Michael Stahl

Writer

Michael Stahl is one of Australia’s most celebrated motoring Journalists. He has won numerous writing awards, including Motoring Journalist of the Year in 1998 and the magazine industry association Publishers Australia Journalist of the Year in 2011. In addition he was contributing Editor of Wheels magazine and Motoring Editor for the Australian Financial review.​

Latest articles

The DB5’s association with the James Bond film franchise propelled the luxury grand tourer to automotive immortality The Aston Martin…

The 2002 Turbo was clearly ahead of its time for BMW, who subsequently steered away from turbocharging for decades beyond,…

Benchmarked against the Ferrari 328 and with development input from the great Ayrton Senna himself, the Honda NSX introduced a…

With its first ‘pony car’, Ford had the framework for a vehicle that would appeal to young, educated, and style-seeking…

2025 marks the 100th year since Rolls-Royce’s iconic flagship model was launched (Image: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars) In 2025, Rolls-Royce Motor…

Michael Stahl drove his first 911 in 1987, five years into his motoring journalism career, and it was almost identical…

The 1961 Continental was the first year of the fourth-generation model, best defined by its rear-hinged doors and unfortunate presidential…

The XP Falcon needed to impress when it was released in 1965, as the original XK Falcon had faltered with…

The XU-1 is undoubtedly one of the Aussie car industry’s finest homologation specials (Image: Holden) How Holden turned the humble…

The Jaguar E-Type’s gorgeous curves were shaped by an ace aerodynamicist using mathematical logarithms and