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  • A low 1990s supercar under a fitted silver cover in an empty Australian airport cargo hangar at dawn (AI-generated image)

    Australia's only McLaren F1 goes up for sale

    Chassis 009, the only McLaren F1 sold new in Australia, surfaced in an online listing in July 2025 and was soon flown out of the country. Its history, from a 1997 crash in Sydney to a concours award at Noosa, and what makes the F1 so valuable.

  • A clean modern four-cylinder hybrid engine seen under an open bonnet in a bright workshop (AI-generated image)

    Mazda's plan to reinvent the petrol engine

    Mazda once promised a petrol engine that behaved like a diesel. Skyactiv-X arrived, but it never became the default. Here is what Mazda learned, what its Skyactiv-Z hybrid is meant to do, and what it could mean for drivers in Australia.

  • A low, wide dark blue hypercar parked on an empty coastal road at dusk (AI-generated image)

    Bugatti's V16 engine in the Tourbillon

    Bugatti retired its quad-turbo W16 and replaced it with a naturally aspirated V16 built with Cosworth and paired with three electric motors. Here is what the Tourbillon's engine is, how it differs from the W16, and the rare V16 cars that came before it.

  • Bright blue late-1990s Japanese performance coupe with a rear wing on a wet city street at night (AI-generated image)

    The record-setting Fast and Furious GT-R

    In 2023 the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R that Paul Walker drove in the fourth Fast and Furious film became the most expensive Skyline GT-R ever sold at auction. Here is how it got there.

  • A low two-door high performance coupe driving on an open South Australian highway past wheat fields (AI-generated image)

    South Australia's U class licence explained

    Since 1 December 2024, anyone who drives an ultra high powered vehicle in South Australia needs a U class licence. Here is which cars the rule covers, how to get the licence, the driver aids you must leave on and the penalties.

  • A futuristic electric flying car hovering low above an empty outback road at dawn (AI-generated image)

    Alef's electric flying car, three years on

    In mid-2023 the US aviation regulator gave Alef Aeronautics a special certificate for its electric flying car. Here is what that certificate meant, what the company has flown and built since, and the rules the car still has to live within.

  • A low yellow mid-engined hypercar stranded in brown floodwater on a flooded Australian suburban street (AI-generated image)

    Flood damaged McLaren P1 after Hurricane Ian

    A yellow McLaren P1 was swept out of a Florida garage when Hurricane Ian came ashore in 2022, then sold as salvage to a YouTube restorer. What happened to the car, and what the story means for anyone buying a used car after a flood in Australia.