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Road safety expert slams Black Spot Program
National Road Safety Strategy chairman and trauma surgeon Dr John Crozier says the government needs to rethink its ‘Band-Aid’ approach to making our roads safer

2018 Ford Ranger facelift spied
A mild makeover of Ford Australia’s best-selling model hints at a subtle up-market shift for the trade ute

Aston Martin sales growth hits record high
Aston has sold more than 5000 vehicles in 2017, for the first time since 2008

House with huge workshop for sale
Near-new house west of Wollongong is a motoring enthusiast’s dream

Holden Astra tops December 2017 passenger car sales
A trade ute may have won the overall sales title, but there’s life yet in the traditional passenger car

Official ‘Eleanor’ Mustangs built in the US
Gone in 60 Seconds star-car available as official replica from Fusion Motor Company

Toyota reveals plans to ‘raptor’ the Hilux
A buyer surge at the top end of the tradie segment has Toyota keen to tap its potential

Toyota Hilux tops 2017’s new-car sales charts
A trade ute may be on top of the charts, but the locally made Holden Commodore signs off the year in fifth spot

Flat out in the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
How fast can you go before aerodynamics shuts down the party?

VFACTS – the top-selling cars in Australia in 2017
The Australian new-car market achieved a new all-time high in 2017, with nearly 1.19 million cars finding new homes. But which were the most popular choices among Aussie car buyers?

Next-gen Honda Insight to make mainstream shift
Honda has revealed its third-generation Insight hybrid in near-production-ready form ahead of its Detroit motor show debut

MOTOR Magazine January 2018 issue preview
We kick off 2018 with a cracking V8 showdown in Europe

Final HSV W1 rolls off the line
The last Commodore-based car to be built by HSV has been finished

Polestar One to launch Volvo’s standalone performance brand – Won’t be coming to Oz
The gorgeous Polestar 1 is looking to the future; in tech, style, even in the sales experience- but won’t be coming down under.

HSV builds its last Commodore-based car
Job number 90,114 will stay with HSV as a reminder of what Aussie muscle used to look, and sound, like

2019 Chevrolet Corvette to get mid-engined twin-turbo V8 flagship
The next Corvette won’t just be the first in the lineage to go mid-engined – it’ll be the first to feature a turbo V8 as well

Seven reasons to watch the 2018 Supercars season
If last year’s championship is anything to go by, the 2018 Supercars season will be a cracker

Formula 1 2018: The year ahead
More grid penalties, more manufacturers, and more pit stops. But the racing product is unlikely to improve

Nine of the gnarliest motorsport crashes in 2017
Crash, bang, whallop. These are the biggest shunts from a year of wheel-bashing motorsport

Wheels’ best motorsport moments of 2017
We hand out some awards for the year’s racing

The ten most memorable moments from the 2017 Formula 1 season
It wasn’t a great year for passing, but the 2017 F1 season still delivered plenty of memorable moments

Mini hatch to gain quicker dual-clutch transmission
Mini adds a third gearbox option for those who don’t like a clutch but are partial to a little hands-on shifting

Toyota electric push to usher in performance hybrids
More powerful hybrid engines hint at hybrid versions of the Toyota 86 and upcoming “Supra” coupe

Sebastien Loeb returns to WRC
Most successful rally driver ever to compete in three 2018 rounds
