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LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
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LAUNCHED: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

From the moment your thumbprint on the starter button is answered by a burst of V8-flavoured decibels, it’s clear the Alfa Romeo’s 8C Spider is up for the challenge.

Maserati GranCabrio
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Maserati GranCabrio

Brilliance not essential when you look this good

Review: Audi Q5, Golf GTi, BMW, Audi, Wheels magazine, new, fast
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Review: Audi Q5

LIKE A weary Goldilocks in search of a bed, a parent’s pursuit of the perfect family car is a quest for that ‘just right’ moment, when you open the door, like what you see, picture the billy lids safe and happy in the back seat and realise that this is the one.

Review: 2013 Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD

Among 2012’s more eventful moments were Lance Armstrong’s performance-enhanced fall and the meteoric rise of Mazda’s CX-5.

Review: Kia Cerato, Wheels magazine, new, interior, price, pictures, video
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Review: Kia Cerato

Kia’s naked ambition is there for the world – including Australia – to see.

Fiat Punto Pop review, Australia, 2013, test
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Quick spin: Fiat Punto Pop

It’s cheap, it’s small and it’s Italian – everyone meet the ‘new’ Fiat Punto.

COTY 2008 - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
COTY

2008 Car of the Year Finalist: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

Fabulous tech and undoubted bang for buck, but too hardcore for COTY greatness.

In pictures: Wheels Car of the Year Covers
COTY

In pictures: Wheels Car of the Year Covers

Wheels Car of the Year – the world’s longest running continuous car of the year award – is entering its 48th year. We look at past magazine covers that show the compelling history.

Wheels magazine, Holden Barina RS, hatch, first drive
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FIRST DRIVE: Holden Barina RS

Holden introduces the RS badge to its diminutive Barina. But is it warm or hot?

Subaru WRX
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First drive: Subaru WRX

It’s still a WRX, but a more refined, better-handling, more involving iteration

GT-R RETROSPECTIVE: Japanese Power Up
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GT-R RETROSPECTIVE: Japanese Power Up

More mumbo, lower mass for Subaru, Honda, Nissan hotshots.

What financial crisis?
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What financial crisis?

We take the world’s most valuable car for a spin 48 hours before it’s sold, then witness the moment it defies the global downturn.

The purists howled, but V8 pulls the punters to BMW M3
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The purists howled, but V8 pulls the punters to BMW M3

Two more cylinders equate to more grunt, more fun and a swag more sales.

Photography Getty Images
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Smaller cars save more than you think

Ok, so small cars save on fuel. But did you know that your registration fees can be almost half that of a larger car?

Robbo’s Greatest Cars of All Time
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Robbo’s Greatest Cars of All Time

To help celebrate Peter Robinson’s 50th year as a motoring writer, we figured he deserved one of his more challenging assignments…

New Porsche 911 breaks out
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New Porsche 911 breaks out

It was almost inevitable images of Porsche’s next generation (991) 911 would leak before its debut at the Frankfurt motor show in just three and a half weeks time. And sure enough pics of manual and PDK versions of the car have surfaced online.

Naughty Car Ads
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Naughtiest Car ads

Naughtiest Car ads

hot rod, wheels, veyron, power, woods & woods 14 16, horsepower
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Video: Hand built colossus

It’s built in a shed in Woy Woy, but this hand-crafted beast has more power than a Bugatti Veyron.

Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, world, first, Hybrid, hot, review, price, interior, wheels magazine, 2013
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Leaked! McLaren P1 breaks cover

Official shots of the production-ready McLaren P1 have been leaked ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut.

Kia, turbo, Koup, New York Motor Show 2013, review
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Koup d’ turbo

KIA’S pussycat Koup is set to acquire some claws in the form of a forced-induction flagship edition.

clive palmer, motorist, wheels, rolls royce, gold coast
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In pics: Clive Palmer’s $20m car collection

He’s one of Australia’s richest men, wants to be our new PM and is building an exact replica of the Titanic and a modern day Jurassic Park, but not many people know Clive Palmer is also a massive petrol head.

Sexist car ad BMW
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The most sexist car ads

While sexism in advertising should have been stamped out decades ago, half of these car commercials weren’t created in the Mad Men era.

Peugeot RCZ R
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The most potent Peugeot EVER

Meet the most potent production Peugeot ever made – the RCZ R.

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LEAKED: Subaru WRX STI

Shots of the new Subaru WRX STI have ‘leaked’ online before the car’s official unveil at Detroit next week.