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2007 Wheels Car of the Year: Holden VE Commodore
The General’s billion-dollar baby is no immaculate conception, but it meets the COTY criteria better than any other new car of 2006, shining through as the most deserving recipient of Australia’s premier motoring award.
Gisbergen v Gisbergen – Quick off the old block
It takes talent, technique and guts to win Australia’s hardest-fought motorsport category. But for reigning Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen, he has a real ace up his sleeve… his dad
2006 Holden Commodore: REVEALED! The Commodore’s inside story
Holden’s first-ever clean-sheet Commodore is benchmarked, not against Ford but Audi and BMW. Here’s your comprehensive guide to the billion-dollar VE range.
Depreciation disasters
The cars to buy, and avoid, if you care about your hip pocket
2005 Holden Commodore: Halo, goodbye
As Holden prepares to lower the curtain on its hero coupe, who better than Monaro-driving legend Colin Bond to shake down the last-of-the-line CV8-Z, and revisit a classic HG that’s along for the ride?
2004 Holden Commodore: Battle of the 6ixes
Will Commodore’s step into the 21st-Century drivetrain technology be enough to wrong-foot Ford’s excellent BA Falcon? The 190kW SV6 is the first to try its luck.
Wheels Interview: Graeme Whickman – Ford one year on
Ford’s boss on rebuilding after the shutdown
Inside Bloodhound SSC’s 1600km/h cockpit
Step inside the world’s fastest office, home to land speed record holder Andy Green
2003 Holden Commodore: The Crewman Show
Warning: Holden’s longest ever production contains material you may have seen before
2002 Holden Commodore: VY Commodore – Reinventing Australia’s top seller
lt’s about to get a whole lot tougher for Holden. Confronting a fiercely competitive Falcon for the first time in years, the boys from Fishermans Bend have worked hard on a defence strategy.
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.
2001 Holden Commodore: Rare stake
Scarcity equals excellent resale in a classic supply and demand situation. The customers love it…
EDITORIAL: Why Toyota’s closure isn’t as gut-wrenching as Ford and Holden’s
As Toyota closes its doors for the last time, we think back thankfully on 54 years of car making, the thousands of hard-working Aussies who are affected on this solemn day
Toyota 1963-2017: The good, the bland and the Avalon
A selection of the best – and worst – Toyotas made in Australia
What you had to say on the end of Australian Manufacturing
This is what you had to regarding local manufacturing finishing
2000 Holden Commodore: Holden VX Commodore SS first drive
VT took Commodore to the top. Now Holden hopes the reinvigorated VX will keep it there
A timeline of Aussie-built Toyotas
As Toyota ends 54 years of manufacturing in Australia, we look back on every model made on our golden shores
1999 Holden Commodore: HSV Chevrolet LS1 V8 Gen III bender
Keep it simple. Take a V8 cousin to the Corvette’s all-alloy donk, slide it between a VT Series II’s strut towers and voila! Meet the meat inside HSV’s wrapping.
1998 Holden Commodore: Car of the Year – Holden Commodore VT
The most significant new Holden since the original 48/215, the VT Commodore is an affirmation of the skill, ingenuity and determination of the Australian automotive industry
2018 – The most open COTY in years?
How the field is shaping up for Australia’s most coveted motoring award
1997 Holden Commodore: The VT Holden Commodore
No more guessing games: this is the VT in the metal. We’ve driven every model and delved under the skin of the most important Holden in 50 years.
Toyota 1963-2017: Toyota’s aussie concepts
Toyota’s local talent shone brightly, but burned all too briefly
In Gear: Our pick of awesome gadgets in September
Check out this month’s find of awesome gadgets. From an F1-inspired teapot, the ultimate track day camera, to a Porsche watch that’s as exclusive as its cars
Kia Stinger – The Perfect Tune
Aussie stingers will be the sharpest in the world. Wheels embeds with Kia’s chassis team to tune it for our roads
