Luxury Reviews

BMW M5 2025 review - Australian first drive

By John Law · 10 Feb 2025

The seventh instalment of BMW's M5 is the biggest and most powerful, but not the fastest. With plug-in hybrid power to soothe around town, comfort is likely, but how about performance and driving joy? We head to Bathurst to find out.

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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2025 review: 417CDI MWB Panel Van - GVM test

By Mark Oastler · 27 Jan 2025

A recent overhaul of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter range brings extra safety technologies and new comfort and convenience features to the Heavy Commercial vehicle segment, but do these upgrades justify the high purchase/servicing costs of this popular German workhorse?

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Porsche 911 2025 review: S/T

By Stephen Ottley · 23 Jan 2025

Does the world need yet another Porsche 911 variant? The new 911 S/T is the brand’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of its iconic sports car and takes it to its ultimate conclusion. Built to be the purest, most driver-focused version of the now 20-strong 911 range, this limited edition is a worthy addition to the fleet.

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Aston Martin DB12 2025 review

By Stephen Ottley · 21 Jan 2025

Aston Martin has broken from tradition with its latest 'DB' series model. The new DB12 retains the style and sophistication but adds more muscle and agility to create something new. We review the new DB12 to find out if Aston Martin has created a modern masterpiece of luxury performance.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 2025 review: SUV

By Emily Agar · 10 Jan 2025

The 2025 Mercedes-AMG EQE53 SUV is a high-performance fully-electric vehicle (EV) from Affalterbach and that means expectations on speed and power delivery are high. Is this the answer for the AMG lovers who want to go green or something else entirely?

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Chevrolet Corvette 2025 review: E-Ray

By Byron Mathioudakis · 07 Jan 2025

When mainstream brands decide to build supercars, magic happens: Ford with the GT40 in the 1960s; Honda's NSX of the '90s and now the Chevrolet C8 Corvette of the 20s. But the E-Ray - the fastest production version in the series' 72 years – ups the ante with hybrid tech, adding extra pace, efficiency and civility to a great American sports car. Wild yet worldly, the C8 E-Ray is something special.

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BMW M135 xDrive 2025 review: snapshot

By Chris Thompson · 09 Dec 2024

The hot hatch in the pair of BMW’s entry-level model, the 1 Series, is the M135 xDrive, which starts at $82,500 before on-road costs.

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BMW 118 2025 review: snapshot

By Chris Thompson · 07 Dec 2024

BMW's entry-level model is the 1 Series, specifically the 118 as it’s now known, which starts from $56,500 before on-road costs.

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BMW 1 Series 2025 review: First Australian drive

By Chris Thompson · 05 Dec 2024

The fourth-generation BMW 1 Series is already here, promising a marked step up in features and fitout. We attended the Australian launch to find out if it delivers.

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Rolls-Royce Ghost 2025 review: International first drive

By Stephen Corby · 03 Dec 2024

Rolls-Royce does not launch its new cars in Birmingham or Leeds or anywhere English and drear, it launches them in places like Provence, where they make sense, and where their owners like to buy houses. Thus it was that the new Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II saw us flying all the way to the south of France to drive through lush beauty. Sigh.

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