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Melbourne workshop wows Porsche world with hand-built uber-911 The Porsche restomod game is formulaic. Take a classic 911, strip it back, throw some carbon fibre at it, upgrade the suspension, charge a small fortune, done. Singer in California has turned this into a multi-million dollar art form – and a multi-year waiting list. But a…
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It’s somewhere between old school and too cool for… FWCR = Four Word Car Review. Because let’s be honest—nobody’s reading a 2000-word essay when they just want to know if a car’s worth their Saturday morning. The concept’s simple — distil every car’s personality into four words. Not a marketing slogan dreamed up by someone…
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SUV Comfort, Ute Capability MG’s taken a proper swing at Australia’s ute obsession, and the MGU9 lands from $52,990 to $60,990 driveaway. That’s $10K–$15K south of a comparable Ranger Wildtrak or HiLux SR5—serious money left on the table. The hook? Multi-link rear suspension—the same independent chassis tech you’d find in a BMW X5, not a…
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Technical Triumph, Commercial Gamble Porsche has axed petrol from its best-seller entirely—a proper gamble when global EV sales are softening and Taycan numbers have halved. The all-electric Macan starts at $128,400 before on-roads, roughly $33K north of the outgoing four-pot. That’s Audi Q6 e-tron money, or a Polestar 4 with decent change left over. The…
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Hyundai’s coming luxury brand, Genesis, just broke the internet at Circuit Paul Ricard, and it did it with a car nobody saw coming. While the main focus was reserved for the swoopy Ferrari-style Magna GT concept coupe and Ioniq5N-based GV60 Magma — Hyundai Group Chief Creative Officer and design boss Luc Donckerwolke had something else…
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Forget spending half a million on a Porsche 911 Dakar. A combination of South African know-how and British craftsmanship has got just what you need. When Porsche dropped the 911 Dakar, the internet lost its collective mind. Here was Stuttgart’s answer to everyone who’d ever wondered what a rear-engined sports car would look like tackling…
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Revolution Beats Evolution. Finally. The McLaren Artura Spider represents a fundamental rethink of the electrified supercar—515kW, 1560kg, and plug-in hybrid tech that actually enhances rather than dilutes the driving experience. At $449,460, it undercuts the Ferrari 296 GTS by $225,000 while delivering comparable performance and somehow weighing less than the new 911 GTS coupe despite…
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Premium Without The Gouge Hyundai’s flagship SUV returns with hybrid power and a very clear mission: offer genuine luxury for significantly less than the Germans ask. The Palisade Calligraphy starts at $89,900, undercutting Volvo XC90 and top-tier Mazda CX-90 by a handy margin while matching them on size and exceeding them on standard kit. This…
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Cricket star Freddie Flintoff’s co-host on THAT crash and the end of Top Gear Top Gear star and general fast car guru Chris Harris has opened up on the accident that nearly killed English cricket legend, Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff. Flintoff was seriously injured in an accident during filming for the BBC television show in December…
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First Buddy’s antics are turning customers off Tesla. If you’re Musk averse here are some smart EV choices that won’t have you pigeonholed as an Elon fan Elon Musk is an acquired taste. First lauded as the man who took on the auto industry and won (with an electric car) and more recently as the…
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