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Explained: Variable Compression
Wheels explains the world’s first production-ready variable compression engine, the most radical rethink of the four-stroke engine thus far.
Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT
Opel’s red-blooded and red-tyred GT may have been designed in Europe, but it is made of solid Aussie stuff
Australia’s best concepts: 2011 Ford Australia Mad Max Interceptors
Wheels swings the spotlight to a Ford Australia concept which got tongues wagging around the world and paid homage to an iconic Aussie film
Top 5 drag racing special editions
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon grabbed headlines everywhere last week, but here are five factory-built cars that preceded it made especially for the drag strip
48 hours in a HSV GTS-R W1
Our first taste of the ballistic HSV GTS-R W1 on the public road was a 1000km road-trip through Victoria’s high country
The hunt for Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 1990s
Vote for which Aussie built bruiser was the best of the decade
Lamborghini Murcielago with 415,000km on the clock is the ultimate daily driver
Instead of keeping his Lamborghini in the garage, this owner turned it into the coolest daily driver out
Retro: The first Ford V-8 Coupe
While the Model T is Hendry Ford’s most famed creation, the 1932 Coupe was not only Ford’s first V8, but arguably the world’s first affordable V8.
Reliving the ultimate Lamborghini roadtrip
Four rampaging bulls re-enact a monumental drive 40 years after the original
Part two: 12 cars that died before their time
For every Porsche 911 there’s a whole welter of cars that failed to sidestep the manufacturer’s axe
Part one: 12 cars that died before their time
“Always leave them wanting more,” reckoned Walt Disney. It’s an adage that can equally be applied to some cars
Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 1980s
The global fuel crisis meant the ’80s were a tough comedown for Aussie muscle car fans
Top 5 wicked wagons
Sick of high-riding SUVs and all the soggy-handling baggage they carry? Here’s our pick of the top five load-lugging passenger car equivalents
Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Toyota 86 Shooting Brake
Wheels swings the spotlight to one of the most modern Aussie concepts to make waves around the world
Five minutes with Andy Palmer
We pick the brain of Aston Martin President and CEO Dr Andy Palmer, discovering more about how he went from high school dropout to the head of one of the automotive world’s most prestigious marques.
Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – the 1970s
It was an era fuelled by big hair, loud clothes, disco music and, most importantly, booming horsepower. But which Aussie Muscle Car from the ‘70s is the best?
Australia’s Greatest Muscle Car – Polls are open
Have your voice heard on which Aussie muscle icon is king of them all
Bentley’s Mulliner division is turning Bond films into crazy reality
Flamethrowers, ejector seats and unwelcome alligators all feature in the bizarre world of Bentley’s in-house customisation service
HSV VL SS Group A Walkinshaw walkaround video
Take a tour of arguably the most recognisable Aussie muscle car of all time, three decades since its debut
Six little known facts about HSV’s GTSR W1
Here’s some fast facts and figures you may not be know about the GTSR W1
Five minutes with Stefano Domenicali
Lamborghini’s chief executive officer talks about the Nurburgring, Formula 1, next-gen technology, and the balance of heritage with innovation
2005 Bugatti Veyron first drive
Before the Bugatti Chiron, there was the no-expense-spared Bugatti Veyron. Wheels went all the way to Sicily to experience it
Life with a Tesla Model S P100D: A car of the people
If you don’t like talking to people, don’t buy a Tesla
Aston Martin and Red Bull AM-RB 001: How to build a hypercar
As Aston Martin and Red Bull’s hypercar, the AM-RB 001, is racing towards production we find out how the smartest man in F1 and Aston Martin’s chief engineer are building the quickest road car ever.
