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Tricky Muir
A motoring enthusiast with the balance of power in Canberra sounds like good news for petrolheads, but is it? Wheels talks to Ricky Muir
Gallery: The Top 10 Jaguars
In the lead-up to the reveal of the new XE sedan, Jaguar gathered a trio of experts to judge the 10 best cars the British marque have ever built
Design secrets of the Jaguar XE
Ian Callum tells Wheels how he designed the most crucial new Jag in decades
Five reasons you should drive on ice
Oh, you drift? That’s cute. Try belting a $400k hot rod when it’s minus-12C
GALLERY: Toyota’s Motorsport Museum
Tucked away under the wind tunnel of Toyota Motorsport’s giant headquarters is an Aladdin’s cave filled with treasure
GALLERY: Nissan’s DNA Garage
Nissan’s DNA Garage is hidden behind an innocuous red door at the Oppama plant, but for Japanese car nuts it’s the equivalent of climbing through the wardrobe to Narnia
The Weekend Read: Daniel Ricciardo
With Daniel Ricciardo establishing himself as the new star of Formula One on the back of a brilliant second Grand Prix win, look back less than a year as we previewed his step up to the big time with Red Bull
BLOG: ’Ring someone who cares
Why the battle for irrelevant lap times must stop
Chris Atkinson interview
MOTOR sits down with Aussie rally star Chris Atkinson for an in-depth interview ahead of this year’s Rally Australia
BMW mobs South Africa
Watch a fleet of drifting M235is bring Cape Town to a halt
The Weekend Read: End of the Line
In February 2013, Peter Robinson drove from Sydney to Adelaide in the Holden VE Commodore, the last clean-sheet Australian car, to reflect on what future generations will miss
The Weekend Read: 40 Years of M
A smorgasbord of bucket-list BMWs to choose from, and the Nordschleife on which to thrash them. No wonder an invite to M’s 40th birthday bash was the hottest ticket in town
Arctic Trucks in Iceland
Scott crawls his way over Icelandic terrain in a steroid-fed Toyota off-roader
STAYIN’ ALIVE WITH A DISCO BALL MIRROR
An exterior rear-view mirror that its creator claims eliminates the driver’s ‘blind spot’ has received a U.S. patent. The subtly curved mirror, invented by Drexel University mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, dramatically increases the driver’s field of view with minimal distortion.
DROP AND GIVE ME 2012!
Czech artist David Cerny has brought his vision of the Olympic Games in London to life, for the 30th summer games.
PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
Gallery: PEDAL TO THE HOT ROD METAL
There are pedal cars, and then there are miniature, mechanical works of art. A series of nine radical, custom pedal cars have been produced by some of America’s coolest hot rod builders to be auctioned by the Peterson Automotive Museum at next week’s RM Auctions event in Monterey, California.
POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
Maranello, Modena, and St Agata … homes of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. For many car enthusiasts they define the spiritual centre of the super sports car universe as northern Italy. Others might nominate Zuffenhausen, Germany (Porsche), Molsheim, France (Bugatti), or Woking, UK (McLaren). But if emerging maker Arrinera Automotive hits its ambitious targets, Warsaw, Poland will soon be added to that impressive, geographic roll-call.
Gallery: POLAND’S SUPERSTAR SUPERCAR
For four years, Arrinera Automotive has been developing the Hussarya, a mid-engine supercar designed to take on the world’s best.
HSV’S QUARTER CENTURY
On debut at the Sydney motor show in 1987, Holden Special Vehicles’ initial offering, the VL SS Group A homologation special was quickly dubbed ‘The Batmobile’ in response to its extreme, aero body kit.
Gallery: HSV’S QUARTER CENTURY
HSV is celebrating 25 years in operation with the release of new, entry-level versions of its most popular models, and significant upgrades to higher spec variants.
Gallery: FPV’S MOST HARD-CORE GT EVER
As previewed by MOTOR in its September 2012 issue, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has launched what it claims is the most ‘hard-core’ Falcon-based GT ever, with the release of the new GT RSPEC.
FPV’S MOST HARD-CORE GT EVER
As previewed by MOTOR in its September 2012 issue, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) has launched what it claims is the most ‘hard-core’ Falcon-based GT ever, with the release of the new GT RSPEC.
VIDEO: FERRARI STAMPEDE AT SILVERSTONE
Ferrari is claiming a new world record for the largest ever gathering and parade of the famous Italian thoroughbred sportscar.
