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Retro: 1959 Goggomobil Dart

It took a TV ad from the ’90s to enlighten Aussies about this microcar from the ’50s

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Brabham’s back: Australia’s home-grown hero detailed

Brabham returns to put Adelaide on the global stage with a $1.8 million 522kW Ferrari-killer

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Nathan Ponchard has left the building

Oversteer and … out

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Editor’s letter: How far we’ve come

Editor Inwood takes a trip down memory lane while driving two very different BMW M5s

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Classic Wheels: Where the World is Round

Epic tales from our archives

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2018 McLaren 720S review: Car vs Road

Dusk ’til dawn on the Great Ocean Road in McLaren’s savage 720S

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End of an era for Lamborghini’s V12

Aventador SVJ marks the end of a storied line of pure Sant’Agata V12s

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Michael Stahl: The curious ascent of the Up!

The Volkswagen Up!’s resurgence in popularity strikes at journos’ hearts

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Audi TT – Evolution of the badge

Audi’s compact coupe was a revelation when it first appeared, and has steadily morphed from ‘secretary spec’ to ‘searing hot’ over the years.

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Aerodynamics: the new supercar battlefront

Is horsepower now for people who can’t do aero?

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Nurburgring lap record beefs and controversies: A brief history

Green Hell lap-record claims and controversy go together like bangers and mash

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John Carey on the attenuation of combustion engines

The days of musical exhaust notes are numbered

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Wheel Stories: A race for gender equality

This historics racer is out to shade dad and make her own legacy

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Stephen Corby on Germany’s driving discipline

Stephen Corby gets a rundown on how the Europeans learn to drive

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Australia’s Nurburgring: The Bend Motorsport Park

Adelaide home to Oz’s new motorsport mecca

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The Insider: Betting on a rising ultra-premium market

There’s never been a better time to be a millionaire petrolhead

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Editor’s letter: Rebuilding Australia’s auto-empire – why can’t we?

Our expertise at building world-class cars hasn’t disappeared. If the Brits can do it, why can’t we?

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Retro: 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL

The lightweight homologation special that dominated touring car racing in the 1970s

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Mazda RX-7: Evolution of the badge

Forty years since Mazda’s magic sports coupe hit the scene keeps rotary maniacs praying for a comeback

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Wheel Stories: Show us your rig – The heavy-vehicle inspector who keeps NSW truckin’

We hear from the man at the helm of NSW’s heavy vehicle compliance enforcement

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Diesel given the cold shoulder in Europe

The oiler in troubled waters

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Classic Wheels: V8 with a Vengeance

Among the best of the many Wheels’ feature stories on Australia’s V8 Supercars series is Michael Stahl’s ‘V8 with a Vengeance’ from 1998.

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Retrospective – The rise of the Aussie classic

A Falcon GT-HO breached seven-figures at auction last weekend, but it’s definitely not the first time prices for classic Australian muscle have gone through the roof

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2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed: What to look forward to

Get excited for a very fast, very British, weekend of motoring nirvana