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 • WE’VE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD AND YET WE’VE NEVER RAGED AGAINST THE MACHINE OF PROGRESS QUITE SO VOCIFEROUSLY

01 700KW VALHALLA UNVEILED • Hybrid hypercar targets sub 6m30s ’Ring lap, looks the goods

02 FERRARI HITS IT FOR SIX • Maranello debuts ballistic 296 GTB with hybrid V6 and 610kW

03 BMW LIGHTS UP THE BURNERS • Munich’s product development rollout comes on cam

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01 CUPRA FORMENTOR • It’s a Majorcan peninsula, before you ask…

02 RENAULT MEGANE RS300 TROPHY • Standing out from the crowd isn’t always a good thing

03 PORSCHE 911 GT3 TOURING • ‘GT3 with Touring package’ to be exact

04 ASTON VANTAGE F1 EDITION • Faster, firmer and more focused Vantage is a masterclass in chassis tuning

ALL CHANGE • LOTUS IS REPLACING THE ELISE, EXIGE AND EVORA WITH THIS, THE STUNNING EMIRA. WE TALK TO THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE REVOLUTION AT HETHEL

THUNDER STRUCK • MERCEDES-AMG ARMS ITS SUPER SEDAN WITH EXTRA GRUNT AND MORE COMPLIANCE. IS IT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE DO-IT-ALL RS6?

INTO THE WILD • WHAT BETTER WAY TO FRAME THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF ASTON MARTIN THAN A BRACING BLAST THROUGH THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS WITH THE SPEEDSTER AND DBX?

SOCKET TO M • THE RS E-TRON GT IS AUDI’S NEW ELECTRIC FLAGSHIP. THE THUNDEROUS M5 CS MAY BE ONE OF BMW’S LAST GREAT PETROL CARS. HERE AND NOW, WHICH IS THE DRIVER’S CHOICE?

CS and RS: overdone, done right! • WHAT SEPARATES THESE CARS FROM THEIR SOURCE MATERIAL?

ISTHMUS in JULY • IT’S PORSCHE VERSUS PROM ON ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST STUNNING AND TEMPORARILY DESERTED ROADS

SLIDE AWAY • ALL-WHEEL DRIVE HOT HATCHES CAN POWER OVERSTEER LIKE SPORTS CARS. WE HEAD TO A SKIDPAN TO INVESTIGATE HOW IT ALL WORKS

A SHORT HISTORY OF TORQUE VECTORING – 1966 TO TODAY

SONATA N LINE V STINGER • GOT $50K TO SPEND ON A PUNCHY SEDAN? THESE TWO KOREAN COUSINS OFFER VERY DIFFERENT MEANS TO ONE SPECIFIC END

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

NISSAN Z32 300ZX • GOLDEN ERA JDM VALUES HAVE GONE BERSERK, BUT THE 300ZX REMAINS A HIDDEN GEM

Volcanic combustion • How tectonic degassing could power future hypercars

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OVER AND OUT • Newman fails to gel with Kia’s performance halo

WARP SPEED TO WAGGA • Trent takes command of Lexus’s limo to enjoy the finer things in life

UNTIL NEXT TIME • Everything flies when you’re having fun… in an RS3

RARE GROOVE • Lexus LC500 brings the noise

IMPERFECT PERFECTION • The GLA’s flaws come under the spotlight before it exits stage left

Hot Source • THE FAST GUIDE TO QUICK CARS

HALF-TIME REPORT • Sports car sales spurred by EOFY

PIPELINE • HOT STUFF COMING SOON

MANUFACTURERS SHOULD NEVER, EVER BE INVOLVED IN CREATING EITHER THE SPORTING OR TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

FUNCTION OFTEN SEEMS TO BECOME FORM IN CAR DESIGN, BUT WHEN DOES FUNCTION BECOME DYSFUNCTION?

HONDA THOUGHT IT WOULD NEED TO REBUILD THE CHASSIS AND ALMOST DOUBLE THE 662KW OF THE V10 TO REACH 400KM/H

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