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Christmas gift guide for car enthusiasts
Last-minute Christmas gift ideas for the petrolhead, or maybe something for you to treat yourself with

Everything we know about the 2018 Chevrolet Corvette
Here’s all we have learnt about Holden’s forthcoming performance hero ahead of its unveiling early next year.

The most popular car reviews of 2017
Which reviews got the most attention in 2017? Some are no-brainers, others… less so

Porsche 718 Cayman vs Alpine A110
Compare the pair for two of the best two-door mid-engined coupe’s you’ll be able to buy in 2018

2017 Kia Stinger 330Si vs 2018 Holden Commodore VXR
Price, spec and performance: which is better?

False Dawns – ideas that never took off
Automotive history is littered with ideas the car makers told us would be the next big thing. Here are some of those things that, in hindsight, weren’t.

A quick history lesson in fast Audi wagons
It’s the holy trinity of four-ringed Audis with sportscar capabilities and room for a dog

Porsche 901 gets no-expense-spared resto
Here’s a heartwarming Christmas story

Half a century of AMG
Celebrating five decades of bahnstormers from AMG

The Insider: The fall of Ford’s dice
Ford and GM both navigated the GFC very differently; Ford’s CEO has adopted the strategy used by a gambler with one last throw to make his mortgage payment

These SUVs accelerate quicker than an Aston Martin V12 S Vantage
0-100km/h in less than four seconds in a high-riding SUV. Tell physics to jog on

2017 Alfa Romeo Stelvio – Irish Stewed
We take Alfa Romeo’s first SUV, the Stelvio, through the grittiest and greenest parts of the Emerald Isle. How’s its luck?

VIDEO: WRC-inspired Ford Ranger on sale in Oz for almost $90K
Locally assembled Ford Ranger wears the badges of this year’s World Rally Championship-winning Fiesta

Explained: GKN eTwinsterX Transmission
A newly developed and versatile two-speed electric transmission for any drive train layout, could see its production model debut as early as 2018. Let’s talk the tech!

Australia’s ugliest cars
We round up a cavalcade of hideous munters

Mercedes-Benz F 015 video review
Watch as we poke, prod and play with one of the most unusual, and expensive, cars to grace Wheels HQ. And yes, it really does looks like a spaceship.

Headed Woodward with Mike Simcoe
Robbo shoots the breeze with GM design boss Mike Simcoe at Detroit’s annual Woodward Dream Cruise

Wheels Investigation: Australia’s petrol is one of the dirtiest in the world
Aussie petrol is amongst the developed world’s dirtiest, and quality standards are going nowhere

Editor’s letter: The pressure and the pride of Car of the Year
Organising COTY wouldn’t be much more difficult if the office was on fire, but it’s all worth it in the end

Camouflaged cars captured on camera are no accident
Car makers let you see their latest hardware when they are good and ready, not in a moment’s lapse of concentration

How Michael Stahl became a Lewis Hamilton fan… sort of
Stahly was bewildered when he was once called a Lewis Hamilton fan, though that did somewhat change once the two met at the AMG GT R launch last year

Editor’s letter: 2017 – The year of the Korean car
Anyone who drove the original Kia Sportage or an X3 Excel can attest- Korean cars have come a helluva long way

The Insider: RIP Performance SUVs
While demand for performance SUVs looks to soar for the foreseeable future, tightening emissions as power output increases may reign in the perfect storm for this red-hot sector

2017 Mercedes-Maybach Pullman S600 – The Shabby Sheikh
What do Elvis Presley, Gaddafi and the Pope have in common? The Mercedes-Benz Pullman. We spend a day in Dubai testing it the Maybach way; from the back seat
