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Target 300: Behind the Scenes
As the curtain comes down on Aussie muscle cars, we endeavour to set a production-car record in perpetuity and break a mythical speed barrier
SEMA 2014 – The Weird and Wonderful
Highlights and lowlights from the world’s biggest tuner show
The Weekend Read: BMW to Birdsville
It may not be the race that stops a nation, but it can be the race that stops a BMW. Our plan to drive a 7 Series to the iconic Birdsville nags fest was going brilliantly … until we hit rock bottom
Sunday Roast: Chinese drivers are crazy
Corby experiences the roads in China and decides Australia is not so bad after all
The Weekend Read: Mad Mex
In the 1950s, Mexico’s infamous Carrera Panamericana was the world’s most dangerous road race. We retrace its course in Merc’s mighty SLS to find out why
BMW reveals new X5 M and X6 M
Munich’s pair of nuclear-powered sprog-haulers set to return with more grunt
LIVE: MOTOR Performance Car of the Year
We test the 10 best fast cars of 2014 on road and track. Stay tuned!
The Weekend Read: Moving Mountains
Porsche casually tosses us the keys to its track-honed 935 and GT1 race cars and points to the Mt Panorama circuit. We oblige
VIDEO: Sean Edwards Tribute
Remembering an incredible talent taken too soon
Sunday Roast: Why the French have shamed us
French interest in all things motoring puts us in the basket as the Poms
The Weekend Read: Trip to the Tip
Real men don’t need a four-wheel-drive to visit the northernmost part of Australia. All they need is Mazda’s MX-5 and an inflatable gecko
Wheels Gold Star Value Awards
We’ve crunched all the data so you don’t have to. Here’s our definitive guide to Australia’s best-value cars
Sunday Roast: Why V8 Supercars has to change or die
For Bathurst to remain The Great Race, and for V8 Supercars as a race series, it simply has to change
VIDEO: THE Lap of the Gods
In our last ‘Lap of the Gods’ instalment is Greg Murphy’s stunning qualifier in 2003
VIDEO: Walkinshaw’s V12 Jaguar meets The Mountain
For the third slot of our ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series is Tom Walkinshaw’s howling qualifier in the V12 Jaguar XJ-S before The Great Race of ’85
Bathurst’s top 50 moments
Time on your hands during the biggest week in Australian motor sport? Wheels compiles its list of the 50 most memorable moments of the great race
VIDEO: Mark Skaife – “As quick as we could go”
Our second episode of the ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series highlights the explosive pace of Mark Skaife and Nissan’s Group A Skyline GT-R around Mount Panorama in 1991
VIDEO: Peter Brock in the Wet
In our first instalment of ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series, leading up to this weekend’s enduro, we re-visit Brocky’s wet and sideways charge on The Mountain during the last laps of the 1987 Great Race
The Weekend Read: Paris Motor Show 2014
Wheels is walking the floor of the Paris Motor Show as the world’s biggest car makers launch a host of exciting new metal – everything from fuel-sipping commuter fare to ground-shaking supercars
Audi S1 Group B hot lap video
We hitch a ride in one of the most iconic cars in rally history
The Weekend Read: Australasian Safari revisited
As the heat, dust and heartbreak of the 2014 Australasian Safari starts to settle, we revisit our catch-up with cross-country champion Bruce Garland ahead of the 2010 event
Blancpain Endurance Series final finishes wet and wild
Series final at the Nürburgring 1000 gives us one of the season’s most demanding and entertaining races yet
WRC Rally Australia Review
MOTOR’s take on what went down at Rally Oz, and how each driver performed.
Recall record: what’s wrong with our cars?
Australia is on track for a record million-plus recalled vehicles this year. More cars will be recalled in 2014 than sold
