Hatchback Advice

By Stephen Ottley · 19 Jul 2022

If your first instinct is to say ‘Mini’ you’d be wrong. How wrong? Precisely 168cm wrong. That’s because while the original Mini hatch was a compact 305cm in length, the world’s smallest car is the Peel P50 which measures just 137cm long.

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The best Aussie muscle cars of all time

By David Morley · 29 Mar 2022

The term 'performance car' suggests a pretty broad church these days. On one hand, you have within that description, classic sports cars which exist for their athleticism and race-track smarts, as well as Grand Tourers which tend to feature plenty of pace as well as long legs for covering big distances.

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Safest small cars in Australia

By David Morley · 23 Mar 2022

Let’s talk urban myths: If you want to be protected in a car crash, you need to be driving a vehicle that’s bigger than the one you collide with.

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What is BYD? Chinese Tesla rival explained

By Stephen Corby · 30 Dec 2021

BYD, or BYD Auto Co Ltd, if you want to use its full title, is a Chinese car company founded in 2003 and based in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, which makes a range of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and petrol engine vehicles, as well as buses, trucks, electric bicycles, forklifts and rechargeable batteries.

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What is Cupra? Everything you need to know about the Spanish challenger brand

By Stephen Corby · 23 Dec 2021

Cupra is the sizzling, sporty Spanish cousin you never knew Volkswagen had, and a brand making its mark with a sexy line-up of performance-focused cars.

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Hyundai N Festival: Could this be the world's cheapest track day (with your warranty intact)?

By Stephen Ottley · 21 Dec 2021

Car companies talk a lot about creating an emotional connection with customers these days. While it’s easy to think that’s just a marketing gimmick, Hyundai demonstrates what it really means with the 2021 N Festival.

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Best small cars under $20,000

By Tom White · 29 Oct 2021

The good news is, while your money might be buying you a smaller car, it will be more high-tech and safer than ever.

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Australia's most affordable sports cars

By Stephen Corby · 22 Sep 2021

Defining what constitutes a ‘sports car’ is a reliably easy way of starting an argument. Some, slightly simplistic folk will insist that it means anything with wheels that’s painted red. Others that having a roof that’s convertible makes the grade. But the simplest definition is that it’s any car that values performance and the thrill of driving over whether or not you have ample space to fit your

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Peter Brock: 17 things you didn't know about the champion racing driver

By Stephen Ottley · 10 Aug 2021

Peter Brock was the first superstar of Australian motor racing.

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AMG Driving Academy lets Mercedes-AMG owners take the A 45 S, C 63 S, E 63 S and GT R to the limit - legally

By Justin Hilliard · 27 May 2021

So, you own a Mercedes-AMG, but you haven’t really experienced it, have you? After all, you can only do so much (legally) with a performance car on public roads. Enter the AMG Driving Academy.

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