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McRae wins reborn Race to the Sky
Rally great’s younger brother takes title; Monster Tajima crashes out; our bloke Riley’s V8 ute sits off the race-winning pace

Monster Tajima’s monster crash
Hillclimb legend destroys one-off super 86

Skoda Fabia R5
Czech rally racer to take on the world’s best

Peugeot 308 R Hybrid
Electrified 373kW hot hatch offers electrifying performance

VW power struggle as chairman locks horns with CEO
Ferdinand Piëch has notoriously ended the tenure of VW Group execs with a pith comment to the media; now he’s at odds with his expected successor, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn

2016 BMW M2 spy pics
Smaller and lighter than the M3, the BMW M2 could be the best M-car on sale when it shows itself mid-year, but we’ve spied it getting ready to conquer the world

Volkswagen teases GTI Supersport Vision GT
Crazy virtual concept set for real-life debut

Subaru Levorg considered for Australia
WRX wagon set for Oz?

Nissan threatens to pull plug on loss-making Leaf
Lack of government support could spell an early end for Australia’s cheapest electric car, the Nissan Leaf, despite the incentives offered in other markets

Wheels May 2015 issue preview
The Honda NSX is coming and we’ve stripped it down to see if it’s a serious threat to the Porsche 911 Turbo; we reveal Holden’s Astra Attack with its German-source Opel models and talk top Ford Australia’s new boss about the company’s future and the man he replaces.

Nissan boss slams industry minister
Knee-jerk decision-making, short-term thinking shows a need for more support, better leadership from the Federal Government, says Nissan Australia MD Richard Emery

Government backs parallel imports
Government minister adds to industry fears that Australia will open the floodgates to parallel imports, arguing that it would give motorists more choice

Safety watchdog flip-flops on five stars
Latest ANCAP safety assessments give top star rating to a car lacking potentially life-saving airbags

Hyundai ix25 canned for Oz
Hyundai’s answer to the Honda HR-V, Holden Trax and Mazda CX-3 is still years away from launching in Australia, as its only global compact SUV – the recently revealed ix25 – lacks essential safety gear for our market

Mitsubishi president promises product-led future
Mitsubishi global boss Tetsuro Aikawa, who was part of the third-generation Magna and Verada development team in the 1990s, has committed the brand to a global rebuilding phase driven by “new and unique market-leading products”

2015 Porsche 918 Spyder high-speed outback run
There’s 918 reasons to crank up the volume this morning, with the release overnight of a video of the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid sports coupe at full noise in the Australian outback

Porsche 918 Spyder takes on the outback
Flat-out in the top end in Porsche’s hybrid hypercar

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander spy pics
Only weeks away from local launch, the Mitsubishi Outlander makeover makes an unexpected Aussie appearance

Motorsport Report – 13/4/15
Hamilton proves Ferrari still not on Merc’s pace; Marquez wins; Webber’s Silverstone Pole wasted; No Marcos Ambrose just yet; Aussie wins at Monza

Ferrari power for Alfa Romeo
Prancing Horse power for Alfa Romeo as it announces the powerplants that will kick off its brand renaissance as a genuine sporting brand

May Issue preview
A sneak peek at what’s in this month’s mag

Ban on GT3 cars at the ’Ring lifted
German authorities give GT3 cars the green light to race at the Nürburgring

Citroen Aircross first official pictures
Don’t be fooled by the cute styling of Citroen’s new Aircross concept because this SUV is packing serious sports car-killing performance.

Rolls-Royce SUV gets testing
Rolls-Royce begins suspension tuning for upcoming SUV