CLASSIC WHEELS
From the Wheels Archive: Three generations of Ford Falcon, but which one was best?
The Falcon was the answer to Holden’s dominance Ford Australia had been looking. We tested three generations back-to-back.
From the Wheels Archive: The Sierra RS Cosworth was the thoroughbred in a paddock full of ponies
In 1986, Wheels drove Ford’s newest world-beater and came away impressed with its blend of flexibility and performance.
From the Wheels Archive: HQ Monaro GTS – a high-performance beast lacking in ‘character’
Wheels’ Peter Robinson was equal parts impressed and unimpressed with the new HQ Monaro GTS when it launched in 1971.
From the Wheels Archive: Turbo Commodore upstages Brock’s HDT as Australia’s fastest car
Peter Brock’s HDT VC Commodore meets the Garrett Turbo Six for a showdown of the hotshoe Holdens.
From the Wheels archive: Escort RS2000 – Ford’s mini muscle car
When Ford crammed a punchy 2.0-litre into just 916kg of Escort, it created a mini muscle car legend.
From the Wheels Archive: Super coupe! The sexiest Holden Commodore of all time… and it’s a hybrid
Holden’s stunning ECOmmodore proved that when it come to hybrid technology, Australia could mix it with the best in the world.
From the Wheels Archive: Ford’s New Hot One – the birth of the Falcon GT legend
Ford’s legendary Australian muscle car heritage started with the 1967 XR Falcon GT… and we put the V8 super sedan through its paces.
From the Wheels Archive: Peter Brock’s hi-po Ford Falcon vs HSV’s ClubSport. Which was better?
When Peter Brock turned his attention to building hot Falcons it seemed only natural we’d pit it against HSV’s latest, but which came out on top?
From the Wheels Archive: Ford Falcon smashes the best of British… in England
Wheels took a Ford Falcon XR6 to England to take on The Poms in a battle for the automotive Ashes
From the Wheels Archive: We really hated the Holden Statesman!
Wheels’ Mel Nichols unloaded on the new HQ Holden Statesman de Ville in our December 1971 issue, barely able to find anything positive to say about it.
From the Wheels Archive: Ford’s ground-breaking 4WD XY Falcon ute was decades ahead of its time
Forget the Ford Ranger, this Falcon-based four-wheel drive ute from Australia is the original gangster of lifestyle utes.
From the Wheels Archive: ‘Total blind terror’ – What it was like to drive Peter Brock’s Bathurst-winning Torana A9X in anger
In 1980 Bill Tuckey got a rare opportunity to drive Peter Brock’s Bathurst-winning A9X MHDT Torana for Wheels at one of its last appearances on an Australian racetrack… and boy, was it memorable.
From the Wheels Archive: Valiant’s answer to the Monaro is a winner
We put the new Valiant Pacer Hardtop through its paces in November 1970 and declared it a winner on the road and on the race track.
From the Wheels archive: The 1974 oil crisis – when driving on Sunday was banned and Australia had eight years of fuel reserves
Wheels’ Peter Robinson was on the ground in 1974 when the oil crisis hit with driving banned on Sundays and car manufacturing slowed to a crawl.
From the Wheels archive: The best Holden ever!
Wheels gushed over the all-new HQ Holden in September 1971, declaring it ‘far and away the best Holden ever’.
From the Wheels archive: Ford Capri – Mini Mustang or a Shetland Pony?
Wheels got an early taste of the European-designed and Built Ford Capri that would soon make its way to Australia.
From the Wheels archive: ‘The fastest accelerating car made in Australia’
In November 1972, Wheels pitted the six-cylinder E49 Valiant Charger against its V8-powered E55 sibling to declare one of them Australia’s fastest car
From the Wheels archive: The 250km/h test – Holden Group A v BMW M5 – One of them is the world’s best sedan!
In September 1990, Wheels put the new Holden Commodore Group A SS up against the BMW M5 to find out which one was ‘the best sedan in the world’.
From the Wheels archive: Holden VB Commodore vs Ford XD Falcon in a V8-powered muscle car face-off
In 1979, Wheels pitted the all-new V8-powered Falcon XD and Commodore VB manuals against each other in a battle to crown ‘The King of the Hill’.
From the Wheels archive: Monaro GTS v Falcon GT
We headed to Mt Panorama in 1968 to test Ford and Holden’s big bangers ahead of the Bathurst 500… and to declare a winner.
From the Wheels archive: Flat out in Brock’s HDT Commodore
Peter Brock’s HDT Commodore was smooth, refined and quiet and yet it delivered a punch that couldn’t be matched by any other sedan then sold in Australia.
From the Wheels archive: Illegal? Yes. Dangerous? No! Sydney to Perth in 29 hours
How we smashed our previous across-Australia record run by three-and-a-half-hours in an Alfa Romeo Alfetta.
From the Wheels archive: 1996 BMW Z3 vs MGF
Peter Robinson plays cat and mouse with two roadsters for the June 1996 issue of Wheels
Retro: 1929 Bentley Speed Six
Big-capacity grunt overcame vast mass, and Le Mans glory followed
