Coupe Reviews

The big, bad Camaro is Chevrolet's answer to the mean Ford Mustang, but will the price put you off?

The Mercedes-AMG is the third developed-from-the-ground-up model from the boffins in Affalterbach. It's a four-door jet with the afterburners lit.

Who said the Germans were boring? Who said SUVs have to be boring? Well, this is the opposite of boring - the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S is a fire-breathing family hauler, with enormous power, huge torque, insane acceleration and a soundtrack that you'll want to hear over, and over, and over again.

The Mercedes-Benz GLC is the brand's biggest selling model, and the best selling luxury midsize SUV in Australia - so it clearly has a reputation to maintain. And now, after almost four years on sale, the 2019 GLC range has been updated with new tech, a new look and more appeal than ever. Matt Campbell drove it in Germany - on road and off road - to see whether the changes have been significant.

Ford won't sell you its hottest Mustang in Australia, but HSV's delivered the supercharged Camaro on a platter.

The Lexus LC500 is superb, and we absolutely recommend you run out and buy one. But there are a couple of things you should know first...

The $272,900 BMW 8 Series Coupe is one of those rare occasions where it pays to pay less. The Coupe is a whole $9000 cheaper than the only other 8 Series variant, the Convertible, but it’s not only faster - at 3.7 seconds for the 0 to 100km/h sprint, as opposed to 3.9 for the drop-top variant - it’s much more beautiful to look at as well.If you think 3.7 seconds sounds fast for a car as classy and ostentatiously expensive at the 850i, then you’re absolutely correct. The big Beemer’s brawny 4.4-litre, V8 twin-turbocharged engine makes a whopping 390kW and 750Nm, but those performance times are still staggering for vehicles that weigh more than 1.8 tonnes. This is a properly luxurious luxury car, with a merino-leather interior, beautifully shiny glass highlights on its controls and laser lights to help you see 500m down the road, in pure white light, at night. The 850i xDrive might have super-car-like power figures - so much so that it needs to be all-wheel drive (or xDrive) to get all its power to the ground, rather than in the traditional, rear-drive BMW fashion, but It is not a snapping sports car unless you want it to be. Its default setting is very much as a classic grand tourer, capable of crossing vast distances in VIP comfort. The standard inclusion list is as long as Lebron’s arm and includes 20-inch M-branded light-alloy wheels, a tyre-pressure indicator, M Sport Brakes, M Sport Differential, Adaptive M Suspension Professional with Integral Active Steering, Active anti-roll stabilisation, Comfort Access including a kick-open tailgate, wireless phone charging, Soft Close Doors, BMW Crafted Clarity Glass Application, Driving Assistant Professional, Parking Assistant Plus, including 3D View and Reverse Assistant, Laserlights, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a 10.25-inch Control Display, metallics, paint, merino leather upholstery, heated steering wheel and arm rests, and seats, a 16-speaker harmon.kardon sound system, a Head-Up Display and the hugely pointless Gesture Control.

Can a car company show off? It seems absurd; the kind of embarrassing, unedifying behaviour that only ego-driven, status-obsessed human beings engage in.

The Porsche 911 Carrera S will turn heads. It did when I drove it, wherever I drove it. That's just the sort of car the new 911 is. But in 992 guise, is the new model more than just a pretty face? I spent a bit over eight hours in one to find out. Poor, poor me.

You're never going to mistake it for anything but a Porsche 911, but this eighth-generation version of one of the world's most iconic sports car is all-new, and all-brilliant.