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Sunday Roast: Why the French have shamed us
French interest in all things motoring puts us in the basket as the Poms
The Weekend Read: Trip to the Tip
Real men don’t need a four-wheel-drive to visit the northernmost part of Australia. All they need is Mazda’s MX-5 and an inflatable gecko
Wheels Gold Star Value Awards
We’ve crunched all the data so you don’t have to. Here’s our definitive guide to Australia’s best-value cars
Sunday Roast: Why V8 Supercars has to change or die
For Bathurst to remain The Great Race, and for V8 Supercars as a race series, it simply has to change
VIDEO: THE Lap of the Gods
In our last ‘Lap of the Gods’ instalment is Greg Murphy’s stunning qualifier in 2003
VIDEO: Walkinshaw’s V12 Jaguar meets The Mountain
For the third slot of our ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series is Tom Walkinshaw’s howling qualifier in the V12 Jaguar XJ-S before The Great Race of ’85
Bathurst’s top 50 moments
Time on your hands during the biggest week in Australian motor sport? Wheels compiles its list of the 50 most memorable moments of the great race
VIDEO: Mark Skaife – “As quick as we could go”
Our second episode of the ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series highlights the explosive pace of Mark Skaife and Nissan’s Group A Skyline GT-R around Mount Panorama in 1991
VIDEO: Peter Brock in the Wet
In our first instalment of ‘Lap of the Gods’ mini-series, leading up to this weekend’s enduro, we re-visit Brocky’s wet and sideways charge on The Mountain during the last laps of the 1987 Great Race
The Weekend Read: Paris Motor Show 2014
Wheels is walking the floor of the Paris Motor Show as the world’s biggest car makers launch a host of exciting new metal – everything from fuel-sipping commuter fare to ground-shaking supercars
Audi S1 Group B hot lap video
We hitch a ride in one of the most iconic cars in rally history
The Weekend Read: Australasian Safari revisited
As the heat, dust and heartbreak of the 2014 Australasian Safari starts to settle, we revisit our catch-up with cross-country champion Bruce Garland ahead of the 2010 event
Blancpain Endurance Series final finishes wet and wild
Series final at the Nürburgring 1000 gives us one of the season’s most demanding and entertaining races yet
WRC Rally Australia Review
MOTOR’s take on what went down at Rally Oz, and how each driver performed.
Recall record: what’s wrong with our cars?
Australia is on track for a record million-plus recalled vehicles this year. More cars will be recalled in 2014 than sold
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: 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
Five reasons you should drive on ice
Oh, you drift? That’s cute. Try belting a $400k hot rod when it’s minus-12C
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
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
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
