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The day R2-D2 tried to kill me with a Citroen
As May the fourth rolls around again, we ponder the dark side of Star Wars fame
Australia’s best concepts: 2003 Toyota X-Runner
Toyota’s Aussie-made X-Runner ute concept offered a glimpse of Australian car market trends almost 15 years into the future
The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 2010s
Our search for the ultimate Aussie-built King of the Road reaches its final decade
Top 6 Porsches you can still afford
With 911 prices soaring beyond reach of regular punters, here are six alternatives to satiate a Porsche hankering for less than $50k
Top 8: Legends of turbocharging
Modern turbocharged engines often mask their wondrous forced induction technology, but it wasn’t always that way.
The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 2000s
Our search for what the people of Australia regard as the king of home-grown muscle continues
Video: Five minutes with Daniel Ricciardo
Ricciardo bares all in front of the Wheels lens, detailing his weirdest fan requests, who he reckons is the best driver and how he’d like to put Hamilton in a headlock.
Nine Nurburgring Kings
Nine record-harassing heavyweights of the Nurburgring Nordschleife
2017 Porsche 911 GT3 fast figures
As you might expect, the new 991 Porsche 911 GT3 has some mouth-watering figures to its name. Here are some of our favourite.
New vs Used: 1979 Mazda RX-7 vs Mazda MX-5 1.5 GT
Two pure, rear-drive offerings from Mazda separated by 35 years
Inside BMW’s South-Korean driving paradise
BMW’s newly-minted South Korean Driving Centre is a hoon’s paradise, and we did our dutiful best to add as much rubber to its fresh tarmac as possible.
Video: HSV GTS-R W1 vs HSV Senator LSA drag race
Supercharged HSV heroes go head-to-head on the strip
The evolution of McLaren in Formula 1
This animation shows how McLaren F1 cars have morphed over the years, from the team’s first winner to the current black and orange machine
Alfa QV v BMW M3 vs AMG C63
Alfa’s Ferrari-inspired Giulia QV hits the tarmac with the C63 S and M3 Competition, and holds its own against the sports sedan staples.
Explained: Variable Compression
Wheels explains the world’s first production-ready variable compression engine, the most radical rethink of the four-stroke engine thus far.
2018 Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 First Ride
The new Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 benefits from myriad improvements, but none are as exciting as the return of the manual gearbox
F1 powerslide compilation
Yes, this video is as good as it sounds
Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT
Opel’s red-blooded and red-tyred GT may have been designed in Europe, but it is made of solid Aussie stuff
Australia’s best concepts: 2011 Ford Australia Mad Max Interceptors
Wheels swings the spotlight to a Ford Australia concept which got tongues wagging around the world and paid homage to an iconic Aussie film
Top 5 drag racing special editions
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon grabbed headlines everywhere last week, but here are five factory-built cars that preceded it made especially for the drag strip
Porsche names top-sounding engines
With a shriek and bellow, Porsche names its aural delights from over the years
48 hours in a HSV GTS-R W1
Our first taste of the ballistic HSV GTS-R W1 on the public road was a 1000km road-trip through Victoria’s high country
The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 1990s
Vote for which Aussie built bruiser was the best of the decade
Performance Car Podcast: HSV Gen-F2 GTS
The boys from MOTOR discuss HSV’s 430kW/740Nm supercharged beast
