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
More than any car before it, the Saab 99 Turbo put forced induction on the map. The sweet-handling Swede could…
In 1982, with a conservative Mercedes-Benz still focused largely on big, luxurious sedans and wagons, the arrival of the smaller,…
With their unusual three-wheel design and V-twin motorcycle powerplants delivering potent power-to-weight ratios, Morgans were renowned as motor racing weapons…
Big, boorish and slithery-swift in a straight line, the V10-engined Dodge Viper was born out of Chrysler president Bob Lutz…
With its Italian-designed wedge-shaped body, sophisticated suspension, lightweight all-alloy V8 engine and a boot big enough to take a 44-gallon…
Part svelte supermodel, part stoic Swede, Volvo’s first coupe featured a beautifully flowing 2+2-seater coupe body over robust mechanicals from…
Inspired by the talented-but-troubled Fiat X1/9 the original Toyota MR2 was the first mid-engined production car from a non-European manufacturer,…
A two-plus-two grand tourer measuring almost five-metres long, styled by a former protégé of Harley Earl, engineered and built in…
Officially faster than a Phase III GT-HO and with just 149 examples ever built, the Valiant Charger E49 should be…
In the mid-1960s General Motors desperately needed a response to Ford’s runaway success the Mustang. Arriving in September 1966, GM’s…