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1985 Holden Commodore: Executive action
Australian muscle or European flair? BMW 528i Motor Sport/Commodore Group Three/Saab 16S Turbo/Volvo 760 Turbo
1984 Holden Commodore: Injecting life into the Commodore
GMH’s new Commodores look bigger and brighter, but the big news is Bosch LE fuel injection and electronic engine management systems
The rise of the Korean car industry
How Hyundai and Kia blindsided the world to form an automotive superpower
1983 Holden Commodore: Boos, Blues and Brock
Bathurst 1983 seemed set to be a classic. With a fierce rivalry on the track and some bitter back-biting behind the scenes. But it all fell flat and Brock romped home
Wheels Interview: Stefano Domenicali – Enter the Matador
Meet the passionate former Ferrari man who has the job of leading Lamborghini into a bold new era of hybrids and SUVs
1982 Holden Commodore: Musclecar Magic
Commodore SS Group Three meets Falcon 5.8 ESP. Long live the bent eight!
1981 Holden Commodore: Commodore gets five
Five speeds that is, but only on the four and the little six. There are also mods to improve economy and drivability, a new but not so different nose and the SL/E has a fascinating mini-computer to tell you average speed and even fuel consumption
1980 Holden Commodore: Honing the edge
The addition of cruise control, a V8 engine with the same power as a modern-day Toyota Corolla, and a hint of four-cylinder economy
39 Years of Holden Commodore: 1979 – Car of the Year
Imagine this: an imported Opel, badged as a Commdore, tuned for local conditions, and winning COTY. No this is not a prediction for 2018, but rather a recollection of some 39 years ago.
39 Years of Holden Commodore: 1978 – GMH unveils the born-again Holden
The Commodore is a car we can be proud of, a car to compare with any (and we mean any) from Europe. Meet a new and very different Holden … it’s the General’s finest hour.
Wheels Tyre Test 2017: Eight brands compared
It isn’t easy sorting good passenger-car tyres from the genuinely great ones, but the annual Wheels Tyre Test has it down to a fine, round and black art. We put eight tyres through the gauntlet to give you our pick of the bunch
Jaguar Land Rover’s new wave in recycling turns concept cars into surfboards
How a ‘no waste to landfill’ initiative doesn’t have to be boring
Watch a Ferrari 250 GTO getting binned at Goodwood
$50 million worth of prancing stallion ended up slightly worse for wear
Reliving Australia’s part in the Berlin Airlift, in the next German-built Commodore
Nearly 70 years ago, Australian servicemen helped save West Berlin in the biggest humanitarian airlift operation in history. We revisit the sites of that remarkable event in the German-built Opel that’s headed here to fill the shoes of an Aussie icon
Explained: V2X Vehicle-to-everything communication
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication will soon become a mainstay of our roads, but our cars could soon after be talking to traffic lights and buildings. Wheels delves into the What? How? and Why? in this edition of Explained.
Retro: 1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 – Forest Thump
A Pug-nacious homologation special that ruled rallying in the mid-’80s
Wheels Interview: Jaguar’s man behind the electric E-Type
Spectacular or sacrilege? Tim Hannig talks Jaguar E-Type Zero
Porsche once shoehorned one of its engines into a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen
This Mercedes-Benz off-roader is proudly displayed in a Porsche museum, and for good reason
1978-82: Football, meat pies, kangaroos, and Aussie cars
The Holden Commodore arrives as the nation struggles to set the framework for the car industry
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.
The performance cars that brought F1 tech to the road
Mercedes-AMG’s Project One spruiks bona-fide F1 mechanicals, but it’s not the first car to make the promise of bringing F1 technology to a road car
Ford Mustang vs Chevrolet Camaro: Which would you prefer?
The Red vs Blue battle transitions from fast sedans to rear-drive coupes
Five garages to make you weep
These houses and garages will make any rev head want to sell up and move
Stephen Corby quenches the midlife crisis by buying a Hyundai
A seasoned automotive journalist finds the delight in his first new car buying experience
