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39 Years of Holden Commodore: 1979 - Car of the Year
Imagine this: an imported Opel, badged as a Commdore, tuned for local conditions, and winning COTY. No this is not a prediction for 2018, but rather a recollection of some 39 years ago.
39 Years of Holden Commodore: 1978 - GMH unveils the born-again Holden
The Commodore is a car we can be proud of, a car to compare with any (and we mean any) from Europe. Meet a new and very different Holden ... it's the General's finest hour.
Wheels Tyre Test 2017: Eight brands compared
It isn’t easy sorting good passenger-car tyres from the genuinely great ones, but the annual Wheels Tyre Test has it down to a fine, round and black art. We put eight tyres through the gauntlet to give you our pick of the bunch
Jaguar Land Rover’s new wave in recycling turns concept cars into surfboards
How a ‘no waste to landfill’ initiative doesn’t have to be boring
Watch a Ferrari 250 GTO getting binned at Goodwood
$50 million worth of prancing stallion ended up slightly worse for wear
POR440 Drag Week testing - update nine
Arby takes POR440 for a test spin at Cordova International Raceway, ahead of Hot Rod Drag Week 2017
POR440 VG Valiant junkyard fix – update eight
Before they could make it to the start of Hot Rod Drag Week, Mark Arblaster and his crew had to do a quick fix on the Valiant’s steering box
2017 Toyota 86 GT vs 2001 Nissan 200SX: new vs used
Toyota’s 86 spurs memories of Nissan’s bygone belter
Reliving Australia's part in the Berlin Airlift, in the next German-built Commodore
Nearly 70 years ago, Australian servicemen helped save West Berlin in the biggest humanitarian airlift operation in history. We revisit the sites of that remarkable event in the German-built Opel that’s headed here to fill the shoes of an Aussie icon
Explained: V2X Vehicle-to-everything communication
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication will soon become a mainstay of our roads, but our cars could soon after be talking to traffic lights and buildings. Wheels delves into the What? How? and Why? in this edition of Explained.
Turbo 355 Holden stroker-powered 1984 HDT VK Calais
The truckie, the wife and the turbocharged V8 Commodore - the perfect recipe for marital bliss
Retro: 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 - Forest Thump
A Pug-nacious homologation special that ruled rallying in the mid-'80s
Wheels Interview: Jaguar’s man behind the electric E-Type
Spectacular or sacrilege? Tim Hannig talks Jaguar E-Type Zero
Top 10 worst sport editions: Classic MOTOR
Like greg louganis head-butting an olympic diving board, some sporting failures are best handled in public
Budget build Burrito Dorado Holden Brougham - flashback
Sometimes the cars that are the most fun are the ones that cost the least to build.
Hemi 265-powered 1970 Valiant VG ute
After building a swag of Ford and Holden utes, Rob Anderson decided to do something rare
Porsche once shoehorned one of its engines into a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen
This Mercedes-Benz off-roader is proudly displayed in a Porsche museum, and for good reason
1978-82: Football, meat pies, kangaroos, and Aussie cars
The Holden Commodore arrives as the nation struggles to set the framework for the car industry
Pro touring turbo LSX-powered 1969 Holden HT Monaro
Lots of hard work and an eye for detail produced a landmark pro touring Holden HT Monaro
Nissan R32 Skyline GT-R Group A: Classic MOTOR
The car that immortalised the letters ‘GT-R’
POR440 Valiant across the USA – update seven
Mark Arblaster and the POR440 Valiant continue their Route 66 adventure
Retro Review: 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
A road car in name and little else. The CLK-GTR was arguably the most extreme racing homologation example ever. Read Robbo’s take straight from the Wheels archive.
Precious metal on Route 66 - 1957 Chevrolet wagon, Mercury Comet, 1956 Mercury
Arby checks out some classic barn finds on in Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Legendary drag racer Gary Phillips - interview
Drag racer Gary Phillips has been breaking records, winning championships and generally setting the standard for decades