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Rauno Aaltonen race car driver
Features

How flying Finn Rauno Aaltonen won Bathurst

Rauno Aaltonen on how Mini conquered the mountain, how to beat Porsche with half the horsepower and what happens when you drive into a giraffe at 100km/h

Citroen Cactus vs FIAT 500X vs Mini Clubman vs Suzuki Vitara
Classic Wheels

Archive: Citroen Cactus vs FIAT 500X vs Mini Clubman vs Suzuki Vitara

These four affordable and crazy little critters certainly push the design envelope, but which weirdo is most wonderful?

FPV GT P versus Mad Max interceptor
Classic Wheels

Archive: FPV GT-P vs Mad Max Interceptor

Three decades after Mad Max brought the blown Falcon to the big screen, we strap into FPV’s supercharged V8 GT for an 1150km maxxed-out mission to meet that iconic ’80s star.

FPV vs HSV vs SRT8
Classic Wheels

Archive: 2012 FPV GT R-Spec vs Chrysler 300 SRT8 vs HSV Clubsport R8

They each pack enough firepower to shred the treads, but only one can truly lay claim to being Australia’s fastest car.

De Tomaso Mangusta
Classic Wheels

1967 De Tomaso Mangusta

Argentina meets Italy meets America. What could possibly go wrong?

Mark Webber Porsche WEC
Classic Wheels

Archive: Mark Webber spearheads Porsche’s return to Le Mans

With Mark Webber announcing he will be hanging up his helmet at the end of 2016, go back to when we tagged along to his return to Le Mans as a factory Porsche LMP1 driver.

Dick Johnson Ford Touring Car legend
Features

Dick Johnson: Ford touring car legend

From ‘rock star’ to long-time guardian of Ford’s racing flame.

BMW X3 vs Ford Territory
Classic Wheels

Archive: 2011 Ford Territory v BMW X5 comparison review

We’ve been out here to Cameron Corner before, but never in an Aussie-built diesel SUV … let alone one with the ability to stand comparison with a BMW $30K more expensive.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Classic Wheels

Archive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG v Oxley Highway

An epic car deserves an equally sensational road, so Bill Thomas introduces AMG’s SLS Roadster to the best bit of bendy bitumen inland of the NSW mid-north coast.

Mercedes-Benz Classic Car bunker
Features

Mercedes-Benz classic cars: Inside Holy Halls

A wall of F1 cars is just a small part of a 1000-strong collection of one-offs, motorsport stars and production classics hidden in secret bunkers Mercedes-Benz calls The Holy Halls.

Ford Australia CEO Graeme Whickman
Features

Ford Australia boss Graeme Whickman interview

For Ford Australia president Graeme Whickman, overseeing the manufacturing shutdown has been difficult, but his challenges are really just beginning.

Ford XC Falcon Cobra
Classic Wheels

1978 Ford XC Falcon Cobra

Necessity was the mother of Ford’s invention, and a nice little earner.

Ford Falcon Wheels Magazine covers
Ford Falcon

Celebrating 56 years of Wheels and Falcon

It’s been one hell of a journey. Here are all the Wheels covers to feature the Falcon since the dawn of the Australian icon.

Ford Falcon final model
Ford Falcon

The day the Falcon died

Join Wheels as we follow the last Aussie-made Ford Falcon off the line at Broadmeadows

Ronnie Peterson and Mario Andretti
Classic Wheels

Ronnie Peterson F1 death scandal remembered

“No one knows quite how he does it but it’s true they say he’s the master of going faster”.

Nissan Skyline at Bathurst with Peter Broke
Classic Wheels

Classic Wheels: Ronnie Peterson F1 death scandal

Ronnie Peterson’s death at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix shocked the F1 world – and scandalised the way F1 handled the medical treatment of drivers.

A9X Peter Brock
Classic Wheels

Archive: Peter Brock’s Bathurst win at Mt Panorama

In a Wheels exclusive Brocky provided a first-person account about how he claimed his fourth Hardie-Ferodo 1000 victory at Mt Panorama

Bathurst victory
Features

Bathurst 1000: Your one-stop guide

Haven’t been following Supercars this year, but want to sound smart with your mates, we got you covered!

2015 Ford FG Falcon
Ford Falcon

2015 Ford Falcon: FG-X Falcon EcoLPi review

More of the same, done slightly better

Nissan GT-R 1992 Bathurst race
Classic Wheels

Archive: Godzilla Skyline GT-R at 1992 Bathurst 1000

An emotional Jim Richards once told the Bathurst crowd: “You’re a pack of arseholes!” Here’s Wheels’ account of what led up to that infamous 1992 outburst.

Ford Falcon GT-F
Ford Falcon

2014 FPV GT-F 351 review

With a nod to Ford’s glorious past, FPV has kept its best for last.

Ford Falcon GT
Ford Falcon

2013 Ford Falcon: GT-HO farewell ruled out

Crushing rumours of a 375Kw-GT-HO send-off, Ford has said it won’t happen

2012 Ford XF Falcon v Holden Commodore v Toyota Camry v Toyota Aurion
Ford Falcon

2012 Ford XF Falcon v Holden Commodore v Toyota Camry v Toyota Aurion

In this latest address to Aussie drivers, Falcon and Camry come to the four with boosted incentives, while Commodore and Aurion set out to prove that a six still has clout at the polls

2011 Ford Falcon FG FPV GT Concept
Ford Falcon

2011 Ford Falcon FG: FPV GT Concept

Sinister FPV show special ups grunt and grip – only 125 of these FPV black beauties were built