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Volkswagen fight
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Winterkorn wins round one

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn has defeated company chairman Ferdinand Piech at the board table, possibly spelling the beginning of the end for the industry heavyweight

McLaren 540C
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McLaren 540C coming to Oz

Entry-level Macca on its way to Aussie shores

Race to the Sky
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VIDEO: Alister McRae wins Race to the Sky

Ride onboard as the 600kW Subaru climbs the mountain

McLaren Honda Formula 1
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2015 McLaren 540C won’t be hit by F1 slow-down

McLaren reveals its lowest-priced model, the McLaren 540C, as F1 team flounders on the track, but says this won’t affect sales of its expanding model line

Peugeot RCZ
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Peugeot kills the RCZ

Stylish coupe won’t be replaced

Lamborghini restoration
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Lamborghini opens Restoration Centre

Sant’Agata now offering factory-approved restorations

Mercedes GLC Coupe
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Mercedes GLC Coupe first official pictures

A fastbacked replacement for the Mercedes GLK SUV, the Mercedes GLC Coupe, breaks cover in Shanghai before arriving in Australia sometime in 2016

Nissan Casting Plant Dandenong
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Nissan Australia snares secret parts supply deal

Future of Nissan’s casting plant secured after the carmaker reveals it will forge parts for a top secret future model

Chevrolet FNR concept
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Revealed: Chevrolet FNR concept

GM’s jaw-dropping Shanghai show car is a sci-fi-lover’s wet dream

2016 Holden Astra spy pics
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2017 Holden Astra spy pics

An all-new, next-generation Holden Astra is coming sooner than you think – and here’s the near production-ready Opel prototype to prove it

Haval H8
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Haval says it wants to be Australia’s number one SUV brand

Boss of Chinese SUV maker says it can outsell Japanese, Korean rivals Down Under

Ford Taurus
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Ford Taurus, the Aussie-designed Ford Falcon replacement, shown in Shanghai

This is the car with the potential to replace the Ford Falcon in your driveway, styled for China but with Australian input

Formula 1 Bahrain
Motorsport

Motor Sport Report – 20/4/15

Hamilton hangs on in Bahrain; Dixon wins as Power stalls; Rossi barges past Marquez; Brabham out of luck; Six-hour production-car race for Bathurst

Race To The Sky 2015
Motorsport

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 crash
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Monster Tajima’s monster crash

Hillclimb legend destroys one-off super 86

Skoda Fabia R5
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Skoda Fabia R5

Czech rally racer to take on the world’s best

Peugeot 308 R
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Peugeot 308 R Hybrid

Electrified 373kW hot hatch offers electrifying performance

VW board battle
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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
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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

VW Vision GTI
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Volkswagen teases GTI Supersport Vision GT

Crazy virtual concept set for real-life debut

Subaru Levorg
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Subaru Levorg considered for Australia

WRX wagon set for Oz?

Nissan Leaf
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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 Cover
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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 Leaf
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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