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Fast Car History Lesson: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
Cracking the COPO code births the ulimate Camaro

VIDEO: WRC-inspired Ford Ranger on sale in Oz for almost $90K
Locally assembled Ford Ranger wears the badges of this year’s World Rally Championship-winning Fiesta

Explained: GKN eTwinsterX Transmission
A newly developed and versatile two-speed electric transmission for any drive train layout, could see its production model debut as early as 2018. Let’s talk the tech!

Australia’s ugliest cars
We round up a cavalcade of hideous munters

Opinion: Are video games ruining real driving?
Which is to blame? Are video games spoiling real life, or is real life spoiling video games?

Performance Car Podcast: John Bowe
An in-depth chat with one of Australia’s greatest racing drivers

Mercedes-Benz F 015 video review
Watch as we poke, prod and play with one of the most unusual, and expensive, cars to grace Wheels HQ. And yes, it really does looks like a spaceship.

Headed Woodward with Mike Simcoe
Robbo shoots the breeze with GM design boss Mike Simcoe at Detroit’s annual Woodward Dream Cruise

Wheels Investigation: Australia’s petrol is one of the dirtiest in the world
Aussie petrol is amongst the developed world’s dirtiest, and quality standards are going nowhere

Editor’s letter: The pressure and the pride of Car of the Year
Organising COTY wouldn’t be much more difficult if the office was on fire, but it’s all worth it in the end

Toyota Yaris AP4 rally car ride with Harry Bates
MOTOR scores a first-hand experience in a new Australian Rally Championship car

The Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo was almost supercharged
Former Tickford and FPV program manager tells MOTOR how the Barra almost became ‘super’

Peter Brock drifts Elfin MS8 Streamliner: Classic MOTOR
We get Peter brock to slide rule the Elfin in the name of smoke and science

Camouflaged cars captured on camera are no accident
Car makers let you see their latest hardware when they are good and ready, not in a moment’s lapse of concentration

2017 Kia Stinger GT vs 2016 Ford Falcon XR6T Sprint: New vs used
Brand new V6 Stinger, or a pre-loved legend of Aussie performance?

Opinion: Nissan’s Supercars future
Nissan Australia is once again faced with the dilemma of deciding whether to stay in, or leave Supercars

Opinion: The new hot hatch golden age
This is an exciting time for the hot hatch, and you’re missing out if you wouldn’t consider one

Best performance Commodores: The owners’ stories
When we needed to gather the Lion’s best for a send-off, our readers helped us out big time

Opinion: Please, Ferrari, don’t follow the SUV trend
A Ferrari SUV. It’s madness… Be a good dad, Sergio Marchionne and please say no to the SUV brats

How Michael Stahl became a Lewis Hamilton fan… sort of
Stahly was bewildered when he was once called a Lewis Hamilton fan, though that did somewhat change once the two met at the AMG GT R launch last year

Geek Speak: Porsche’s carbon fibre rims
Porsche’s unique new way of making carbon fibre rims

Editor’s letter: 2017 – The year of the Korean car
Anyone who drove the original Kia Sportage or an X3 Excel can attest- Korean cars have come a helluva long way

BMW 1M: Sweet Dream
For when you want an M2, but hot hatch is life

The Insider: RIP Performance SUVs
While demand for performance SUVs looks to soar for the foreseeable future, tightening emissions as power output increases may reign in the perfect storm for this red-hot sector
