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2018 – The most open COTY in years?
How the field is shaping up for Australia’s most coveted motoring award
1997 Holden Commodore: The VT Holden Commodore
No more guessing games: this is the VT in the metal. We’ve driven every model and delved under the skin of the most important Holden in 50 years.
Toyota 1963-2017: Toyota’s aussie concepts
Toyota’s local talent shone brightly, but burned all too briefly
In Gear: Our pick of awesome gadgets in September
Check out this month’s find of awesome gadgets. From an F1-inspired teapot, the ultimate track day camera, to a Porsche watch that’s as exclusive as its cars
Kia Stinger – The Perfect Tune
Aussie stingers will be the sharpest in the world. Wheels embeds with Kia’s chassis team to tune it for our roads
Toyota 1963-2017: Oh what a feeling!
For 54 years, Toyota quietly got on with the job of building the cars that Australia – and the Middle East – needed, if not always wanted
Mercedes-AMG GT R on track vs GT C on road
With six variants now filling out the AMG GT range, how does the new 410kW GT C coupe compare with the vicious GT R?
1996 Holden Commodore: Holden Calais v Ford Fairmont Ghia
Ford has put in some useful midseason training, but will it frighten Holden’s horses? Mike McCarthy is poised for a photo finish…
1988-92: Australian automotive manufacturing hits hard times
Australia’s car industry struggled in the wake of the Button Plan, with Nissan the first of the Big Five to fall
1995 Holden Commodore: Refining the roar
HSV’s versions of the new VS are sweeter than ever
1994 Holden Commodore: Wheels 1993 Car of the Year
Holden’s VR-series Commodore is the 1993 Wheels Car of the Year. By the narrowest margin, it edged out Honda’s Accord to claim the 30th anniversary COTY award. The decisive factors: safety and value for money
1993 Holden Commodore: Little Aussie Byter
The VR Commodore is a smarter car all around than its predecessor – and not just because of a mega boost in computer power. From airbag to flush bumpers, Wheels evaluates the $100 million revamp
Ken Block’s Climbkhana is Climb Dance for the internet generation
The ‘head hoonigan in charge’, with a penchant for tyre destruction is back at it again, this time tackling Pikes Peak
1983-87: The beginning of the end
The end of the protectionism that propped up the Australian car industry was in sight as Ford enjoyed life at the top
1992 Holden Commodore: Title Recall
After endless days of back-to-back testing, thousands of hard kilometres and performance valuations at two locations, Wheels staffers were primed to deliver the definitive comparison between two new local heroes. Now read on …
AMG’s GT family explained
GT C coupe and convertible arrival takes AMG GT family to six variants. Here’s how they all fit in
1991 Holden Commodore: A Smoother Vintage
With a heritage hangover of too much whine and not enough culture, the VP had a lot to prove. Across the new Commodore range, Holden has refined the blend and fortified it with an extensive list of extras.
A 2017 Ferrari 488 Spider on the famed Circuito del Mugello
John Carey cracks open a howling 488 Spider on a famed Italian road course to embrace Ferrari’s V8 history, and bask in its turbocharged future.
1990 Holden Commodore: Raw vs Refined
PETER ROBINSON had a sugary smile after Australia’s SV5000 out-performed three sweet Europeans. But the raw lump from Downunder lacked a little refinement
Searching for the Tasmanian Tiger with a 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR
We’re on the trail of the ‘extinct’ Tasmanian Tiger, in one of Jaguar’s quickest cats, on some of Australia’s greatest roads. Believer or sceptic? Come along for the ride…
1989 Holden Commodore: VN Commodore – Car of the Year
It was a tight contest, argued for an agonisingly long time. But the VN Commodore is a fitting winner of the prestigious silver anniversary COTY, the world’s longest continual magazine award.
1988 Holden Commodore: Always a Commodore – VN first drive
What’s the VN like from the driver’s seat? After two days at the helm, Peter Robinson reckoned Holden’s parts-bin solution has worked well.
1987 Holden Commodore: The Blacksmith and the Boffin
The high-tech Commodore Turbo against the latest from the traditional school, a Group A V8
1986 Holden Commodore: No looking back
The point about the VL Commodore is not its abandonment of the Australian-made six. That is in the past. The VL is about Holden and the future
