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John Connolly has driven everything from budget hatchbacks to seven-figure hypercars, and he doesn't pull punches. These are the road tests and reviews that cut through the manufacturer spin — real-world performance, ownership costs, what the brochure doesn't tell you, and whether a car is actually worth your money.

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Real racing stars of Formula 1 run Hungarorings around Netflix series antics
22-Jan-2022·3 min read

Real racing stars of Formula 1 run Hungarorings around Netflix series antics

If you like Succession and the Real Housewives, then you'll love the 2022 season of F1. The real racing stars are running rings around the Netflix series antics with storylines that are becoming more outrageous by the day.

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BMW's four worlds offer floors and floors of bliss
2016-12-31·1 min read

BMW's four worlds offer floors and floors of bliss

Happy New Year's Eve from Munich. There are only two things you need to know about this city. Everyone drives a BMW and everyone speaks German.

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200kmh legally feels weird but not so weird as Canberra
2016-11-30·1 min read

200kmh legally feels weird but not so weird as Canberra

It's weird driving down the road at 200km/h and not seeing a flashing blue light in the rear view mirror. But, in Germany, where Mr Hitler employed 400,000 people to step up the rate of federal highway construction in the thirties, there are no speed limits on about 60 per cent of the autobahn.

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Motoring: speed machines that put a smile on your face
2016-06-30·1 min read

Motoring: speed machines that put a smile on your face

Happy election day. To make you feel slightly better and in response to enormous reader demand (2.5 emails) today we list the five top value performance cars for 2016.

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A Bentley designed for fly fishing
2016-06-30·1 min read

A Bentley designed for fly fishing

I'll tell you what, we all dodged a bullet with socialists not getting into power in our great country in what passed for an election this month.

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Aussie Mick's chequered career ends in new role as F1 president lays down law
19-Feb-2022·3 min read

Aussie Mick's chequered career ends in new role as F1 president lays down law

It's only 23 sleeps till the first F1 race of the season. But in a bigger stand-off than Biden and Putin in Ukraine, Mercedes and Hamo were waiting for the F1 commission to cave in. Australia's Michael Masi has been offered a new position in the FIA.

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GG Classic Cars
13-Mar-2024·2 min read

GG Classic Cars

GG Classic Cars in Sydney's inner west: 30 years of Italian classic car restoration.

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Ode to boulevards: broken-down dreams, film settings and road trips
08-Jan-2022·3 min read

Ode to boulevards: broken-down dreams, film settings and road trips

You only have to hear the word boulevard and your brain starts conjuring up romantic images. From Claude Lelouch's legendary eight-minute film through Paris at dawn to Santa Monica Boulevard — boulevards are where broken-down dreams, film settings and road trips collide.

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Never fear, it's the car of the year: journos' judgments are always good for a laugh
06-Mar-2021·2 min read

Never fear, it's the car of the year: journos' judgments are always good for a laugh

It's Car Of The Year (COTY) time. Motoring journalists get into cars ranging from $20k to $300k, drive them as fast as they can for days on end while pretending to be doing a scientific test and pick out the one car whose manufacturer has spent the most on advertising.

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F1 finds itself under missile fire for following the money and not the morals
02-Apr-2022·3 min read

F1 finds itself under missile fire for following the money and not the morals

Just another Saturday arvo in Jeddah. The boys were sitting around having a few non-alcoholic drinks when a few Houthis' cruise missiles landed on the North Jedda Bulk Petrol Plant a few kilometres away. F1 finds itself under missile fire for following the money and not the morals.

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The Roma: a stunningly beautiful car without the usual Ferrari shout
01-Aug-2020·2 min read

The Roma: a stunningly beautiful car without the usual Ferrari shout

Going into a supercar showroom is different. The Ferrari Roma starts at $410,000 and aims squarely at Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin drivers.

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