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.

Andy Enright • WE’RE PROUD OF WHAT WE ACHIEVED HERE AT MOTOR. THE MAGAZINE WAS ONCE AGAIN BEING NOTICED ON A GLOBAL STAGE

01 HSV GTSR W1 • Australia’s performance car zenith

02 McLAREN F1 • We get a first taste of the ultimate supercar

03 TESLA MODEL S • Looking back on the automobile’s iPhone moment

04 MERCEDES 190E EVO II • Forget restraint. This is Mercedes’ wildest road car yet

05 HONDA NSX • Honda’s alloy missile – a friendly firecracker

06 PORSCHE 959 • Weissach rethinks the supercar

07 AUDI QUATTRO • Ingolstadt’s all-wheel drive game changer

LAP of the MAP • BACK IN 2004, JESSE TAYLOR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR A LAP AROUND AUSTRALIA IN CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS OF MOTOR

THE ULTIMATE DOGFIGHT • The most outrageous duel ever… matching the world's fastest production car with the RAAF's fastest-accelerating fighter plane. There's no doubt; the showdown between the Lamborghini Countach S and the Mirage was. ..

Versus 996 GT M3 CSL • SOME HOLD THE 996.2 GT3 TO BE THE FIRST ‘PROPER’ GT3. THE BMW E46 M3 CSL’S PLACE IN THE CANON OF GREAT M CARS IS BEYOND DISPUTE. WE PUT ‘EM HEAD TO HEAD

TRACK SUITED

SUPER NATURAL • EIGHT, TEN OR TWELVE? WE SPOOL THE CLOCK BACK A TRIO OF TOP-DRAWER SUPERCARS WITHOUT TO 2015 AND AN ERA WHEN YOU COULD STILL BUY THE BENEFIT OF BATTERIES OR BLOWERS

FERRARI 458 SPECIALE

LEXUS LFA

LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR

A TRIO NEVER TO BE REPEATED

KING LUFF • MOTOR’S FASTEST FAMILY MEMBER SHARES WITH US HIS FAVOURITE MEMORIES FROM 18 YEARS OF FULL THROTTLE ANTICS

HEAD BANGERS • RETRACING THE LEGACY OF MOTOR’S ANNUAL AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

BANG FOR YOUR BUCKS WINNERS

PCOTY LEGENDS 1996 - 2022 • HOW THE ANNUAL QUEST FOR AUSTRALIA’S BEST PERFORMANCE CARS HAS DELIVERED A ROLL CALL OF EXCELLENCE

128 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONS • Bow before greatness

THE UNDEFEATED • HONDA’S FK8 CIVIC TYPE R IS OUR LINEAL CHAMP, WINNING EVERY YEAR AND BANG FOR YOUR BUCKS. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS MOTOR COMPARISON AS WELL AS BOTH PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE WITH A FINAL DRIVE IN THE END-OF-THE-LINE LE SPECIAL

Michael Taylor • HSV GTS TO THE NÜRBURGRING WAS CLASSIC MOTOR. AUDACIOUS. IRREVERENT. HONEST. ACCOUNTABLE. ADVENTUROUS

Dylan Campbell • WE WERE LIVING THE DREAM. WE ALL WANTED TO WORK FOR MOTOR AS TEENAGERS

Ged Bulmer • THE ACCOMPANYING YARN WAS A RIB TICKLER, BUT THE SUITS AT PORSCHE DIDN’T SEE IT THAT WAY