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Gunther Werks perfects Porsche 993
US Porsche tuner reimagines last of the air-cooled 911s with resplendent Gunther Werks 400R

Opinion: New Commodore might take some getting used to
Editor DC tries to make sense of his feelings towards the new Holden Commodore

Wheels Stories: An Alfa obsession
Sydney lawyer Nathan Khoury has owned 20 Alfa Romeos in 12 years, and even swapped an Aston Martin Vantage for a Giulia QV. We had to find out what sparked the passion

Opinion: Audiobooks can’t replace a stack of car magazines
In a world populated by the mentally shiftless and imagination-deprived, it probably had to happen

In Gear: Our pick of awesome gadgets in August
In this month’s trawl of awesome gear and gadgets: Ferraris we might actually afford, watches we can’t, and an ejector seat office chair!

Wheels Interview: Tim Schenken
Tim Schenken is still the only Aussie to have secured a works Ferrari drive. What was it really like to pull on the red suit?

2006 BMW Z4 M vs Mercedes-AMG SLK55: Classic MOTOR
In 2006, BMW’s then-new Z4 M Roadster flexed up to the drop-top muscle boy SLK55

Warren Luff’s Winton Raceway tips
We asked our gun driver Luffy to give us his tips for tackling Winton’s technical turns

1963-67: The push for Australian-made
Holden pegs a production record for its most Aussie car yet, while the government encourages others to build vehicles here

Retro: 1965 Bizzarrini 5300 GT
A stunning gran turismo built by former Ferrari chief experimental engineer whose masterpiece was none other than the 250 GTO

Elfin MS8 Streamliner 50th Anniversary: Classic MOTOR
The Aussie-built 340kW V8-powered lightweight that could sink supercars

Wheels Review: McLaren
New doco pays tribute to the man behind McLaren

Ferrari Enzo v Ferrari F12 TDF v Ferrari 458 Speciale – Driven
As the sun gradually sets on seven decades of Maranello’s commitment to the natural aspirated engine, we touch on Ferrari’s fiercest atmo specials

Editor’s Letter: A milestone at Maranello
Wheels editor Alex Inwood recounts the first time he drove a Ferrari out of the gates at Maranello

Explained: Mazda G-Vectoring Control
Wheels delves into the tricky tech behind Mazda’s software-based torque-vectoring system

Two legends went rallying in McLaren 570 GTs
Pair of Youtubers take McLaren 570 GT supercars onto a dirt road. Epicness ensues

Retro: 1958 Aston Martin DB4 – Stiff upper brit
Beautiful yet brawny Aston was the unlikely holder of a production car record

Why the Australian Orbital two-stroke engine never took off
In the early ’90s, Carey test drove a Ford Festiva with an Australian developed two-stroke engine and it worked quite well but never took off. Carey found the answer years later from a Porsche engineer

The 10 most annoying features of modern cars
No one is perfect and neither are our cars, so here are some suggestions that could make the latest vehicles even better to live with

Performance Car Podcast: Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint Part 2
XR8 Sprint owner Norm joins the MOTOR crew to talk Falcon

Peter Robinson’s top ten Ferraris
Robbo has steered almost every production Ferrari since the Dino 246, so to mark 70 years of the Prancing Horse, he lays out his top 10

BMW’s CS badge past and future
We explore the timeline of BMW’s driver-focused but elegant ‘Coupe Sport’ cars and what the CS badge might bring next

1958-62: The Falcon flies
Holden builds momentum as Ford launches its version of Australia’s own car

Kei cars: the coolest Japanese pocket monsters
Quirky, kooky, and oh-so-tiny, Japan’s sub-micro Kei class has spawned some incredibly cool cars – and more than a few bizarre ones too.
