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Chevrolet Corvette C 1 Retro Front Qtr Jpg
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Retro: 1953 Chevrolet Corvette C1

Good looks alone weren't enough for America's first sports car. Muscle was required

Brabham Bt 46 2 Jpg
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Sucked in: The 1978 Brabham ‘fan car’

One of the most intriguing F1 cars ever made triumphed first up – and then disappeared in its own vortex

Holden Monaro Bw Jpg
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1968 Holden Monaro review

This week marks the 50th anniversary since the first Holden HK Monaro rolled off the carmaker’s production line.

porsche 908 retro profile
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Retro: Road Racer – Driving a Porsche 908 Le Mans racer on Melbourne streets

In 1980 Wheels drove a fully-fledged Porsche 908 Le Mans race car through Melbourne traffic to Sandown

retro lotus esprit 1976
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Retro: 1976 Lotus Esprit

Lotus only built 894 S1s, but the Esprit became one of the longest-lived designs of all time

Retro: 1963 Renault Alpine A110
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Retro: 1963 Renault Alpine A110

Renault mechanicals and minimal kilos made for a rear-engined pièce de résistance

Retro Review 2004 Ford Territory
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Retro Review: 2004 Ford Territory - So you once vowed you'd never buy a crossover...

The Ford Territory was a game changer for Ford Australia. Here’s our first review of what was to become Australia’s best-selling locally made SUV.

Retro 1953 Porsche 550 Spyder
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Retro: 1953 Porsche 550 Spyder

It claimed the life of an acting Giant, but this lightweight’s racing success was relentless

Retro 1969 Ferrari Dino
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Retro: 1969 Ferrari Dino

Enzo's first-born was the inspiration behind Ferrari's agile, mid-engined gem

Retro 1931 Auburn Speedster
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Retro: 1931 Auburn Speedster - From a rose-tinted time

American car maker Auburn delivered some brief flashes of brilliance

uc fj 05
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Retro: 1953 Holden FJ - Fundamental as anything

The FJ Holden was nothing too sophisticated, which was just the way Aussies liked it

Retro 1957 Volkswagen Beetle
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Retro: 1957 Volkswagen Beetle - Volk Hero

From a regime’s tool to globally adored icon, the Beetle has had a storied past

Retro Review: 1962 Toyota Tiara review
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Retro Review: 1962 Toyota Tiara review

Japan's automobiles are getting better and better each year. The Toyopet Tiara is one of the brightest to date and has many original, well-conceived ideas.

Retro Review: 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
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Retro Review: 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

A road car in name and little else. The CLK-GTR was arguably the most extreme racing homologation example ever. Read Robbo’s take straight from the Wheels archive.

Retro: 1965 Bizzarrini 5200 GT
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Retro: 1965 Bizzarrini 5300 GT

A stunning gran turismo built by former Ferrari chief experimental engineer whose masterpiece was none other than the 250 GTO

Retro 1958 Aston Martin DB4
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Retro: 1958 Aston Martin DB4 - Stiff upper brit

Beautiful yet brawny Aston was the unlikely holder of a production car record

Retro Review: 1978 Holden VB Commodore review
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Retro Review: 1978 Holden VB Commodore review

Our very first road test of the very first Commodore

Retro review 1999 Honda S2000 Plain Sailing
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Retro review: 1999 Honda S2000 – Plain Sailing

Few cars have aged as gracefully as the S2000, Wheels flicks back through the archives to bring you our thoughts on the then-new Honda

Retro Review: 1960 Ford Falcon - The Falcon Swoops
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Retro Review: 1960 Ford XK Falcon - The Falcon Swoops

1960 - the year the Reserve bank was created, the West Indies and Australia had their first ever test match tie, and Wheels reviewed the first Ford Falcon

Classic Wheels: 1951 Jaguar C-Type review
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Classic Wheels: 1951 Jaguar C-Type review

Thoroughly modern Michael Stahl discovers the pleasure of conducting a classic racing Jaguar worth more than $10 million

Retro: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K - Silver Arrow Special
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Retro: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K - Silver Arrow Special

Owned by actors, royalty, a Nazi general... and Bernie Ecclestone; the Mercedes-Benz 540K was a shining beacon of beauty and luxury for its time.

Mazda Rotary Turns 50 – Cosmo 110S
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Mazda Rotary Turns 50 – Cosmo 110S

50 years after the arrival of the first rotary-engined Mazda, we celebrate the car that kicked off the company’s fascination with spinning triangles

Retro: 1989 Mazda NA MX-5 - Roofless for the people
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Retro: 1989 Mazda NA MX-5 - Roofless for the people

Mazda’s iconic roadster brought driving joy to the masses yearning to breathe free

Retro: Mirella 230TS - A dream car come true
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Retro: Mirella 230TS - A dream car come true

Stunning, truly sensational and totally unreal, except that it's registered, locally designed and built, the Mirella could have come from an Italian master.