Part 2 of our visit to Dutton Garage takes in the Italian part of their stable. Well represented were some of Maranello’s finest, including my first time ever seeing an Enzo in the flesh: I’d never really paid them much attention, however, that changed immediately upon laying eyes on one […]
A spur of the moment car purchase saw us with a few hours to spare in Melbourne one Autumn Saturday. We tossed around ideas of what to do before settling on the only natural choice for any car enthusiast – a visit to Dutton Garage in Richmond. Having grown in […]
All reports suggest the BMW M2 is a superb bit of kit. We can’t comment on its dynamics, yet, but it certainly looks amazing – purposeful and muscular – and emits a superb exhaust note (much better than the M3/M4).
The Renaultsport Megane RS 275 Trophy-R is the current FWD king of the ‘ring (though arguable against the new Civic Type R, but you can’t buy those in Aus) and in this particular colour scheme has the whoa to match the go. My silver Clio 172 is 15 years old […]
There’s something in the water in France, something that finds its way into the local chassis and suspension engineer’s DNA. It seems to give them a weird sixth sense on how to make a car go around a corner and yet maintain a semblance of ride quality and balance that only […]
Brett’s owned his 2011 RS Clio 200 Australian Grand Prix edition since new and has slowly added some top quality parts to make it into one of the best Clio IIIs getting around Sydney. It’s recently come off lease and out of warranty, but instead of flicking it like so […]
BMW controversially added the M4 nomenclature to the new generation of their iconic mid-size M model, with the purists tut-tutting at the departure from tradition. The F80/82 M series is also the first turbocharged version, further modernising the model and potentially losing one of the best attributes of past M3s […]
Belated welcome to the AF garage but one of our favourites so far – the Lotus 340R. Collected from Melbourne on trailer-back, on a quick weekend jaunt in January 2012, the original owner imported it from the UK along with his limited edition Lotus 7 and BMW 850i. He’d decided […]
In early December, McLaren Automotive’s current extraordinary hyper car, the P1, made it to Sydney on its national road trip. Unfortunately, on the Sunday that we went for a look the showroom was closed but we managed to get a decent view through the window. Not a bad line on […]
A journo friend had BMW’s new i8 hybrid sportscar for the evening so brought it out for the AF crew to have a looksee. I managed to snap a few photos while we were all gawking at the “concept car for the road” looks! I’ve been in a few attention grabbing […]