CLASSIC WHEELS
From the Wheels Archive: The 10 most embarrassing cars ever sold in Australia
If you value your social standing, best not to be seen in one of these four-wheeled embarrassments
From the Wheels Archive: XC Cobra – Ford’s hottest Falcon ever
Born out of a need to shift the last batch of Falcon Hardtop body shells, the XC Falcon Cobra has gone on to become a bona fide Ford legend.
From the Wheels Archive: The start of the Invasion – Japan challenges Holden’s supremacy
A 1964 Wheels story predicted Japan would challenge Holden. Six decades later, history may be repeating itself as China’s BYD closes on Toyota.
From the Wheels Archive: Granny Turismo – the 10 best cars your grandma drove
These favourites of the blue-rinse set packed some perm-straightening performance.
From the Wheels Archive: The 10 most underrated cars in Australia
They came, we saw… and little conquering occurred. But did this lot deserve to fade into obscurity?
From the Wheels Archive: Thumping V8s and tyre smoke, a ’90s style Aussie muscle car showdown
Ford returned to the V8 title fight with its all-new EB Falcon. But did it have the muscle to dethrone King Commodore?
From the Wheels Archive: The top secret Holden Commodore concept
Wheels got the scoop on the Holden Commodore-based concept that was destined to underpin a legendary American brand.
From the Wheels Archive: Three generations of Ford Falcon, but which one was best?
The Falcon was the answer to Holden’s dominance Ford Australia had been looking. We tested three generations back-to-back.
From the Wheels Archive: The Sierra RS Cosworth was the thoroughbred in a paddock full of ponies
In 1986, Wheels drove Ford’s newest world-beater and came away impressed with its blend of flexibility and performance.
From the Wheels Archive: HQ Monaro GTS – a high-performance beast lacking in ‘character’
Wheels’ Peter Robinson was equal parts impressed and unimpressed with the new HQ Monaro GTS when it launched in 1971.
From the Wheels Archive: Turbo Commodore upstages Brock’s HDT as Australia’s fastest car
Peter Brock’s HDT VC Commodore meets the Garrett Turbo Six for a showdown of the hotshoe Holdens.
From the Wheels archive: Escort RS2000 – Ford’s mini muscle car
When Ford crammed a punchy 2.0-litre into just 916kg of Escort, it created a mini muscle car legend.
From the Wheels Archive: Super coupe! The sexiest Holden Commodore of all time… and it’s a hybrid
Holden’s stunning ECOmmodore proved that when it come to hybrid technology, Australia could mix it with the best in the world.
From the Wheels Archive: Ford’s New Hot One – the birth of the Falcon GT legend
Ford’s legendary Australian muscle car heritage started with the 1967 XR Falcon GT… and we put the V8 super sedan through its paces.
From the Wheels Archive: Peter Brock’s hi-po Ford Falcon vs HSV’s ClubSport. Which was better?
When Peter Brock turned his attention to building hot Falcons it seemed only natural we’d pit it against HSV’s latest, but which came out on top?
From the Wheels Archive: Ford Falcon smashes the best of British… in England
Wheels took a Ford Falcon XR6 to England to take on The Poms in a battle for the automotive Ashes
From the Wheels Archive: We really hated the Holden Statesman!
Wheels’ Mel Nichols unloaded on the new HQ Holden Statesman de Ville in our December 1971 issue, barely able to find anything positive to say about it.
From the Wheels Archive: Ford’s ground-breaking 4WD XY Falcon ute was decades ahead of its time
Forget the Ford Ranger, this Falcon-based four-wheel drive ute from Australia is the original gangster of lifestyle utes.
From the Wheels Archive: ‘Total blind terror’ – What it was like to drive Peter Brock’s Bathurst-winning Torana A9X in anger
In 1980 Bill Tuckey got a rare opportunity to drive Peter Brock’s Bathurst-winning A9X MHDT Torana for Wheels at one of its last appearances on an Australian racetrack… and boy, was it memorable.
From the Wheels Archive: Valiant’s answer to the Monaro is a winner
We put the new Valiant Pacer Hardtop through its paces in November 1970 and declared it a winner on the road and on the race track.
From the Wheels archive: The 1974 oil crisis – when driving on Sunday was banned and Australia had eight years of fuel reserves
Wheels’ Peter Robinson was on the ground in 1974 when the oil crisis hit with driving banned on Sundays and car manufacturing slowed to a crawl.
From the Wheels archive: The best Holden ever!
Wheels gushed over the all-new HQ Holden in September 1971, declaring it ‘far and away the best Holden ever’.
From the Wheels archive: Ford Capri – Mini Mustang or a Shetland Pony?
Wheels got an early taste of the European-designed and Built Ford Capri that would soon make its way to Australia.
From the Wheels archive: ‘The fastest accelerating car made in Australia’
In November 1972, Wheels pitted the six-cylinder E49 Valiant Charger against its V8-powered E55 sibling to declare one of them Australia’s fastest car
