New Cars Road Tests

ROAD TEST: Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG Shooting Brake

Quite how AMG manages to get a blistering 265kW out of a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine without it exploding into shrapnel after about ten minutes is staggering. How the also get it to be not only useable, but also relatively docile and tractable around town has, quite frankly, got us buggered. Needless to say, however, […]

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Classic

Chris Harris drives the Bugatti EB110

The Bugatti EB110 was one of the great supercars of the 1990s – alongside the Ferrari F40, the Jaguar XJ220 and the mighty McLaren F1 that would eventually surpass them all. But for a brief moment the Bugatti was the fastest car in the world. Then the F1 came along and financial troubles saw Bugatti […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Nissan Navara NP300

The Nissan Navara has long been a mainstay in the local ute segment, generally hanging around the top five sellers, occasionally breaking into the top three and generally being a handsome, rugged option that was always worth consideration. While the old D22 (it was originally launched in 1997) managed to survive its replacement by the […]

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New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Holden Colorado 7 LTZ

The big ol’ Holden Colorado 7 is one of those increasingly rare vehicles – a full-size SUV on a proper ladder frame chassis. Meaning that, like the Colorado ute it is based on, it is remarkably capable off the sealed stuff. It also means that it is quite a way from being the best ON […]

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News

Moab Madness!

Every year before the its annual Safari event at Moab, Utah, Jeep unveils a bunch of drivable concepts to highlight its range of Jeep Performance Parts from Mopar. They are always drivable (Oversteer has even driven some!) and they are always awesome. While at least half of the concepts each year are more upgraded production […]

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Motorsport

Deep mud, Big smiles!

Let’s be honest here – the Land Rover Defender is God-awful on the road. But off it, it is almost unstoppable! In the latest video from XCAR, they check out the individuals who spend their time generally covered in mud competing in the offroad trials.

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New Cars

AWD vs FWD vs RWD

All Wheel Drive is there to keep you planted in a variety of circumstances but with modern engineering being what it is do you really need it? XCAR took an example of each type of drive to see how they tackle some challenging environments.

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