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The last performance manuals you can buy today
The list of cars with big power, a stick and three pedals gets very short indeed

Car collectors, but not as you know them
Wheels shares the minds of four absolute car nuts. All call themselves collectors, but not in the traditional classic car, Sunday driver sense you might imagine

Unsprung weight explained
Unsprung weight is the enemy of chassis tuners but the latest materials tech and clever design is winning the battle

The greatest Australian Muscle Car as decided by Wheels readers
The votes are in, and we finally have a winner for our search for Australia’s one true road king

Video: The sickest onboard Nurburgring Nordschleife laps
GT-Rs, Yellowbirds, supercars and a… diesel hatchback? These are the Nurburgring laps that you need to watch.

A Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet and a dream drive to Monte Carlo
Porsche’s iconic 911 cut its motorsport chops up in the mountains above Monte Carlo. Ben Oliver retraces those tyre tracks in the new Turbo S to see if there’s still a racer’s edge to this brutally rapid sports-luxo flagship

2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo – the Wheels gallery
Scope our best glamour shots of Nissan’s most monstrous iteration of Godzilla to date: the fire-breathing GT-R Nismo

Five top unbelievable barn finds
Every petrolhead has fantasised about finding a rare or exotic ride squirreled away in some forgotten shed, so here are five extraordinary examples to keep the dream alive

Australia’s greatest muscle car of all time
It’s the final countdown as the five winners from each decade face off to see which Aussie Muscle Car is truly the greatest

The saviours of Formula 1
Meet the men tasked with bringing Formula 1 into the digital age. One is well-known to racing fans, while the others… well, the others are American. Here’s their plan.

2017 McLaren 720S fast facts
McLaren’s newest baby and the second-generation of the Super Series has got us all frothing with its hyperbolic figures. Here’s a sample.

HSV GTS-R new vs old walkaround video
Trace the bloodline of HSV’s latest GTS-R W1 back to the loud and proud 1995 GTS-R

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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
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

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.