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Megane RS
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Opinion: The art of front-wheel drive

Is ‘wrong-wheel drive’ actually the greatest challenge of all?

Legends behind the liveries
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The Legends behind Toyota’s liveries

Famous colours matched to their stories

Porsche 918
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Porsche 918 Spyder spits flames on dyno

Hybrid hypercar puts on a light show

Maldonado
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Maldonator – The Movie

New film documents the Venezuelan’s crash-tastic F1 career

Ford Falcon GT-HO
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Bucket List: Ford Falcon GT-HO

It all began with a poster of Allan Moffat’s emphatic Hardie Ferodo 500 victory in 1971. By the time the yellowed Sellotape crumbled, a ghosted outline remained etched on the wall

Mercedes-Benz 220SL
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Bucket List: Mercedes-Benz 220SL

Mercedes-Benz Australia pulled the sheets an absolute one-off that comprehensively one-ups anything else we had at Broadford. It’s an original right-hand-drive 220SL

Holden Efijy
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Bucket List: Holden Efijy

Holden built one of the standout custom cars of the modern era. It won accolades around the world. And here I am, about to drive it!

Renault Alpine A110
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Bucket List: Renault Alpine A110

I’ve had a lifelong lust for two particular cars. Both giant-killers in racing and rallying during my fascinated childhood, and both happen to be rear-engined

Citroen 2CV
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Bucket List: Citroen 2CV

Right from the moment I first saw the Citroen 2CV, in imported British car magazines sometime in the mid-1970s, I wanted to drive it

ANCAP
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ANCAP: Crash safety’s shooting stars

Changes to crash test standards throw the Australasian NCAP rating system into disarray

Hot hatch drag race
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Drag Race: Audi S1 vs VW Golf R

Two of VAG’s hottest hatches face off on the strip

Christopher Mies dissects Phillip Island qualifier
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Christopher Mies dissects Phillip Island qualifier

GT3 ace delivers onboard masterclass

Mercedes-Benz S500 drive-in Mad Max
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Mercedes-Benz S500 at the drive-in

The latest instalment of the Mad Max saga showing at the drive-in theatre was enough to set pulses racing among the Wheels petrolheads, but what would we drive to Fury Road?

Lamborghini vs HSV
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Market Watch: Lamborghini vs HSV

Two very different ways of spending $180,000

Lamborghini LP550-2 Balboni
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Top 12: Cars we’d buy if we won Lotto

When we asked everyone on the Wheels team to pick the one car they’d actually buy, money no object, we were worried we might just get 12 Audi RS6s, or a dozen Porsches, but the results have been a big surprise

Kawasaki H2R versus Nissan GT-R
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Modified 1000kW Godzilla conquers Kawasaki H2R

Kawasaki H2R bullet bike silenced by monster R35 GT-R

Wings Across Australia
Classic Wheels

From the Wheels archive: Wings across Australia – driving a Datsun Bluebird from Adelaide to Darwin

From the the July 1981 edition of Wheels, when we piloted Datsun’s then new Bluebird from Adelaide to Darwin in 30 hours to discover if the most Japanese Australian car yet was up to the challenge.

Bugatti versus Kawasaki
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Tuned Veyron clashes with 240kW Kawasaki H2R superbike

Bugatti’s Veyron meets its two-wheeled match

BMW E46 M3 CSL
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BMW M3 CSL revisited

A decade on, does BMW’s hardcore hero still have what it takes?

Alfa Romeo 4C-R
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Sweet Dream: Alfa Romeo 4C-R

MOTOR’s vision for the ultimate baby Italian supercar

Car Style

Most stylish performance cars

Got the need for speed but think performance cars are best left to the aficionados? Don’t be too quick to make up your mind.

Mars Rover Opportunity
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Driving cars on Mars

Ever wanted to drive a car on another planet? Wheels had a chat with someone who has had the chance to do that every single day for the last decade

Nissan GT-R vs Porsche GT2
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Weekly Wallpaper: Nissan GT-R versus Porsche 911 GT2

A bitter super sports car rivalry played out in high-resolution goodness

Tesla Model S P85D versus Ferrari F12
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VIDEO: Tesla’s Model S P85D will scare Ferraris

Tesla’s dual-motor sedan almost slays a Ferrari F12 at the strip