ABDC: The return of Australia's Best Driver's Car
Contenders announced for this year's ABDC extravaganza, which starts this weekOur inaugural Australia's Best Driver's Car (ABDC) awards went off with a bang last year, when Porsche's Cayman GTS (pictured) claimed the biggest prize in the largest performance car comparison test motoring.com.au has ever conducted.
Starting this week, the 2016 ABDC test has the same objective: to name the most dynamic and involving new car available in Australia.
Testing will again comprise straight-line performance data, on-track dynamic evaluation and timing and, crucially, a week-long drive taking in some of the greatest roads in Tasmania. As well as our regular road testers, we also welcome back V8 Supercar drivers Greg Crick and Luke Youlden.
As per last year's rules, the price cap for eligible vehicles is set at around $250,000, and all vehicles must be available to the mass market (meaning no kit cars or special imports are permitted).
There will be only one winner.
This year, motoring.com.au has decided on a competitor list of 13 performance cars, the value of which totals more than $1.2 million. In alphabetical order, the entrants are:
>> Audi RS 3 Sportback quattro
>> BMW M2
>> Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint
>> Ford Mustang GT Fastback
>> Holden Commodore SS V-Series Redline
>> HSV ClubSport R8 LSA
>> Jaguar F-TYPE S AWD
>> Mazda MX-5 Roadster GT (2.0L)
>> Mercedes-AMG C 63 S
>> MINI John Cooper Works
>> Peugeot 308 GTi 270
>> Porsche 911 Carrera S
>> Renault Clio RS 220 Trophy
Daily updates will be available across all of our social media platforms from today (April 25). Follow #ABDC on Twitter for more info.
Full coverage of the event on motoring.com.au will begin from Monday, May 9.
To check out our coverage of 2015 ABDC, click on the links below:
>> ABDC: Australia's Best Driver's Car starts here
>> ABDC: Behind the scenes
>> ABDC: Taking it to the track
Check out how the cars were judged in 2015 from bottom to top:
>> ABDC: Ford Falcon XR8 (Did not finish)
>> ABDC: Subaru WRX STI
>> ABDC: Lexus RC F
>> ABDC: Kia pro_cee'd GT
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>> >> ABDC: Nissan GT-R
>> ABDC: Ford Fiesta ST EcoBoost
>> ABDC: Audi S1 quattro
>> ABDC: Jaguar F-TYPE R
>> ABDC: Mercedes-AMG A 45
>> ABDC: Porsche Cayman GTS
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