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A vision realised

HOW A YOUNG FORMER FORD AUSTRALIA ENGINEER IS BRINGING HIS DREAM OF ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLING TO LIFE - RIGHT HERE IN MELBOURNE

Skoda Octavia

BRISTLES WITH A BREADTH OF TALENT, IF NOT QUITE TRUE GREATNESS

Kia EV6

A LANDMARK EV THAT STANDS AS THE EXCLAMATION POINT IN THE KOREAN BRAND'S COMING-OF-AGE STORY

Kia Carnival

BRINGS SEXY TO THE PEOPLE-MOVER SEGMENT, BUT DID IT MOVE THE JUDGES?

Porsche Taycan CT

PROOF POSITIVE THAT PORSCHE DNA CAN BE ELECTRIFIED

Car of The Year 2022

EVEN BY COTY’S TRADITIONALLY DIVERSE STANDARDS, THE FIELD FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT WAS BRILLIANTLY ECLECTIC: 21 CARS SPANNING FROM UNDER $33,000 TO JUST SHY OF $300,000, AND FEATURING A RECORD NUMBER OF ELECTRIFIED MODELS. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN

Hyundai Tucson

BRINGS COOL COMPETENCE, BUT WITHOUT ANY SEGMENT BREAKTHROUGHS

Honda Civic

DOES SO MUCH SO WELL, UP UNTIL THE PRICE TAG SWINGS INTO VIEW

GR Corolla is GO!

THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED SECOND PHASE OF TOYOTA’S HOT-HATCH ASSAULT IS OFFICIAL, AND IT’LL BE HERE BEFORE THE END OF 2022

BMW iX

A TECH AND EFFICIENCY BLUEPRINT FOR MUNICH’S ELECTRIC FUTURE

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

COMPACT THREE-POINTED STAR ADVANCES TO THE POINTY END

Nissan's big hybrid gamble

THE JAPANESE GIANT’S AUDACIOUS PLAN TO IGNORE PHEV TECHNOLOGY AND EMBRACE SERIES HYBRIDS AS ITS ‘EV BRIDGE’

Mercedes-Benz S450L

AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED

LEXUS LS400

NO BUDGET, NO TIME CONSTRAINTS, NO PRISONERS: THE LEXUS LS400 WAS JAPAN’S SHOCK TO THE WORLD THAT CHANGED THE LUXO SEDAN SEGMENT FOREVER

The final supper

AS THE SUN SETS ON NISSAN’S R35 GT-R IN AUSTRALIA, WE GIVE IT ONE LAST MEAL – A BOWL OF BITUMEN SPAGHETTI, ITS FAVOURITE – AND REFLECT ON THE IMPACT IT MADE

VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ - THE KOMBI, REBORN FOR THE ELECTRIC AGE

BE SURE to wear flowers in your hair, or perhaps even don that tie-dyed rainbow hippie outfit before taking VW’s new retro-futuristic electric Microbus for a test drive when it eventually hits showrooms either late this year or early 2023 – as long-wheelbase people mover or cleverly packaged cargo van.

REPORTING FOR DUTY

OUTBACK HEADS TO COTY AS AN ALL-PURPOSE LOGISTICS VEHICLE

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

‘CONTINUATION CARS’ ARE MAKING LEGACY MANUFACTURERS SERIOUS MONEY. BUT ARE THEY THE REAL DEAL?

BMW i3

THE FIRST EV TO TAKE HOME THE COTY GONG... GETS GONGED

MERCEDES-BENZ C300 - A JUNIOR S-CLASS? THAT'D BE NO SMALL FEAT

HAVE YOU ever paused to wonder why there aren't any small luxury cars?

REBEL FIGHTER

THE GENESIS GVZO IS THE MOST COMPLETE OFFERING SO FAR FROM THE AMBITIOUS KOREAN LUXO BRAND. BUT HAS IT GOT THE WOW FACTOR TO CHALLENGE AUDI AND JAGUAR?

Soft on top

THE AMG-ENGINEERED SEVENTH-GENERATION SL REDISCOVERS THE FABRIC TOP, ADDS ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND TOKEN REAR SEATS IN THE QUEST TO BE THE COMPLETE LUXO SPORTS-TOURER

Brave new world

KIA AND HYUNDAI HAVE MANAGED TO DELIVER KNOCKOUT EVS ON THEIR SHARED PLATFORM, SO CAN SWEDEN'S POLESTAR PUT A GLOVE ON THESE KOREAN HEAVY HITTERS?

The shovel, reimagined

THE OLD LAND ROVER DEFENDER WOULDN’T KNOW ITS GRANDCHILD. SO IS THE NEW SHORT-WHEELBASE VERSION A WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO THE ORIGINAL? OR JUST ANOTHER LUXO SUV WANNABE?

SUPER UTE!

A TWIN-TURBO PETROL V6 AND ADVANCED CHASSIS TECH TRANSFORM SECOND-GEN RANGER RAPTOR FROM CAPABLE OFF-ROADER TO PERFORMANCE HEAVY HITTER

Taking charge

THIS PAIR SQUARE UP ON PRICE, BUT ALL IS NOT EQUAL WHEN JAPAN TAKES ON SWEDEN FOR DOMINANCE IN THE COMPACT ELECTRIC SUV SEGMENT

PORSCHE MACAN

OLD LEGS, BUT RUNS LIKE THE WIND

RED THEN DEAD: THE FASTEST FORD THE WORLD NEVER SAW

IN THE ’80s, FORD’S SPECIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS TOOK ON AN AUDACIOUS PROJECT – TO BUILD THE WORLD’S BEST SUPERCAR, STYLED IN ITALY, ASSEMBLED IN FRANCE, POWERED BY A QUAD-CAM V6. THE TARGET: BEAT PORSCHE AND FERRARI

Flat strap THE REBOOT

SECOND-GENERATION SPORTS COUPE WITH THE BOXER ENGINE ARRIVES TO REMIND US THAT AFFORDABLE DRIVING THRILLS DO STILL EXIST

PROVEN GROUND

HOW AN AUSSIE ENGINEER LED FORD AUSTRALIA TO THE WORLD STAGE … AND KEPT IT THERE