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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: BLISS N ESO'S CUSTOM KOMBI
Bliss n Eso's wild custom Kombi gives new meaning to the term 'show car'
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
1961 Cadillac Coupe De Ville - KANDY KAD
Back in 2005, this Caddy gave us a much-needed lesson in 60s style mild customs
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? STREET LEGAL
One of the last high-end survivors of the wild and crazy van era
THE SIMPSONS’ COOLEST RIDES
The good folk over at Jalopnik.com took it upon themselves to list all the real cars that have been featured in The Simpsons over the years. Now we’ve done our own list of just the cool stuff
SMOTY HALL OF FAME: COLIN TOWNSEND’S FJ
Street Machine of the Year was won in 1994 by Colin Townsend’s wide-body FJ Holden. Ten years later, Colin offered Simon Telford the chance to drive the car. Here’s what happened
Five reasons you should drive on ice
Oh, you drift? That's cute. Try belting a $400k hot rod when it's minus-12C
SMOTY HALL OF FAME: FRANK PICCOLO'S XB GT
Frank Piccolo made it two in a row for Ford by winning Street Machine of the Year in 1992. Here’s an abridged version of the first feature story on the car, circa July ’92.
SMOTY HALL OF FAME – Craig Parker’s TUFFXY
Craig Parker’s TUFFXY Fairmont was a ground-breaking car back in 1991 – and the first Ford to take out Street Machine of the Year
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
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Ron Barclay’s HQ Ute
We’re dusting off the archives to look back at the classic SMOTY winners, and Ron Barclay’s HQ from 1990 certainly fits the bill
AUSSIE BLOKES BUILD A BATMOBILE
At first glance, this wild machine looks like one of the genuine movie cars, but the truth is that was built in Perth by a couple of Aussie blokes
1982 Pontiac Trans Am Knight Rider KITT tribute
KITT, the four-wheeled star of 80s TV series Knight Rider rides again
KA-POW! BLOKE TURNS HIS VALIANT INTO A BATMOBILE!
Car nut Marke Kemp decided to recreate the caped crusaders cruiser after he tired of building and selling Mad Max replicas
GREAZEFEST PHOTO COMPETITION
Got killer shots from Greazefest in Brisbane or Melbourne? Post them straight to our website and you could win Gold Class tickets
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
SMOTY HALL OF FAME – Dave Bennett’s RAT ATTACK
We’re revisiting all the winners from the glorious past. The second-ever SMOTY winner, back in 1989, was Dave Bennett’s monstrous HQ Monaro
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BLO BAK 2
With this year’s Valvoline Street Machine of the year award set to kick off, we thought it would be the perfect time to look back on all the previous winners, so let’s get cracking
GALLERY: Phil Mizzi's 1954 Kombi
Sydney bloke Phil Mizzi is a latecomer to the world of Volkswagens, but he has set the online Kombi world alight with his ratty-looking ’54 single cab ute dubbed Grover
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