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Founder and Editor, Road News
Koome M. is the founder and editor of Road News. He started it because most coverage of exotic and luxury cars is written for overseas buyers, and the Australian details, such as luxury car tax, import rules and what a car costs to run here, are hard to find in one place.
He researches and edits every article on the site. Prices, tax figures and availability are checked against primary sources, such as the ATO, state revenue offices and the car makers, and the date of each check is recorded. The full method is on the How We Check Our Facts page.
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The Car That Made Super Sedans Make Sense There is a version of events where the Mercedes-AMG C63 S never needed to exist. You already had the E63, the S63, the GT family. But AMG built it anyway, and what came out of Affalterbach was something that changed how Australian buyers thought about performance sedans. […]
It took this long because BMW was not sure anyone would buy it The M5 Touring is not the first performance wagon BMW has sold. The E61 M5 Touring existed briefly in the mid-2000s, available in Europe but not in most right-hand-drive markets, and it passed largely without fanfare partly because buyers at the time […]
The G90 arrives carrying a battery and a lot of questions The new M5 is a hybrid. That sentence has been causing consternation in enthusiast circles since BMW confirmed it, and the consternation is understandable even if the end result does not fully justify it. The G90 M5 uses a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 paired with […]
Fifty years in the making, and it was worth the wait BMW built M3s for five decades without ever making a wagon. They made sedans, they made coupes, they made convertibles, they even made four-door Gran Coupes with sloped rooflines that complicate the loading of anything taller than a laptop bag. But the wagon – […]
A proper choice in a world that stopped offering one Walk into a BMW dealer today and ask for a new M3 with a manual gearbox. They will look at you like you have said something slightly unusual, then confirm that yes, you can actually do that. It is a rare thing. The list of […]
The Ferrari California T is not the Ferrari most enthusiasts put on their wall. It is a front-engined convertible with a turbocharged V8, practical rear seats, and a price point – particularly on the used market – that makes it one of the more accessible Ferraris an Australian buyer can consider. Whether that is a […]
Ferrari spent decades insisting it would never build an SUV. When the Purosangue arrived in 2022, some observers expected compromise – a badge exercise, a practical car wearing Ferrari’s prancing horse as a courtesy. They were wrong. The Purosangue is a genuine Ferrari that happens to have four doors and a high-riding stance. Breaking the […]
There are cars that raise the bar and cars that redefine what the bar means. The Ferrari 488 Pista is the second kind. It took everything the 488 GTB did well and stripped away everything that made that car liveable – and in doing so, it became one of the most visceral Ferraris ever built. […]
The Ferrari 488 GTB arrived in 2015 as the replacement for the 458 Italia – a car that had become one of the most celebrated Ferraris of the modern era. Replacing a naturally aspirated icon with a turbocharged engine was a bold move. A decade later, it is clear the 488 GTB got it right. […]
The Ferrari Portofino M is the revised version of the Portofino, a V8 2+ spider with a retractable hard top. Ferrari’s current lineup no longer lists it, so a buyer in Australia today is looking at a used car. This guide sets out what the specs say and what to weigh up before you buy […]