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Honda NSX
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Archive: Honda NS-X review

With the new NS-X hitting Aussie roads in November, the time is ripe to remember our exclusive drive of the original. Phil Scott was the only Australian journalist invited to test the prototype of its 1990 Honda NS-X exotic. He reports the Japanese are well on their way to making the world’s first truly sensible supercar.

Ford Falcon XR8
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Archive: Ford Falcon EL XRs Review 1996

Wheels' 1996 test of the Ford Falcon EL XR8 and XR6. Australia’s best value sports sedans have been away for a nose job – and singing lessons, reports Bob Hall

Ford Focus RS: 2010 Car of the Year
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Archive: Ford Focus RS: Car of the Year 2010

Our review of the all-new Ford Focus RS lands this afternoon, so until then, why not refresh yourself on the last Focus to wear the RS badge

Land Speed Record
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Archive: Rosco McGlashan's world land speed record attempt 1995

When you're approaching the sound barrier, no mishap is small - but Rosco McGlashan still aims to be our first land speed record holder.

1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E
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1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E: retro series

Stuttgart rivals combine to produce performance knock-out

Porsche Panamera Turbo vs Audi RS6 vs Maserati Quattroporte
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Archive: Porsche Panamera Turbo vs Audi RS6 vs Maserati Quattroporte comparison review

With a combined output of 1100kW, these three Euro heavyweights combine luxury with sledgehammer performance. Let’s get down to business..

HSV GTS with Mercedes-AMG E63
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Archive: Top 10 cars of 2013

It was a year when great new metal was bountiful. Here, in no particular order, are the Top 10 cars of 2013 that really moved us

Ford Falcon GT at Maximum Warp
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Archive: Ford Falcon GT at 235km/h on the Autobahn

Peter Robinson's attempt to take the Ford Falcon EL GT to maximum warp on the Autobahn

1986 Giocattolo Group B
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1986 Giocattolo Group B: retro series

Australian-made Alfa-Romeo-in-drag from the decade of excess

Peter Brock at Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Archive: Peter Brock at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Peter Perfect and a bellowing 300kW VK Commodore gatecrash British motorsport's world-famous garden party - the 2km-hillclimb show they call the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Dino 246 GT
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Archive: Dino 246 GT: Ferrari’s orphan son

Is it a Ferrari? Is it a Dino? Peter Robinson delves into the history of the much loved classic which was an orphan of sorts from day one

1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
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Archive: 1973 Ferrari 246 GT Dino review

Mel Nichols revels in the V6 glory of Ferrari’s first ‘budget’ sports car when it was released in 1973

Shelby Mustang GT500
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Archive: Ford's Greatest Hits 2012

The Focus ST proves there’s blue-oval appeal beyond Broadmeadows. We dig into the global catalogue for Ford’s latest hits… and the ones we missed.

Archive: 2011 McLaren MP4-12C review
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Archive: 2011 McLaren MP4-12C review

McLaren’s new supercar has the Ferrari 458 Italia squarely in its sights. But does the Mac daddy’s stunning tech and staggering performance actually push it into the ‘hyper’ class above?

BMW 1M vs Audi TT RS vs Porsche Cayman
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Archive: BMW 1M vs Audi TT RS vs Porsche Cayman comparison review

The hi-po battle among the German brands is raging hotter and on more fronts than ever before. BMW's most affordable M car ever opens both barrels on Audi's TT RS and Porsche's Cayman

1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
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1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28: retro series

More racing success beckoned for the second-generation Camaro

Daniel Ricciardo
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Throwback Thursday: Daniel Ricciardo joins Red Bull

Two years ago, Daniel Ricciardo scored his maiden at the Canadian F1 Grand Prix. We go back to when the young Aussie scored his Red Bull Racing seat alongside world champion Sebastian Vettel

25 Greatest Muscle Cars of All Time
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Archive: 25 Greatest Muscle Cars of All Time

Brains may be invaluable for all that cerebral stuff, but for a purely visceral hit, brawn rules, so take your pick from 25 of the best heavy-metal heroes of the last 50 years.

Archive: 2011 Ford Mustang GT review
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Archive: 2011 Ford Mustang GT review

Never mind the car; can we have the engine?

Hot hatches of 2011 comparison review
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Hot hatch class of 2011 comparison review

Forced induction front-drive fours (and a five) plus two without turbos and two with all-wheel drive make up our field of so-hot-right-now hatches.

Finke off-road Desert Race
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AORC 2010 Finke Desert Race

The Finke Desert Race in central Oz is known as the Bathurst 1000 of off-road racing. Glenn Butler risks the mother of all lung oysters to report from the eye of the storm.

Cars of 1966 Bill Tuckey remembered
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Cars of 1966: Bill Tuckey remembered

It was the prerogative of successive Wheels editors to provide a highly personal account each December of the cars they had driven that year.

Bill Tuckey reflects on the cars of 1966
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Bill Tuckey reflects on the cars of 1966

In a Wheels tradition that lasted nearly five decades, editors summed up annually in a personal column all the cars they had driven. Here is the late Bill Tuckey’s view of 1966.

Remembering Bill Tuckey: Holden Monaro drives around Australia
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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