Coupe Reviews

Mercedes-AMG GT63 2025 review: Coupe - Australian first drive

By Byron Mathioudakis · 07 Mar 2025

The second-gen Mercedes-AMG GT coupe looks similar but changes substantially compared to before. The now larger body gains more seats and a larger boot, dramatically improving practicality. Performance is in the supercar league. 4WD and 4-wheel steering are standard, replacing the old rear transaxle layout, and a 50:50 weight balance aids handling. But is this enough to beat a Porsche 911?

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Chevrolet Corvette 2025 review: Z06

By Laura Berry · 05 Feb 2025

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is an all-American supercar that doesn't have the price of a European rival, but with all the performance you need.

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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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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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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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