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You shouldn’t be driving if you can’t stay clear of cyclists
If your reaction to maintaining a safe distance from cyclists is to demonise riders, you probably shouldn’t be on the road
The one area where Ford and GM remain kings in Australia
You can probably guess that this isn’t going to detain you for very long
Opinion: choosing the best car of the decade isn’t as simple as you’d think
Trying to pick the one car that defines a decade can be a difficult task
Is your car going to kill you this year?
Let’s make 2020 the year we put the Takata airbag crisis behind us
Where to next for Ford?
Softening Mustang sales, loss of Mondeo and EcoSport point to potentially troubling times ahead
Riding along with the craziest truck racers in Australia
We head to Winton Raceway to jump in one of the wild Australian Super Trucks racing rigs. This is motor racing for people who find car racing, well, kinda cute…
Corby unleashes inner bogan with Nissan Navara N-Trek
“The N-Trek made me feel manly, hairy chested, Bunnings-worthy. It made me grunt rather than speak”
Getting racy with the Isuzu D-Max
We saddle up in one of the wildest – and rarest – Isuzu D-Maxs in existence today
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…
Ian Callum on the future of design
The Guest Editor of our Design Issue, Ian Callum, provides an insight into why an unprecedented era of change offers mouth-watering opportunity
Opinion: Mazda is the motoring world’s heroic underdog
“In contrast, Mazda will introduce its SkyActiv-X engine in the 3 hatchback and sedan – cars ordinary folk can afford”
The true story behind Wheels’ most controversial magazine cover
I sent Edsel Ford a framed copy, and for years it hung on the inside door of a toilet in his home
Car buyers no longer seem to care about manufacturer cheating
It seems that car buyers don’t just accept being treated with contempt by manufacturers. They reward it
The last litre: we pick our dream final drives for when the oil runs out
The ultimate choice for the ultimate last drive with the world’s final litre of fuel
WhichCar’s year in review
It’s been a big one, but here were the big items of the year revisited. Onwards and upwards into 2020!
Opinion: It’s time to retire the Holden brand
As sad as it is, the clearest way forward for Holden is to retire the name. Inwood suggests what could come next.
Why did Australia fall out of love with Holden?
Holden and Australia just changed their relationship status to “it’s complicated”
The ZB should never have been a Commodore
You can’t just slap a Commodore badge on an imported product and expect the public to buy it
The reason McLaren paid $20,000 for a fish
An eye-opening anecdote is the perfect encapsulation of what makes vehicle design so esoteric
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
Opinion: Supercars are just a waste of money
For a man, there are fewer obvious ways to show off your wealth, and this is where supercars come in
Could the Corvette and Camaro be Holden’s saviour?
Sales continue to slide for the once-mighty Holden marque, but there are a still a couple of irons that could stoke the Lion’s fire
What makes the Goodwood Festival of Speed so special
Legendary racers and iconic cars are part of the Goodwood festival’s appeal, but there is another fact that makes it so unique
Everything wrong with Tesla’s Cybertruck
In its conceptual form, the Cybertruck isn’t ready for production. Here’s why
