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Video: The Evolution of racing helmets
See exactly how helmets have changed over the past 100 years, with this brilliant clip from Donut Media
1963 Ford Falcon v Holden v Valiant v Freeway
I had an awful dream last night. I saw a Falcon on the Freeway and it was Holden its own with a Valiant.
1955 MGA roadster: retro series
MG awoke from its post-war slumber with this sleek new convertible
1962 Ford Falcon XL Futura vs Holden EJ Premier
Here’s our comparison test of the two semi-luxury, status-seeking sedans that have set Australia agog
1961 Ford Falcon XK sales make waves
In spite of the gloom which settled over the motor trade just before the Falcon was released, the main result to date has been to expand the car market
1960 Ford Falcon XK review
Here it is! The much heralded, the much wanted and the much feared Ford Falcon is with us in all its aesthetic and competitive glory, reports IAN FRASER.
Ford Falcon: 56 years in 56 days
The countdown has started. It’s now just 56 days to the end of Ford Falcon production on October 7
Wheels Top Five: Fast FPVs
The Falcon is finally knocking on death’s door, but a couple of years ago we waved goodbye to its energy drink swilling, extreme-sports loving cousins when FPV shut up shop. They say time heals all wounds, but we’ll forever miss Ford Performance Vehicles and its stable of hoonworthy hotrods. Here’s five of the best.
Archive: Ferrari 348ts vs Honda NSX vs Lotus Esprit S4 vs Porsche 911
Take $850,000 worth of pin-up performers, whip ‘em along, fling ‘em around, listen and feel. John Carey and a very satisfied test team explore the edges of four exotic envelopes.
Archive: Ford Falcon XR8 v Holden Commodore SS
Ford wants you, please, to reconsider its AUII XR8. There are 200 reasons why you should, writes Fraser Stronach
1937 Delage D8-120: retro series
A dashing Frenchman left behind this classic as his legacy.
1968 Gilltrap’s Auto Museum review
Nine years after Gilltrap’s Auto Museum opened on the Gold Coast, Wheels finally ran a story on what was then Australia’s best car collection.
Classic Wheels: Gilltrap’s Auto Museum review
Former Wheels editor Bill Tuckey used a number of clever ways of making readers think the magazine had more resources – and reach – than the smell of an oily rag allowed. Rather than send staffer Tom Floyd to Gilltrap’s Auto Museum on the Gold Coast, Tuckey asked him to pen a series of letters between journalist and editor to write a story on a landmark that Wheels never officially visited
Mike Borland: Racing car construction
Unassuming local engineer takes on the world, and wins.
Chris Amon (1943-2016)
Wheels remembers a great driver who would have been even greater, with a little luck
Archive: Ford Falcon XR6 vs Vauxhall Omega vs Ford Scorpio vs Jaguar XJ
Peter Robinson took the quickest Falcon to Britain and drove it against the home market. The Poims had never seen it, but now they want it
Video: Le Mans cars through the ages
Watch 90 years of some of the most iconic LeMans racers evolve in just 60 seconds
Mike Simcoe on his journey from Melbourne to Motown
Australia’s Mike Simcoe once pinned Monaro posters to his wall, now he leads the global team designing GM’s poster cars of the future
Land Rover Discovery Sport drives through Australia’s dead heart
We go to Maralinga, South Oz, 60 years after British atomic bomb testing left the earth and the people in fallout.
Alfa Romeo’s revolutionary gamble in development
Can five billion euro buy a future for Alfa Romeo?
Australian leads Honda’s outside the box car design
James Deane heads Honda’s Counter Design Team, the guys who say ‘but what if we did it this way?’
Man tows goats in a Lamborghini Murcielago
People tow goats all the time, but when someone does it in a Lamborghini raging bull, we sit up and take notice
Archive: 1996 Ford Falcon EL GT vs 1996 HSV GTS-R
This is the moment we’ve been waiting for – HSV’s big-bang banana against Ford’s awesome aubergine! Todd Hallenbeck chows down…
Neville Crichton interview
If Neville Crichton’s life was a movie, critics would slate it as overblown, absurd, unrealistic and a load of bollocks.
