THE IDEA of a performance wagon is not a new one. The practice of combining performance and family practicality has been a concept that European manufacturers have turned into an art form.

Take the BMW 335i Estate that we recently tested. It was hard to fault: close to perfect, even. But then, for $112,000, it would [...]

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IN A COUNTRY OBSESSED with V8 performance cars, you might think that a car like the F6, with its blown six, would have a hard time establishing its credentials.

Sure, FPV still sells a lot more V8s than they do sixes and HSV doesn’t even bother to go there. But being a volume seller in the [...]

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Auto shifter into sport mode, ease off the brake, right Blundstone to the floor and… WOOOOOF!

Yes, HSV’s fourth-gen LS3 has the grunt to turn even the most stubborn of non-believers into cubic inch converts. It’s one hell of a mill.

And if you get a chance to stretch it out behind the wheel of the Clubsport [...]

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In a drama-filled final leg, Tony Quinn has scored the outright win at the 2009 Targa Tasmania, driving his R35 Nissan GT-R to victory just under six minutes ahead of his nearest rival.

Quinn managed to quickly outrun previous race leader Kevin Weeks in the first stage. Things then went pear-shaped for Weeks, crashing his Lamborghini [...]

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Targa king Jim Richards has retired from the Targa Tasmania for the first time in his 16 years of contesting the event after hitting an embankment yesterday, damaging his suspension and holing the radiator.

With Richards out of the picture, the battle at the pointy end of the Modern class is now a three-way duel between [...]

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South Australian Kevin Weeks has charged into second place in the Modern class of Targa Tasmania, slashing Tony Quinn’s lead to just two seconds as the race moves into day three.

Starting the day fourth, Weeks made his move in the morning, winning stages 11 and 13 to close the gap on the frontrunners before moving [...]

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Queensland’s Tony Quinn has established himself at the head of the modern class after day one of Australia’s premier tarmac rally, Targa Tasmania.

Quinn was quickest across the opening day’s nine stages, building a six second lead over Tassie local (and former Targa champ) Jason White, while prologue winner Jim Richards was a further two seconds [...]

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After setting the fastest time in the prologue, Kiwi Jim Richards has emerged as the leading contender in the Modern category of this year’s Targa Tasmania.

Richards, driving a Porsche 911 GT2, was nearly a second-and-a-half faster than his nearest rival, Victorian Matt Close, around the 4.5 kilometre course in Georgetown on Tasmania’s North Coast.  Holding [...]

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