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BRIEF

The long

lost 300SL

Cars take us to unusual

places. But do they take us

to countries known for frozen

car importing laws? Rarely,

unless your Piotr Degler.

Degler, an accomplished

car photographer, took to

Cuba to fill a calendar with

the quirky car culture of its

streets, which got a lot more

interesting once he heard an

abandoned Mercedes-Benz

300SL existed. Where exactly

he didn’t know, but 3000km

later and with two days left

of his visit, Degler discovered

the 300SL under a banana

tree. With the car fetching

ludicrous money today, it’s

noble Degler only captured

the ruined legend on camera.

Veloster’s

twin-clutch

Hyundai had its updated

Veloster on display at

the Detroit Auto Show.

The Veloster did preview

a tweaked look, slightly

changing the colour of the

grill trim, but the real news

was tucked deep out of

sight – a new twin-clutch

transmission. The seven-

speed unit was revealed early

last year but it hadn’t been

confirmed for sport models

until now. It will replace the

Veloster Turbo’s current

six-speed automatic. The

Veloster will also feature a

new engine sound equaliser

that will allow drivers to

toggle between six different

engine soundtracks.

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RISBANE physio Paul

McCormack fell off his chair

when the email arrived

from MOTOR HQ advising

him to sell his beloved but tired

1999 WRX. He needed to make

space in his garage for a new MkVII

Golf GTI – and it was either the

WRX or his treasured piles of old

MOTOR mags. He’s been a reader

since he was a teenager, you see.

Yep, Paul’s the lucky winner of our

Golf GTI giveaway and living proof

that we don’t make this stuff up.

Paul’s a deserving winner, too, not

just because he’s a likeable, down-

to-earth bloke but because he loves

his performance cars. His first was

a Suzuki Swift GTi, then an N

Pulsar SSS, before ending up with

the WRX. Winning brownie points

with the MOTOR crew, Paul’s never

owned an auto in his life.

“An auto is going to take some

getting used to,” he said.

“I just can’t believe I won this,”

he added. “The only thing I’ve ever

won is a meat tray so to win this...

it’s one of the best things that’s

ever happened to me.”

We made Paul promise he’d put

many spritely kays on the GTI

forus.

And if your subscription renewal is

coming up, or you don’t have one at

all, get on board. Not only will you

score 12 cracking mags, produced

truly lovingly by your mates at

MOTOR, but we’ve got something

good coming. Trust us. M

MOTOR subscriber Paul McCormack is Brisbane’s happiest bloke

‘I won something!’

Paul McCormack bought

a MOTOR subscription

and a Golf GTI fell out

of the envelope. Sort of.

Congrats, Paul, and to all

those who entered. Give it

the berries for us, mate!