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MERCEDES-BENZ R107 SL

ELEGANT DESIGN AND A REMARKABLE 18 YEARS IN MARKET DEFINE THE MOST ICONIC SL OF THEM ALL

MacKenzie

“THE CHIRON SUPER SPORT’S POWERPLANT IS LIKELY TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL ROAD-LEGAL, FULLY HOMOLOGATED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EVER BUILT”

McLAREN ARTURA

JUNIOR MAC IS TASTY, BUT DOES IT SATISFY?

MERCEDES-AMG C43

DROPS TWO CYLINDERS; AMPS UP TURBO TECH

VOLKSWAGEN Scirocco R

CONCEPT-CAR LOOKS BLENDED WITH SERIOUS PERFORMANCE AT A KEEN PRICE MADE THE SCIROCCO R’S CAMEO IN AUSTRALIA ONE OF VW’S FINEST

Out back ruckus

TIRED OF THE SEA OF AMORPHOUS SUVS? THIS TRIO OF SVELTE WAGONS TURN UP THE STYLE AND PRACTICALITY, BUT WHICH IS THE PICK?

THE INEXORABLE ASCENT OF KIA

FROM BUDGET-FOCUSED FRINGE PLAYER TO MAJOR GLOBAL POWERHOUSE, KIA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY’S TRUE TRANSFORMATION STORIES. HERE ARE THE KEY MILESTONES AND MODELS THAT HAVE MARKED THAT REMARKABLE RISE

CUTTING CABLE TIES

NO PLUGGING IN REQUIRED, YET THIS PAIR OF HYBRIDS WILL SPARE YOU SOME PAIN AGAINST SPIRALLING FUEL PRICES

BMW M2

MORE COMPACT AND CHEAPER THAN ITS M3/M4 SIBLINGS, YET VERY NEARLY AS QUICK. IS THIS THE BEST DRIVER'S CAR IN THE M DIVISION CATALOGUE?

Dirty daze

SUBARU’S REBORN WRX AND TOYOTA’S GR YARIS SHARE MORE THAN JUST RALLYING DNA. THEY’RE BOTH RIGHT UP FOR GETTING FILTHY

TESTING POSITIVE

IT’S USA VERSUS KOREA AS THE MOST ANTICIPATED EV OF 2022 FACES OFF AGAINST THE ENTRY-LEVEL VARIANT OF OURREIGNING COTY. BRACE FOR SHOCK...

Return of the Jedi

SO STRONG WAS THE FORCE WITH FRANK VAN MEEL DURING HIS FIRST STINT IN CHARGE OF M THAT HE'S BACK FOR ANOTHER AND HE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER

What M did next

THE FIRST WHOLLY M-ENGINEERED CAR SINCE THE M1 IS A 2.8-TONNE PHEV SUV. HERESY? OR SHREWD MOVE?

THE MAN WHO CHANGED FORD FOREVER

RICHARD PARRY-JONES WAS THE GIFTED ENGINEER WHO TRANSFORMED THE DYNAMIC SIGNATURE OF CARS FROM THE BLUE OVAL. A YEAR ON FROM HIS DEATH, WE LOOK BACK AT THE SCOPE OF HIS INFLUENCE, INCLUDING ON A LOCAL AUSSIE HERO

M's bolt of lightening

IN ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN 50 YEARS, BMW HAS DUSTED OFF ITS THREE MOST HALLOWED LETTERS AND APPLIED THEM TO THE MOST POTENT M4 EVER

TAKING THE MONGREL OUT OF REX

RALLY-BRED ICON TAKES ITS TRADITIONAL VIRTUES OF TRACTION AND PACE UPMARKET, BUT SHEDS SOME OF THE OLD BARK AND BITE ALONG THE WAY

LOTUS EMIRA

A LIGHT TONIC YOU CAN TAKE DAILY

Old foes: new fight

SHARP NEW C-CLASS ROLLS IN TO TRY TO ASSERT ITS TECH AND NEWNESS ADVANTAGE OVER MIDDLE-AGED 3 SERIES

MIXED FEELINGS

M DIVISION WAVES THE WAND TO DELIVER BMW'S FASTEST ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO DATE... BUT IS THAT ENOUGH TO EARN ITS STRIPES?

COMPACT SUV GOES ALL IN FOR EFFICIENCY

HONDA HR-V

BATTLE CLAN

INWOOD FAMILY STRUGGLES FOR SEATING SUPERIORITY

LANDCRUISER GETS DRESSED FOR EXCESS

LEXUS LX600

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

THE HITS KEEP COMING BUT SOME MISSES EMERGE

The bratpack

GERMANY'S THREE ARCH-RIVAL BRANDS DELIVER VERY INDIVIDUAL TAKES ON THE HI-PO SMALL CAR. SO DOES ANGRIEST EQUAL BEST?

FPV Territory F6X 270

IT WAS A HI-PO SUV THAT COULD SHAME RIVALS THREE TIMES THE PRICE, BUT WAS THE FASTEST TERRITORY TOO FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME?

RANGE ROVER - BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE

ALL-NEW FIFTH-GENERATION RANGE ROVER STANDS TALL OVER LUXO SUV RIVALS

Alfa bella

STYLISH SMALL SUV HAS THE HUGE TASK OF REVIVING THE ITALIAN BRAND'S FORTUNES. SO DOES IT BRIM WITH THE MUCH-NEED BRIO?

Go large

MAZDA HAS UPMARKET AMBITIONS AND THE NEW CX-60 IS THE POINT OF ITS PREMIUM SPEAR. BUT IS THE SPEAR AIMED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

Extended play

MITSUBISHI'S PIONEERING PLUG-IN RETURNS WITH A BIGGER BATTERY, MORE POWER AND MORE WAYS TO USE IT

CARRYING THE LOAD

SHOOTING BRAKE ARRIVES AS OUR BEAST OF BURDEN