“The definition of perfect is: exactly fitting the need in a certain situation or for a certain purpose, entirely without any flaws.

Perfect is the word you would use to describe the Mark V Volkswagen Golf GTI. Everything about it was sound and exactly as it should be. Like most other motoring enthusiasts I was left scratching my head, wondering how Volkswagen could possibly improve on the Mark V GTI.

Enter stage left, the Mark VI Volkswagen Golf GTI.

Any motoring tragic worth his name would give up his Peter Brock Polariser for a drive of the new GTI, I certainly wasn’t an exception. Everything about the exterior makes the heart flutter. The sweeping headlights and characteristic GTI red stripes add to the emotion of the package.”

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“While money can’t buy you love, it certainly can buy you a whole lot of fun, and when it comes to the Mini Cabrio, less roof really does mean more woohoo!

The Mini Cooper S Cabrio Chilli, we’ve just tested sits just under the mighty John Cooper Works edition on the Mini Cabrio line-up, and on top of the Cooper, Cooper S and Cooper R52 models.

While it might carry a hefty price tag with our road test model optioned to just shy of $55,000, the amount of enjoyment squeezed in to this impressive little package is absolutely incontrovertible.”

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“Generally speaking, the word ‘light’ implies there’s something missing: less than the others; a lack thereof; insubstantial; skimping.

It rarely invokes a sense of excitement – light beer, for example. As far as the ‘light car’ segment goes, my expectations are immediately managed (down), and I’m ready to be underwhelmed.

Light cars do however have the edge over the heavy-hitting competition in one key area – size – and small proportions thereof.

While ‘small cars’ like the Holden Cruze may offer sharp pricing, impressive safety credentials and a great package, they are decidedly larger than their ankle-biting competition in the light car segment.”

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“Second gear, 6000rpm heading toward the 7000rpm redline with the roof off, the noise is simply epic. A flick of the steering wheel paddles near-instantly activates third gear, emitting a Golf GTI like pop on the up-shift.

If you hadn’t picked it already, this is BMW’s all new Z4 and without a shadow of a doubt, it’s ferocious, menacing and borderline crazy at the limits. The noises, the smells and the attention it seeks leave you gagging for more.

Let’s go back to the beginning though, where the Z4 was simply a figment of the imagination of two BMW designers, Juliane Blasi (exterior designer) and Nadya Arnaout (interior designer).

The first thing you will notice is that they are both females, that’s got to say something about car design!

From whatever angle you catch a glimpse of the BMW Z4; it’s bound to stun you.”

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“For more than three decades now the 7 Series has set itself atop the BMW range as the German marque’s flagship model.

Today the fifth-generation 7 Series retains this illustrious position while at the same time continuing to prove itself as the benchmark car of its segment in terms of technical innovation, passenger comfort and driveline capability.

The model tested this week, the 740i, comes to us at an important juncture for in the 7 Series in Australia coinciding with the launch last week of the diesel variant, the 730d.”

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