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COTY

2018 Car of the Year: Readers’ choice

What’s your Car of the Year? Vote for your chance to win a $500 Visa card

2018 Wheels Car of the Year The judging panel
COTY

2018 Wheels Car of the Year: The judging panel

These are the seven judges who drove the cars, crunched the numbers, argued the toss and drank bad coffee for a week so you don’t have to

2018 Wheels Car of the Year How it all works
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2018 Wheels Car of the Year: How it all works

Think we just sit around and pick a favourite? There’s a lot more to a COTY champ than that

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Michael Stahl’s accidental role in the Eggenberger Ford Sierra’s disqualification at Bathurst 1987

After 30 years, an oblivious Stahly discovers his part in the 1987 Bathurst 1000 controversy

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2017 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS review

More power and a better sound – what’s not to like?

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Wheel Stories: The fast-track from high school to Formula 1

The ‘F1 in Schools’ program may fast-track these Aussie kids to the real deal

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Mitsubishi 3000GT: Fast Car History Lesson

High-tech Mitsubishi too clever for its own good

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2017 BMW M3 Pure Review

Price cut puts iconic four-door in a new light

2018 Suzuki Swift Sport review
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2018 Suzuki Swift Sport review

The fifth-generation Suzuki Swift has added a Sport variant that straps on a turbocharger for the first time

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S600 Maybach; Roush Mustang MM-R727; Seat Ibiza Cupra: Classifieds of the Week

This week we’re looking at luxury, hot hatches, pricey Aussies and our Hot Tuner champion for sale

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Ruf – 55 years of fast from Pfaffenhausen

The world’s greatest Porsche engineers crank up the ‘Faszination’

2018 Subaru BRZ tS quick review
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2018 Subaru BRZ tS quick review

Rear-drive Subaru gets a bit more serious with sharpened dynamics. No extra power though.

2018 Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic SE P380 vs Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design
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Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic SE P380 vs Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design

Head to head: Two of the newest entrants to the bulging luxo-SUV category prove that the ‘buy German’ mantra isn’t always correct

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BMW M4 Pure vs BMW M2 Pure

Can M Division’s baby bruiser upstage its big brother?

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2018 Abarth 595 Competizione quick review

Fast n’ feisty, this tiny Italian has bucket-loads of charm and charisma

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2018 Performance Car of the Year contenders

Ten cars duke it out for bragging rights as the best performance car of the year

We ride shotgun in an autonomous Mercedes S-class
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We ride shotgun in an autonomous Mercedes S-class at 110kp/h down the Hume

Interstate cruising in a prototype s-class proves Australia’s firmly on the map for self-driving cars

Earl of Design - Step inside Mike Simcoe's office
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Earl of Design – Step inside Mike Simcoe’s office

Mike Simcoe is only the seventh person since 1955 to occupy the office allocated to GM’s vice president of design. He shows Robbo around his lair

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1993 McLaren F1: Legend Series

The supercar world was hit for six when the McLaren F1 was unleashed in the ’90s, and that ball is still flying today

Explained GKN Tungsten-carbide coated brakes
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Explained: GKN Tungsten-carbide coated brakes

We explain the science behind the new braking technology first seen on the 2018 Porsche Cayenne

2017 Kia Stinger 330si v Volkswagen Arteon 206TSI v Holden SS-V Redline
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2017 Kia Stinger 330si v Volkswagen Arteon 206TSI v Holden SS-V Redline

As the V8 Commodore bows out, we assemble the heavy-hitting inheritors of its mantle

2008 Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG first drive review Classic MOTOR
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2008 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG review: Classic MOTOR

Chasing the sun from Stuttgart to tax-haven Monaco in Mercedes’ re-engined SL63 AMG

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Eleanor Mustang + Alfa 4C + Aston Martin Lagonda: Classifieds of the Week

We’ve started 2018 off with some oddball car finds in online ads

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Supercar bargains for 2018

Scrap the gym resolutions, and treat yo’ self to an exotic supercar