Luxury Reviews

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2025 review: snapshot

By James Cleary · 15 Oct 2024

If you’ve popped a couple of brave pills the finely-tuned, track-ready Corvette Z06 sails over the $300K threshold at $336,000, before on-roads, and gets serious with inclusions like top-spec multimedia, Nappa leather-trimmed GT2 sports seats, borderline F1-size rubber and heaps more.

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Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray 2025 review: snapshot

By James Cleary · 13 Oct 2024

To go with its mega hybrid performance the E-Ray adds a cool hundred grand to the cost-of-entry over the Stingray at $275,000, although it’s in primo 3LZ trim adding things like the ’track-ready’ ZER pack, monster carbon-ceramic brakes, a carbon-fibre and leather-detailed heated steering wheel, and even bigger rims.

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Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 2025 review: snapshot

By James Cleary · 11 Oct 2024

There are two Stingray grades in Australia, the 2LT coupe kicking things off at $175K, before on-road costs, which puts it in the same ballpark as the Audi RS5, BMW M4 and Jaguar F-Type as well as the Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman. The 2LT convertible sits at $190K, then the 3LT adds a more premium interior package, pricing the car at $190,000 for the coupe and $205,000 for the convertible.

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Chevrolet Corvette 2025 review: Z06, E-Ray & Stingray - Australian first drive

By James Cleary · 09 Oct 2024

Now there are three Corvette variants in the Aussie market. The 6.2L V8 'standard' Stingray which is ferociously fast, dynamically brilliant and priced to give the Euro exotics a headache, the track-focused Z06 with its highly tuned 5.5L V8, and the just-released hybrid E-Ray a muscle monster with some fuel-saving cred. We've driven them all on road and track.

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Lotus Emira 2025 review: i4 First Edition

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Oct 2024

Lotus was once Great Britain's answer to Ferrari, but its future is electric. However, it has one more petrol-powered sports car in it - the Emira. We drive this Porsche 718 Cayman rival to find out if it lives up to the legacy of the brand's iconic sports cars while also laying the foundations for the brand's future.

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Ferrari 12Cilindri 2025 review - International first drive

By Stephen Corby · 02 Oct 2024

Ferrari is now the only company on Earth crazy enough to attempt to squeeze a naturally aspirated V12 through modern emissions laws, but anyone who buys this spectacular new Ferrari 12Cilindri will be very glad they did. As long as it's not raining.

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Ford Mustang Dark Horse 2025 track review: snapshot

By John Law · 30 Sep 2024

It may be the first of the more focused Mustang variants but the Dark Horse won’t be the last. Sitting somewhere between the old Mach-1 and GT350, it's the perfect place to start.

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Porsche Panamera 2025 review

By Emily Agar · 25 Aug 2024

Australia hasn't had what you'd call a love affair with the Porsche Panamera. Not compared to the on-going romance with its iconic sibling, the 911 and even its SUV stablemates. So, will the redesign of this sedan launch an arrow from Cupid's bow for Australian families?

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Volkswagen Touareg 2025 review: 210TDI Elegance

By Emily Agar · 20 Aug 2024

The Volkswagen Touareg sees a price reduction and new features; a rare combination but is it enough to make it a worthy rival against the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE?

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Audi SQ7 2025 review - Australian first drive

By John Law · 15 Aug 2024

It may be nearly nine years old but Audi's SQ7 still feels competitive with a grunty V8 up front and well-screwed together cabin aiding buyers in distinguishing it from platform share rivals. The SQ8 is our pick, though - because do you really need those extra two seats?

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