut.
What I learned from chasing a V8 Supercar driver
We get a lesson in how to drive properly fast by following ace V8 Supercar driver, Steve Johnson, around Phillip Island.
2016 Toyota Prius i-TECH review
Robert Pepper’s 2016 Toyota Prius i-TECH review with pricing, specs, ride and handling, safety, verdict and rating
Quick Spin: 2016 Audi SQ5 Plus… driving the fastest accelerating diesel SUV on sale in Australia
Here is the 2016 Audi SQ5 Plus, Australia’s fastest diesel SUV, we got to take it for a very quick spin at its local launch.
6X6 Australia Mazda BT-50 review… beats 4X4
What do you do when you need more carrying capacity than a 4X4? You add an axle and make a 6×6. we review the 6×6 Australia Mazda BT-50. THE RSPCA EXISTS to prevent cruelty to animals, but there’s no such institution for 4X4s. But if such an organisation existed then it
