IT’S THE WORLD’S most popular roadster and one of Japan’s most successful exports. It also repopularised the drop-top sports car segment and spawned dozens of hairdresser jokes in the process. It’s the Mazda MX-5, and it turns 20-years old this year.

To celebrate, Mazda will be holding a birthday bash at the 24 Hours of Le [...]

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Audi will celebrate its centennial on July 16, and, to mark the occasion, the German automaker will be unwrapping a new Audi model in front of an audience of 2500 invited guests.

It’ll be something special, that much is certain. But what is it? Will it be the new RS5? The topless R8 Targa? The much-rumoured [...]

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Mazda’s classic MX-5 roadster will be celebrating its 20th birthday this week and boy, has it aged well. While other cars have grown bigger, fatter, and in a lot of cases, slower over the years, Mazda has resolutely stuck by the MX-5’s original formula of a lightweight chassis, revvy engine and sublime suspension tuning.

Since its [...]

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Love it or loathe it, the BMW X5 has undeniable staying power. Launched in 1999 to a comparatively barren SUV market, the BMW X5 arguably got the ball well-and-truly rolling on the whole sports/luxury 4WD phenomenon.

Since it came to this country in 2001, nearly 23,000 Australian drivers have bought BMW’s volume-selling SUV, while over 845,000 [...]

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