MOTOR Magazine Australia

If you love fast cars and everything surrounding them, then MOTOR is the magazine for you. From the hottest new cars to the wildest tuner vehicles, through the people who build, buy, race and repair them, MOTOR shines a spotlight on the late model car enthusiast lifestyle. Through 60 years of heritage MOTOR has built up a reputation as the car enthusiast’s bible.

FRONT END. ED’S NOTE • IF YOU’RE SUFFICIENTLY CASHED-UP, YOU CAN BUY A ROCKETSHIP ROAD CAR AND COMPETE IN TARGA WITH NO SIGNIFICANT OVERSIGHT OF YOUR BASIC COMPETENCE

[01] THE MEG • BMW M Division’s 50th birthday present to itself is a 1000kW M2. Yep, a megawatt of M2

BABY DRIVER

06 iM2 TECH TIDBITS YOU NEED TO KNOW

[02] ALPINE SWALLOWS RENAULT SPORT • The end of RS-badged Renaults as Alpine shoots for the stars

[03] CORVETTE LANDS IN OZ • C8 makes first local appearance; price and features finally revealed

[04] “NO MR BOND, I INTEND TO SAVE THIS COMPANY” • How Tobias Moers plans to steer Aston Martin from its path of self destruction and into a faster, cleaner, more prosperous future

the Tribe

On The Wires • Use #motormag so we can find your dodgy pics

The Tiebreaker • You send in the two cars you’re stuck on, we pick the one you should get

MOTOR Magazine Australia

First Fang

HYUNDAI i20 N • The Fiesta ST’s domination ends here

BMW i4 M50 • Bavaria charges into an electric performance future

ASTON MARTIN VICTOR • Ultra-rare, one-off Aston is an assault on all of the senses

ALFA ROMEO GIULIA GTAm • Italian super sedan gets dialled up to 11

BENTLEY BENTAYGA V8 • Time to find out if Crewe’s war wagon can talk the torque

THE NEXT GENERATION • LANDO NORRIS HAS DANIEL RICCIARDO IN HIS WAY, BUT THAT WON’T STOP HIS 2021 STATEMENT THAT HE’S THE DRIVER TO LEAD WOKING’S PROMISED RETURN TO THE FRONT OF THE FORMULA ONE GRID

DROPPING THE CLOWN ACT

LAMBORGHINI SOUNDS THE CHARGE • MOTOR TALKS TO CEO STEPHAN WINKELMANN ON SANT’AGATA’S CELEBRATION OF THE V12 AND THE CHALLENGES OF A NEW ELECTRIC FUTURE

BIG, BAD BULL • WE TAKE LAMBORGHINI’S HEAVIEST HITTER TO GIPPSLAND’S COW COUNTRY AND ENCOUNTER A ROAD THAT BUCKS AND TWISTS LIKE A RODEO BULL

A BLAST OF FRESH AIR • IT’S 25 YEARS SINCE PORSCHE LAUNCHED THE 993 TURBO – THE MOST WE FIND OUT IF IT’S THE BEST OF OLD AND POWERFUL 911 THERE’D BEEN, AND LAST OF THE AIR-COOLED LINE. NEW A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER

JUDGEMENT DAY • RACE TRACKS HAVEN’T BEEN A HAPPY HUNTING GROUND FOR MUSTANGS IN RECENT TIMES, THE MACH 1 IS HERE TO CHANGE THAT

04 things that make the Mach 1 go faster

Touring the DARKNESS • TARGA TASMANIA IN A CAYMAN GT4 IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS DRIVING GETS BUT THIS YEAR, THINGS TOOK A TRAGIC TURN…

RAGE, RAGE, RAGE • CAN BMW’S ALL-NEW M3 COMPETITION ECLIPSE THE CAR THAT REWROTE THE RULES IN THE SPORTS SEDAN SECTOR, THE ALFA ROMEO GIULIA Q?

Sweet Dream • CARS THAT DON’T EXIST, BUT SHOULD

FORD FIESTA RS • We imagine what a Blue Oval homologation special would look like

MERCEDES-AMG CLK63 • MERCEDES-BENZ’S GLORIOUS 6.2-LITRE M156 V8 IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION ALONE

Smart rubber • After more than a century of development, tyres are entering a brave new digital arena

10 THINGS WE WANT

LIGHT, FANTASTIC • Fiesta out! It’s been a blast

LA DOLCE VITA • Does Dan’s RS3 live up to some slightly rose-tinted expectations?

SHORT CIRCUIT • Will a track session sour Enright’s regard for the IS?

THE THREE MONTH HIATUS • Kirby’s love affair with the baby AMG is put on an unexpected pause

PEELING OUT • With four matching tyres, Newman does his best to destroy the rears

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