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The day R2-D2 tried to kill me with a Citroen
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The day R2-D2 tried to kill me with a Citroen

As May the fourth rolls around again, we ponder the dark side of Star Wars fame

Australia’s best concepts: 2003 Toyota X-Runner
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Australia’s best concepts: 2003 Toyota X-Runner

Toyota’s Aussie-made X-Runner ute concept offered a glimpse of Australian car market trends almost 15 years into the future

Ford XR8 MAIN
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The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 2010s

Our search for the ultimate Aussie-built King of the Road reaches its final decade

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Top 6 Porsches you can still afford

With 911 prices soaring beyond reach of regular punters, here are six alternatives to satiate a Porsche hankering for less than $50k

Top 8: Legends of turbocharging
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Top 8: Legends of turbocharging

Modern turbocharged engines often mask their wondrous forced induction technology, but it wasn’t always that way.

The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 2000s
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The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 2000s

Our search for what the people of Australia regard as the king of home-grown muscle continues

Video: Five minutes with Daniel Riccardo
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Video: Five minutes with Daniel Ricciardo

Ricciardo bares all in front of the Wheels lens, detailing his weirdest fan requests, who he reckons is the best driver and how he’d like to put Hamilton in a headlock.

Nine Nurburgring kings
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Nine Nurburgring Kings

Nine record-harassing heavyweights of the Nurburgring Nordschleife

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2017 Porsche 911 GT3 fast figures

As you might expect, the new 991 Porsche 911 GT3 has some mouth-watering figures to its name. Here are some of our favourite.

1979 Mazda RX 7 vs Mazda MX 5 1.5 GT
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New vs Used: 1979 Mazda RX-7 vs Mazda MX-5 1.5 GT

Two pure, rear-drive offerings from Mazda separated by 35 years

BMW Driving Centre South Korea
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Inside BMW’s South-Korean driving paradise

BMW’s newly-minted South Korean Driving Centre is a hoon’s paradise, and we did our dutiful best to add as much rubber to its fresh tarmac as possible.

HSV GTS R W1 vs HSV Senator LSA drag race
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Video: HSV GTS-R W1 vs HSV Senator LSA drag race

Supercharged HSV heroes go head-to-head on the strip

The evolution of McLaren in Formula 1
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The evolution of McLaren in Formula 1

This animation shows how McLaren F1 cars have morphed over the years, from the team’s first winner to the current black and orange machine

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Alfa QV v BMW M3 vs AMG C63

Alfa’s Ferrari-inspired Giulia QV hits the tarmac with the C63 S and M3 Competition, and holds its own against the sports sedan staples.

Explained Variable Compression
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Explained: Variable Compression

Wheels explains the world’s first production-ready variable compression engine, the most radical rethink of the four-stroke engine thus far.

Porsche 991.2 911 GT3
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2018 Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 First Ride

The new Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 benefits from myriad improvements, but none are as exciting as the return of the manual gearbox

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F1 powerslide compilation

Yes, this video is as good as it sounds

Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT
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Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT

Opel’s red-blooded and red-tyred GT may have been designed in Europe, but it is made of solid Aussie stuff

Australia’s best concepts: 2011 Ford Australia Mad Max Interceptors
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Australia’s best concepts: 2011 Ford Australia Mad Max Interceptors

Wheels swings the spotlight to a Ford Australia concept which got tongues wagging around the world and paid homage to an iconic Aussie film

Top 5 drag racing special editions
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Top 5 drag racing special editions

The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon grabbed headlines everywhere last week, but here are five factory-built cars that preceded it made especially for the drag strip

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Porsche names top-sounding engines

With a shriek and bellow, Porsche names its aural delights from over the years

HSV W1: The End of Daze
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48 hours in a HSV GTS-R W1

Our first taste of the ballistic HSV GTS-R W1 on the public road was a 1000km road-trip through Victoria’s high country

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The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 1990s

Vote for which Aussie built bruiser was the best of the decade

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Performance Car Podcast: HSV Gen-F2 GTS

The boys from MOTOR discuss HSV’s 430kW/740Nm supercharged beast