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.
Andy Enright • AS YOU’VE PROBABLY READ ELSEWHERE, NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE OF MOTOR WILL BE THE LAST
Pace Notes • IF IT HAPPENED THIS MONTH, IT’S IN HERE
01 MOERS EXITS ASTON • Executive’s shock departure after turbulence at Gaydon
02 CAYMAN GT4 EPERFORMANCE SHOWCASES MISSION R TECH • Radical racecar previews Porsche’s electric future
03 ADORE A BULL PLUG IN? • Lambo tech boss explains hybrid challenges
04 KEN DOES HIS BLOCK AGAIN • PIKES PIG: Hoonigan founder targets outright victory at Pikes Peak
the Tribe
On The Wires • Use #motormag so we can find your dodgy pics
The Tiebreaker • You send in the cars you’re stuck on, we pick the one you should get
MOTOR Magazine Australia
SING FOR YOUR DINNER • As the motoring world undergoes seismic shifts in focus, Rob Dickinson’s vision for Singer remains clear
O1 MERCEDES-AMG GT 63 S E PERFORMANCE • Is there more to AMG’s hi-po hybrid than out of this world numbers?
O2 ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE • Biggest engine, smallest body formula never gets old
O3 CUPRA LEON VZx • A quick track blast to intro a new hot hatch contender
OPEN WIDE, SAY R • VOLKSWAGEN’S GOLF R LANDS IN AUSTRALIA AND IT ALREADY HAS THE SWAGGER OF A GIANTKILLER ABOUT IT. WE LINE UP SOME ASYMMETRIC ALTERNATIVES TO SEE IF THE GOLF HAS THEIR RESPECTIVE TALENTS COVERED
BLACK TRACKED • MERCEDES-AMG BUILDS A TRACK TOY THAT’S QUICKER THAN A GT3 CAR IN A STRAIGHT LINE, AND LETS US LOOSE. PRAISE BE
50 years FIFTY YEARS OF PORSCHE RS • MORE POWER, LESS WEIGHT, TRULY ICONIC. WE DRIVE FOUR OF PORSCHE’S FINEST, AND FIRST, MODELS AHEAD OF THE GT3 RS’S GLOBAL REVEAL
THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE • IN A CULTURE OVERFLOWING WITH POSERS AND TRY-HARDS, WE FIND A HAVEN FOR THOSE THAT LOVE DRIVING ABOVE ALL ELSE
LAND SHARK • THE LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP780-4 ULTIMAE REPRESENTS THE ZENITH OF LAMBORGHINI’S SOLUS-ICE V12, WE DRIVE IT
GREEN HELL • ASK ANY SERIOUS DRIVER AND THE ONE TRACK THEY ALL WANT TO VISIT IS THE NÜRBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN
Sweet Dream • CARS THAT DON’T EXIST, BUT SHOULD
HOW WE’D Build it
PORSCHE 997 CARRERA • THE SEMINAL 997 WILL BE ONE TO REMEMBER, HERE’S HOW TO BUY ONE TODAY
Electric boost avenue • AMG’s new generation turbo changes the game with Formula 1 technology
Cool Kit
the Garage
WATCH YOUR BACK • ‘New’ MX-5 is fighting fit and standing taller than ever thanks to KPC
Hot Source • THE FAST GUIDE TO QUICK CARS
STOPPING FORCE • Sports sales end Q1 on a low
PIPELINE • HOT STUFF COMING SOON
Trent Giunco • FOR ME, ‘SPIRITED’ DRIVING HAS ALWAYS OFFERED AN ESCAPE FROM AN OVERTLY NEUROTIC MIND. MEDICINE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION
Alex Affat • USED CARS WERE OFTEN THE VALUE OPTION FOR ENTHUSIASTS, BUT HAS THE PARADIGM SHIFTED THE OTHER WAY?
Cameron Kirby • AUSTRALIAN MOTORSPORT HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A FATALITY AT TARGA
Daniel Gardner • THE MOTOR ARMY IS PART OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST ENTHUSIASTIC AND DISCERNING CAR COMMUNITY
Volvo C30 Polestar • The forgotten hot hatch concept that packed a monster 336kW punch
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