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Land Speed Record Heroes
The mad geniuses behind the pursuit of speed
Culture Clash: The Fiat Abarth 124 in Japan
Picture this: Our Editor Alex Inwood in a bright blue Italian roadster, in central Tokyo, with a 180kg sumo wrestler in the passenger seat. Believe it or not, there is an explanation.
Epic sounding Le Mans prototypes
Listen to the wail of engines capable of 24 hours of non-stop punishment
Australia’s greatest ute, as decided by you
You – the Wheels readers – have spoken, and this is your winner
Top 5 Honda Type Rs
As we count down the final months before the new Civic Type R arrives, let’s look back at some of Honda’s best red-badged models.
The five most fearsome automotive widowmakers
Porsche’s unhinged 911 GT2 is back. We round up some of the other genuinely scary sports cars
Dry-sump lubrication explained
Dry sumps used to be the preserve of only the most sophisticated and hardcore race cars, so why are they starting to trickle into road car rockets?
Inside the Lamborghini Factory
Wheels goes back to the factory that Ferrucio Lamborghini built for an inside look at Sant’Agata’s past, present and future
Retro: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K – Silver Arrow Special
Owned by actors, royalty, a Nazi general… and Bernie Ecclestone; the Mercedes-Benz 540K was a shining beacon of beauty and luxury for its time.
Australia’s best concepts: 2004 Holden Torana TT36
Holden’s Torana TT36 concept teased a high-performance rear drive sedan that could have been a desirable baby sibling to the Commodore
Porsche at Le Mans: 15 things you probably didn’t know
Porsche shines a light on the big numbers connected to racing at the Le Mans 24 Hour
Motorsport’s angriest men
Who’s on pole for a thrombo?
2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Prototype ride along
A sneak preview of Porsche’s most manic 911 ever – the GT2 RS
Ferrari and Shell: did they create the greatest car ad ever?
Ferrari and Shell’s incredible television ad from 2007 blew us away, and still has us gobsmacked
Rear drive sedan fun options after the Holden Commodore is no more
There is no replacing a proper red-blooded V8 Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, but what comes close?
Stuntman Matt Mingay: Super truck crash and recovery
For Gold Coast stuntman Matt Mingay, a near-fatal crash threatened to bring down the extreme-entertainment empire he’s built over 20 years. But he swears he’s merely bent, not broken.
A BMW i3 in Norway Does the brave new world of EV’s already exist?
Norway leads the world in EV-sales, by a long way. We travelled there with a BMW i3 to experience the future of motoring.
Fast 5: The BMW M5 back story
The latest M5 has some big boots to fill, with a legacy of five generations of talent spanning more than three decades.
Top ten best BMW M3 special editions
BMW’s M3 continues to represent a benchmark for all high-performance sedans, but the car maker has occasionally let its hair down and created even more potent versions to dream of
Mazda Rotary turns 50 – R100 Review
Our rotary retrospective continues, with a Wheels review of one of Mazda’s earliest rotary road cars, the R100 coupe.
Mercedes-Benz G-Class gallery – riding with Mike Horn, the world’s greatest living explorer
Meet Mike Horn: a man who walked across Antarctica to make it to a Wheels photo shoot in New Zealand
Active Aerodynamics: the most extreme hypercar heroes
The Lamborghini Huracan Performante has thrown a spotlight on the effects of active aerodynamics in road cars. We take a look at the other carmakers who blew the wind tunnel budget.
Mazda Rotary Turns 50 – Cosmo 110S
50 years after the arrival of the first rotary-engined Mazda, we celebrate the car that kicked off the company’s fascination with spinning triangles
Mazda’s rotary engine turns 50 – we revisit the lot
A group of classic Mazdas at a circuit in Japan tell the story of the company’s 55-year commitment to the rotary engine.
