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Michael Stahl

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Michael Stahl

Michael Stahl is a long-serving contributor to the Wheels and Motor brands.

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Features

How the 1976 Cadillac Coupe deVille sold like crazy amidst an oil crisis

Oil crisis? What crisis? Revered Caddy never missed a beat as the world worried

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Opinion

The guilt and shame of experiencing a near-miss on the road

What shakes me so much is knowing that the outcome was completely out of my hands. One second later, three seconds later…

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Features

Retro: 1969 Honda 1300 Coupe 9

Honda founder’s creation was a triumph of innovation, and a financial fiasco

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Features

Retro: 1967 Ford XR Falcon

Success at the mountain elevated our first Aussie muscle car to legend status

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Opinion

Stahl rediscovers the joys of an epic road trip

This trip was the first chance to get my 911 all hot and dry and dirty, stretching its legs somewhere out beyond so-called civilisation

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Opinion

Opinion: The unbearable likeness of modern badge engineering

“Badge engineering highlighted the fact that these mainstream-brand badges offer no compelling reason to buy one over the other”

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Features

The 1964 Trabant 601 was a chip off the Eastern bloc

The Trabant’s longevity was an indicator of austerity, not engineering excellence

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1929 Bentley Speed Six

Big-capacity grunt overcame vast mass, and Le Mans glory followed

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Opinion

Michael Stahl: Morgan's next chapter

“Along with its money, Morgan’s new venture-capital owner also has a heart, and it seems to be in the right place”

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Features

Archive: Chevrolet Camaro vs Holden Coupe 60 vs Holden Monaro

We muster Holden’s Oz-developed muscle-car royalty to find the coupe worthy of the pony car crown

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Opinion

Michael Stahl is a borderline hoarder

”My wife is convinced I’m a hoarder. I admit that I collect a lot of car stuff, the value of which may not be apparent to most”

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1977 Honda Accord

The Accord was Honda’s largest car to date, and its brand impact was huge

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1964 Lightburn Zeta Sports

The micro brainchild of a washing machine baron; left him hung out to dry

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Features

Wheel Stories: Along came his Spyder

This master car craftsman is about to deliver the ultimate tribute

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1949 Citroen 2CV

A focus on simplicity and functionality kept the 2CV relevant for more than 40 years

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Features

Wheel Stories: Putting family fast

He’s the McRae brother who headed wide-open for Down Under

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Opinion

Michael Stahl: Waking up in Porsche paradise

Stahl takes a trip to Laguna Seca for the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI festival

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Features

Wheel Stories: Unsealed section

This manufacturer of off-road buggies is set for a dubious distinction

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Features

Wheel Stories: Torchbearer of Beacon Hill

The MG specialist keeping the Brit sports car dream alive

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Features

Wheel Stories: On the Beattie track

How a legend on two wheels found gold in the Outback

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1954 Porsche 356 Speedster

Speedster’s cut-down screen slashed headroom, but desirability was through the roof

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Classic Wheels

Retro: 1953 AC Ace

Years before Carroll Shelby dealt it a V8, the AC Ace was a six-pot Brit with brio

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Features

Wheel Stories: Rod Hadfield the fab creator

The street-rod legend who let his imagination run wild

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Opinion

Michael Stahl: Tribulations of a marathon man

A few weeks back I put on a penguin suit and took my dad to dinner. This was special, because he lives in Brisbane and I’m in Sydney, where this dinner was being held, at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia