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Remembering Bill Tuckey: Holden Monaro drives around Australia
A Holden Monaro, flexible speed limits and the open road; the joys of driving around Australia in a by-gone era, as only Bill Tuckey could describe it
1990 Lamborghini Diablo: retro series
It took Lamborghini 17 years to reprise the legendary Countach
Remembering Bill Tuckey: Quints drives a V12 Jaguar
Everyone loves a roadtrip. Even more so when someone possessing the talent, passion and appreciation of prose as when former Wheels editor Bill Tuckey was moved to take up the quill. Part Hunter S Thompson, part Kerouac, but so uniquely Tuckey, sit back and re-live Romsey Quints’s classic piece of longform motoring journalism from 1977 – Long Day’s Journey into Johtown.
Nissan GT-R in the Shaky Isles
Who said you need to fly halfway around the world to find mind-bending mountain scenery mixed with class-A driver’s roads? We crossed the ditch, grabbed a Nissan GT-R, and went in search of blacktop to rival Europe’s finest. Choice, bro …
Why Wheels withheld Car of the Year in 1972
No car of the year award will be made by Wheels for 1972. Wheels makes this announcement with a deep feeling of responsibility — and real regret.
Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina in Italy
In 1968, a former Wheels editor scored what was then a very rare invitation on an international launch. Here’s what unfolded in that Alfa Romeo 1750 on Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina review
Press conference, Italian style
Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ: Wheels Car of the Year 2012 Winner
The engineering may be conventional, but the execution is exceptional. The Toyobaru twins’ focus on affordable, involving driving enjoyment propelled them, with tail-out attitude, into the COTY winner’s circle.
Wheels’ 1972 Holden HQ Kingswood consumer test
Peter Robinson puts the Holden HQ through the toughest consumer test imaginable.
1972 Holden HQ Kingswood road test
Holden was annoyed the HQ didn’t win 1971’s Wheels Car of the Year. To show Peter Robinson how tough it was, Holden sent him on a day trip to Bourke. And back.
Subaru Legacy takes on the Australian Outback
What do you think would happen if Wheels brought in a Subaru Outback from the US and drove it in the Aussie outback?
Classic Wheels: Left-hand-drive Subaru Outback bush lark
The Americans had a problem: Where should they test their new Subaru Legacy Outback? John Carey was part of the obvious solution.
Mazda MX-5 rally drive
Real drivers do it sideways
The Greatest Australian Car – EVER
How could Australia’s only contribution to the world’s vocabulary of automotive styles not make this list? Young Lew Bandt was the only designer employed by Ford Australia in the early 1930s, when the company’s management thought…
Inside Ford Australia’s secret new models
Stretching to Lycra was a defining moment for Ford camouflage expert Neil Trickey
Bruce Garland tackles Rally Australia in an Isuzu D-Max Dakar ute
Jump on board with rally ace Bruce Garland in Car Zero Bravo as Wheels helps him sweep the spine-crushing Coffs Harbour leg of the WRC Rally Australia.
HDT Director: The car that split Peter Brock and Holden
Holden’s decision to revive the famous badge is bold given its turbulent past.
2016 Ford Mustang v Holden Commodore SS-V Redline drag race video
It’s Ford v Holden – with a twist, now that the Blue Oval’s Mustang performance hero has arrived.
2016 Ford Falcon Sprint The making of a legend
Designers who shaped the last of the new locally made Ford Falcons had their sights set firmly on the future
Classic Wheels: Vanishing Point
History holds some epic drives against the road, the conditions or the clock. Or all three. Such an adventure made headlines in 1951 when two Queenslanders wrote a record for Darwin to Alice Springs, 1500 km at over 145 km/h
Burt Munro and the world’s fastest Indian
Burt Munro was immortalised by Hollywood, but we found the real essence of the man in the wilds of NZ with a cast of loonies
Bentley Continental GT Speed: 330km/h on a public road
Pommie Ben Oliver reckoned our 297km/h on unrestricted Northern Territory roads in an FPV last year was a bit soft, and figured a Bentley Speed could give it a handy touch-up
Care for a Lamborghini Huracan as your Uber? Jump in
Uber was hot for our offer to join with a Lambo. Then they went cold – but we went ahead anyway
Life with a Lamborghini Huracan
The further you drive in Australia with this petite Lamborghini, the faster 449kW feels
