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Monterey Car Week is like Forza Horizon in real life
We share the best of 2018 Monterey Car Week in photos

Land Rover Series 1: Unearthing a Classic
Just over 70 years ago, at the 1948 Amsterdam motor show, this very car heralded the arrival of Land Rover. Now finally back in its maker’s hands, it stands as the essence of the marque’s utility 4×4 DNA

Wheel Stories: Top end of town
The Melbourne dealer delivering to the ultra-premium market

Formula 1 2018 game review
Motorsport nuts treated to the immersive experience they’ve long deserved

Formula Fantastic: Driving the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class to Monza
Drama, manic Ferrari fans and one of the fastest circuits on the F1 calendar; here’s what it’s like to go to Monza for the Italian GP.

Calling shotgun: Wild ride in Brabham’s BT62 at Goodwood
We strap in for a run up the hill as Brabham’s BT62 track weapon wows Goodwood

Gallery: the best bits of Wheels magazine, August 2018
From an iconic house built over a waterfall, to the exposed inner workings of Porsche’s 919 EVO, and a Series 1 Land Rover that’s been buried in the ground like a carrot – here are the highlights from Wheels this month

Explained: Equipmake AMP200 Drivetrain
This electric motor could be a crucial breakthrough for EVs, providing more power and a longer range

Tetsuya Tada: meet the hero behind the Toyota Supra
The senior Toyota engineer once known as Mr 86 spills the beans on his latest project – the all-new Supra

Behind the scenes of a Nurburgring lap record
Porsche didn’t go to the Nurburgring with its 919 EVO to merely break the lap record. It set out to obliterate it. We were there to see what goes into an assault of the Green Hell

What’s the future for Jaguar Land Rover?
Jaguar-Land Rover boss Nick Rogers on his plan to “do the unthinkable”

Editor’s Letter: the silent flaw of EV performance cars
Electric performance cars are here, but they’re missing one crucial ingredient: sound. Can they still be exciting?

Retro: 1959 Goggomobil Dart
It took a TV ad from the ’90s to enlighten Aussies about this microcar from the ’50s

Brabham’s back: Australia’s home-grown hero detailed
Brabham returns to put Adelaide on the global stage with a $1.8 million 522kW Ferrari-killer

Nathan Ponchard has left the building
Oversteer and … out

Editor’s letter: How far we’ve come
Editor Inwood takes a trip down memory lane while driving two very different BMW M5s

Classic Wheels: Where the World is Round
Epic tales from our archives

2018 McLaren 720S review: Car vs Road
Dusk ’til dawn on the Great Ocean Road in McLaren’s savage 720S

End of an era for Lamborghini’s V12
Aventador SVJ marks the end of a storied line of pure Sant’Agata V12s

Michael Stahl: The curious ascent of the Up!
The Volkswagen Up!’s resurgence in popularity strikes at journos’ hearts

Audi TT – Evolution of the badge
Audi’s compact coupe was a revelation when it first appeared, and has steadily morphed from ‘secretary spec’ to ‘searing hot’ over the years.

Aerodynamics: the new supercar battlefront
Is horsepower now for people who can’t do aero?

Nurburgring lap record beefs and controversies: A brief history
Green Hell lap-record claims and controversy go together like bangers and mash

John Carey on the attenuation of combustion engines
The days of musical exhaust notes are numbered