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The saviours of Formula 1
Meet the men tasked with bringing Formula 1 into the digital age. One is well-known to racing fans, while the others... well, the others are American. Here's their plan.
BUYER BEWARE – BLOWIN’ GASKETS
The world of automotive buying and selling is full of wild exaggerations and outrights lies – and plenty of people willing to believe them
MASSIVE ATTACK 1955 CHEVROLET SPORTS COUPE
Rod Hadfield’s 'Final Objective' 1955 Chevrolet Sports Coupe is the world’s best ever street machine.
2017 McLaren 720S fast facts
McLaren’s newest baby and the second-generation of the Super Series has got us all frothing with its hyperbolic figures. Here’s a sample.
BLOWN 355-HOLDEN POWERED VH COMMODORE
This 1983 VH Holden Commodore packs a 963hp all-Aussie Holden V8 punch!
DEMON 1: TOUGH XB FORD FALCON
With 50 show trophies to its credit and 500hp on tap, this XB is one chest-thumping urban gorilla.
HSV GTS-R new vs old walkaround video
Trace the bloodline of HSV’s latest GTS-R W1 back to the loud and proud 1995 GTS-R
U-2 CHASE CAR HISTORY
When it comes to chasing top secret planes, the United States Air Force has a long history of relying on souped-up muscle cars
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
CHASING U-2 SPYPLANES WITH AUSSIE COMMODORES
The US Air Force uses some Aussie muscle to help its quarter-billion-dollar spy planes take off and land
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
FAVOURITE ENGINES FROM OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
Our Facebook readers tell us what their favourite engine is and why
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
EX-SPEEDWAY 1965 MUSTANG FASTBACK
It may not be a 'street machine', but Brian McDonough's dirt-churning '65 Mustang is a classic piece of speedway history
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
BLOWN 540 BIG-BLOCK HEMI-POWERED VG VALIANT
David Hillman's 1970 VG Valiant started out as a tough streeter with a 318 Chrysler, now it has a blown and injected big-block Hemi!
TWIN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK 1963 FORD FALCON FUTURA
The Yanks are famous for their love of litigation yet George Bastiras's 1963 Ford Futura coupe is street legal. Maybe it still is the Land Of The Free after all
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.