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HSV Maloo R8 LSA: Celebrating the manual gearbox
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HSV Maloo R8 LSA: Celebrating the manual gearbox

The trembling Tremec

2001 Ford Falcon
Ford Falcon

2001 Ford Falcon AU XR8 v Holden Commodore VX SS

Ford gives its XR8 a 220kW kick in the guts, then sets off in pursuit of the long-departed Commodore SS. It’s a wheelspinning wow of a drive

BMW Z4 on set of The Hire
Car Style

BMW, Clive Owen back for new series of BMW Films

BMW hopes to, er, increase traffic with the relaunch of the internet-only BMW Films.

Peugeot 308 GTi 270: Celebrating the manual gearbox
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Peugeot 308 GTi 270: Celebrating the manual gearbox

Peugeot’s Golf hunter

Children in backseat of car
Car Style

Five things to make family cars more child friendly

Car makers need to think more about children’s needs when pitching their vehicles as family cars.

Ford AU II Falcon
Ford Falcon

2000 Ford AU II Falcon

Ford’s AU II re-think is a better car. But is it good enough to tackle Commodore?

2004 FPV Typhoon
Ford Falcon

2004 FPV F6 Typhoon v FPV GT v HSV Clubsport

Is Australia ready for a world where the V8 is not king? Wheels was ahead of the curve with this question …

1996 Ligier JS41 F1 review
Classic Wheels

Archive: 1996 Ligier JS41 F1 review

What’s it like to test an F1 car, with full technical support, telemetry and tyre change? Derek Daly throws the Adelaide runner-up car, Ilivier Panis’ Ligier JS41, round Magnay-Cours…

Volkswagen Polo GTI: Celebrating the manual gearbox
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Volkswagen Polo GTI: Celebrating the manual gearbox

Power and handling puts it on a par, but when it comes to ESP computer says no

1999 Ford AU Falcon: Tickford’s Special T
Ford Falcon

1999 Ford AU Falcon: Tickford’s Special T

In 1999, a hot Ford arrived that Wheels could get excited about

1998 Ford Falcon AU
Ford Falcon

1998 Ford AU Falcon launches

After a near-death experience, the Ford Falcon adopted New Edge design and IRS as part of a sixth-generation makeover.

Inside the top-secret Mercedes-Benz car bunkers
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Inside Mercedes-Benz’s top-secret car bunkers

Wheels explores Merc’s priceless collection of ultra-rare cars

Paris Motor Show Lexus Kinetic Seat Concept
Car Style

2016 Paris Motor Show: Lexus Kinetic Seat Concept

An office chair for a driver seat made from spider web – Lexus reckons it can work.

Celebrating the manual gearbox
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Celebrating the manual gearbox

MOTOR calls a toast to the manual gearbox – enjoying a resurgence of sorts – by grabbing five hotshot H-patterns

Ford EL Falcon GT
Ford Falcon

1997 Ford EL Falcon GT: How it was built

The B to L of making a Ford GT

Electronic Stability Program is getting tricky
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Electronic Stability Program is getting tricky

Electronic stability control isn’t just about safety.

1996 Ford EL Falcon
Ford Falcon

1996 Ford EL Falcon review

Ford has pinched, pulled, fiddled and finessed the Falcon to the tune of $40 million, most of it spent underneath. TODD HALLENBECK is our man in the inspection pit

1995 Ford Falcon EF II
Ford Falcon

1995 Ford EF II Falcon first drive review

At last, a tweaked chassis, more equipment and less noise makes Falcon the car it should have been from the start. Bob Hall gives EF II the thumbs up.

Opinion: Jaguar F-Type, BMW M2 or Porsche Boxster?
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Opinion: Jaguar F-Type, BMW M2 or Porsche Boxster?

David Morley gives us his opinion on the Jaguar F-Type, BMW M2 and Porsche Boxster

1994 Ford Falcon XR6
Ford Falcon

1994 Ford EF Falcon XR6 review

Tickford’s performance Falcon is affordable, sticks like glue and, says a gleeful Bob Hall, goes like stink.

5 things we love about the Volkswagen Polo GTI
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5 things we love about the Volkswagen Polo GTI

5 Fantastic features on our Bang For Your Bucks fiscal favourite, the VW Polo GTI

Citroen 2CV
Car Style

Citroen virtual museum revealed

Citroen has digitised its vast back catalogue in a beautiful interactive online showroom. Click this way…

1994 Ford Falcon reveal
Ford Falcon

1993 Ford Falcon: Next-gen EF scoop!

Wheels snapped the hotly anticipated Ford EF Falcon before anyone else

Volvo S60 on Hume Highway
Classic Wheels

Archive: We drove the Hume Highway at 130km/h and didn’t get booked

We say the Hume would be safer with a 130km/h limit. Ben Oliver runs the gauntlet to prove the point