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American Idol

All hail Australia’s fastest after- market-enhanced Mustang

Tickford 360 Power Pack

More than the sum of its aftermarket parts

Pagani's Aussie Assault

ITALIAN SUPERCAR Australia’s most expensive new car

Renault Megane RS

Hardcore Cup chassis and manual ’box – yes, please

Lotus 3-Eleven

Track-focused weapon gains 430 badge

The Baby Supercar

Miniaturised mid-engined sports car a victim of economics

Getting To Grips

New rubber makes for a softer but more fun Focus RS

Monsters Inc

THREE TAKES ON THE MODERN MUSCLE CAR COUPE BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE ULTIMATE

V8 Trailblazer

HSV entered the tech age with this special SV.

Pure Speed

WHEN YOU WANT SOME MID-ENGINE EXOTICA ON A BUDGET

Aussie Influence

Checking out the i30 Ns nuts and bolts.

Jethro Bovingdon

TWO DAYS AGO, I was at the Auto Club Speedway of California, a two-mile oval about 80km east of Los Angeles where they hold NASCAR events. Back in 2000, Gil de Ferran lapped his Penske Racing CART machine there at a mind-boggling average speed of 241.428mph (388.54km/h). My MotorTrend buddies were using the ACS drag strip to test American products: a 485kW Camaro ZL1, a 527kW Hellcat Widebody and the new 563kW Corvette ZR1.

Meeting MR GT

LARRY HOLT HEADS PART OF A BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS,RUNS THE FORD GT PROGRAM... & REMAINS JUST A LITTLE CRAZY.

Raw Speed

STRIPPED OUT AND DRIPPING WITH CARBON, THE EVORAGT430IS THE ULTIMATE LOTUS ROAD RACER.

Renault Megane RS 280 EDC

More talented than ever before.

Chevrolet Camaro SS

The Generals weapon is ready for battle.

Mazda3 MPS

A sleeper with a true sting in its tail.

Jethro Bovingdon

THE MODIFIED CAR SCENE. Is there a phrase more likely to make the blood of an enthusiast run cold? It conjures up images of 1.1-litre engines spitting into four-inch diameter exhaust systems, rock-hard suspension and three-spoke alloys.

David Morley

I RECKON IT’S ABOUT TIME we had a chat about these new wirerope barriers that are going up all over the place.

BMW Z4

BMW TOOK QUITE A GAMBLE WITH THE DESIGN OF ITS Z4, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT PAID OFF. YOU CAN PROFIT FROM IT, TOO… IF YOU CHOOSE WISELY

Tim Keen

IN FIGURES THAT SURPRISED NO-ONE, Toyota has sold eleventy gazillion Hiluxes so far this year.

Snow Patrol

Road tripping to Perisher in Honda’s hottest hatch

Renault Megane RS 300 Trophy

More power, poise for new big daddy Megane RS

Speed Demon

THE SPEEDTAIL’S DESIGN IS AS OTHERWORLDLY AS ITS PERFORMANCE. THIS IS McLAREN’S 772KW, 403KM/H MODERN TAKE ON THE ORIGINAL F1.

Ariel Atom 4

Impressive driver’s car turns the wick up to 11.

Porsche Panamera GTS

Family-sized fun with an angry V8 soundtrack.

Great Dane

We hitch a ride with the big dog of le mans, nine-time winner Tom Kristensen, one of the greatest racing drivers the world has ever seen.

Mercury Rising

Annoyingly for its rivals, Porsche has somehow made the 911 even hotter. Enter 992.

The Second Coming

Premcar brings the falcon back from the dead, answering the prayers of the ford faithful who were denied a modern-day GT-HO.

Red Mist

After months of hype, Hyundai's new hot hatch has finally landed on Aussie soil and it’s here to give the Golf GTI the blues.