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Buy Ferrari’s F1 transporter!
Now’s your chance to buy a rare piece of Ferrari history.

Total recall
Volkswagen’s embarrassing product recall has spread. Wheels can confirm that VW company cousins Audi and Skoda will have to recall thousands of vehicles due to a gearbox problem.

Honda Vezel: new baby SUV has high hopes
Honda has joined the baby SUV market with this — the all-new Vezel

Honda Vezel still 12 months away from Oz
Honda’s baby SUV will be offered in diesel as well as petrol variants but no hybrid

F1-inspired superbike
Lotus C-01 is the motorcycle that F1 built

Retromania: 20 modern retro-styled cars
Ever get that sense of deja vu? That you’ve seen it all before? In the world of car design, the clock is turning back once again to a bygone age of style. Here are 20 slices of thoroughly modern retro.

What do these extreme athletes have to do with motor sport?
Actually, quite a bit. These blokes are Peugeot’s 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers. Running at 300km/h on Mulsanne Straight doesn’t worry them, and neither does hanging off the side of mountains. Next year: Mount Everest.

Whincup and Lowndes to stay at Vodafone until 2012 at least
There is no busting up the champion drivers and team. But what will they be driving?

HOT STUFF: Dine with two legends
KB and Gossy to be honoured at Bathurst.

Toyota halves production, shuts manufacturing plants
Expecting its first official operating loss in six decades, the automotive superpower has slashed production in Japan and America.

Hyundai braces for busy year
Koreans attempt to crack six figures with a cornucopia of new cars over the next 12 months or so

Heck of a deal on Triple Eight trade ins
Cheap FPR titfers as Frosty and Richo lock in a glory or bust approach.

The Rising Gun
Stillborn next-gen NSX revived for the racetrack – Honda HSV-010 GT

Toyota’s new sports car
Toyota’s long-awaited new sports car comes one step closer to a production reality with the unveiling of the FT-86 II Concept

Holden wins grant to lighten Commodore
Holden has been awarded $39.8 million by the Federal Government, as part of its revived Green Car Innovation Fund

Lexus LFA Successor Planned: Report
The Lexus LFA has been seen as a one-off demonstration of Toyota’s ability to build with the best of them and now another is on the way

Petrol Prices Set To Fall: CommSec
A five-week slide in average national petrol prices was halted this week by a 1.1 cent per litre rise, but experts say prices should soon begin to fall again

Nissan creates GT-R SUV
Nissan has taken the GT-R’s 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6, six-speed transaxle and all-wheel-drive chassis, and stuffed the complete powertrain into its Euro-only Juke compact SUV.

Holden to launch Jackaroo successor
Holden will reintroduce a heavy-duty off-roader to its lineup from early 2013. It will be badged the Colorado 7, and is a full-size seven-seater.

Webber confident of building on Brazil win
Mark Webber is confident he can take the momentum of his Brazilian Grand Prix victory into 2012 when he tries again to knock team-mate Sebastian Vettel from his perch.

Audi brings AWD back to the racetrack with R18 e-tron Quattro
Audi will be bringing its Quattro AWD technology to Le Mans with its new hybrid LMP1 racer, the R18 e-tron Quattro.

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse unveiled at Geneva
Bugatti shows not just one, but two examples of the rarefied Grand Sport Vitesse at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Blue or more subtle grey, both make a massive impact.

2012 Mercedes-Benz SL
It’s a big change, this new SL. The design is much edgier and more complicated. Complex curves, scoops and sharp lines intersected in so many different areas it’s hard to take it all in initially.

Wheels World news: Mazda hooks up with Toyota, Aston seeks suitor, F1 driver immortalised on own T-shirt
Aston Martin for sale for $800million, Toyota to share next Mazda2, Raikkonen immortalises own phrase on T-shirt