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Wheel Stories: A call to Order
Pedr Davis is the veteran motoring journo who landed the highest of accolades

Retro: Road Racer – Driving a Porsche 908 Le Mans racer on Melbourne streets
In 1980 Wheels drove a fully-fledged Porsche 908 Le Mans race car through Melbourne traffic to Sandown

Watch test cars get airborne at the Nürburgring’s Flugplatz
Watch a string of pre-production prototypes get air over the crest at Flugplatz

Morley’s 1979 Ford Escort RS2000: Our Cars
When buying into a childhood dream is everything you expected

2009 Herrod G6E Turbo vs CSV Sportswagon vs Walkinshaw Clubsport comparison review: classic MOTOR
Want a jump in horsepower? Aussie tuners ask “how high?”

The Senator for Speed: an interview with David Leyonhjelm
David Leyonhjelm is a senator unlike any others before. He rides a high-performance motorbike, wants more reasonable speed limits and likes guns. You might even like him…

458 Italia; VL HDT Brock; Mustang Indy pace car; and more: Classifieds of the week
One-offs, odd-ones, and rarities for this week’s picks

1966 Morris Mini Cooper S: Legend Series
It was a David among Goliaths that cleaned-up on the world’s road, rally and race tracks, redefining the ‘performance’ car

2004-2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM AMG: Fast Car History Lesson
A title celebration becomes a plaything for the rich and famous

Search for Australia’s best hot-hatch: Wheels
APRIL EDITION ON SALE: In this month’s magazine we pitch 12 of the best hot hatches into battle, on road and track

1967 Mazda Cosmo & 2009 Mazda RX-8: classic MOTOR
40 years after it debuted here, Mazda still champions the rotary engine. For good reason

The Power List: The movers and shakers of the Australian automotive industry
Who’s really calling the shots in our automotive industry?

Retro: 1976 Lotus Esprit
Lotus only built 894 S1s, but the Esprit became one of the longest-lived designs of all time

Top 10 cars of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show
We pick the 10 best debuts of Geneva

When Holden and Saab built a turbo four-cylinder Commodore
A turbo four-pot Commodore isn’t a new idea

Gallery: Chevrolet Camaro vs Ford Mustang in LA
Here’s a snapshot of our March edition Ford Mustang versus Chevrolet Camaro cover story in stunning pictures

Performance Car Podcast: photographer Ellen Dewar
MOTOR’s head snapper joins us to talk about photographing cars

Continuation Cars: Is the Nostalgia-trip really worth it?
Talking about old cars has one purpose: to reflect glory on the new ones that companies make money on.

Wheels Interview: Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar Design Boss
Volvo’s design boss has been tasked with transforming the Polestar sub-brand into a manufacturer of premium, design-driven EVs. All in a day’s work for a crayon twirler? Thomas Ingenlath sets us straight.

Opinion: New tech should deliver more fun to the customer
Just who is benefits from all the new tech we see in cars?

2018 Renault Megane RS280 – Renault Rumble
More muscular than any previous megane, with an angrier soundtrack, elevated ability and a splash of gallic charm, This first taste of the RS280 Hints at a new hot hatch benchmark

Editor’s Letter: In Defence of the SUV
Modern SUVs have forgotten their dynamically lacking elders, but can the current crop of high-riders genuinely offer an exciting driving experience?

Torana SS; 308 GTB; AU XR8; Porsche 356A; 1997 WRX: Classifieds of the week
We’re window shopping for cars on the internet, again…

Subaru marks 30 years of STI: in pictures
Subie’s fast car division hits three decades, so it pulled out the photo album