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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…
Porsche 918 LMP1 concept is jaw-dropping
A team of designers has put together a dream Porsche concept
Archive: Ford Falcon EL XRs Review 1996
Wheels’ 1996 test of the Ford Falcon EL XR8 and XR6. Australia’s best value sports sedans have been away for a nose job – and singing lessons, reports Bob Hall
Go inside forced induction with this fascinating website
Shining a light on the once dark art of turbos and superchargers with some exciting and inspiring interactive explanations.
Holden VE Commodore: Right car, wrong time
Holden’s superb ‘billion dollar baby’ accounted for everything… except the GFC
Holden VE Commodore: The legacy
Wheels looks back at the impact the VE had on the Australian automotive scene
Holden VE Commodore: The road tests
Wheels gets hands on with the VE, and puts it up against some stiff competition
Holden VE Commodore: The spy pics
Wheels was on the story of the VE long before it hit Aussie roads, go back as we relive the days before the legendary Commodore was officially revealed
Archive: Ford Focus RS: Car of the Year 2010
Our review of the all-new Ford Focus RS lands this afternoon, so until then, why not refresh yourself on the last Focus to wear the RS badge
Aussies win Land Rover 4×4 in Schools World Championship
Australian teens beat out 130 competitors from 12 countries in Land Rover engineering challenge.
Archive: Rosco McGlashan’s world land speed record attempt 1995
When you’re approaching the sound barrier, no mishap is small – but Rosco McGlashan still aims to be our first land speed record holder.
1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E: retro series
Stuttgart rivals combine to produce performance knock-out
Citroen C5 special editions say au revoir to iconic suspension
Final Citroen C5 sedans and wagons mark the end of hydro-pneumatic suspension after an innovative 62-year innings
Mark Webber’s 2004 British F1 GP Qualifying Lap video is all kinds of awesome
One-lap, no-holds-barred brilliance from the Aussie speed-demon as he wrings the neck of his Cosworth CR-5-powered Jaguar F1 racer around Silverstone in qualifying for the 2004 British Grand Prix
Lamborghini’s composite factory is making carbon-fibre con-rods a reality
While the bulk of Lamborghini’s Research and Development is done in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, it’s now opened a six-person Seattle facility to design forged carbon fibre composite components – including con-rods – for its future models
World’s first combustion engine in space built by NASCAR team
It’s taken a while, but the internal combustion engine is finally set to go into space thanks to partnership between United Launch Alliance and NASCAR’s Roush Fenway Racing team
AM-RB 001: How it compares to the McLaren F1
They’re 24-years apart in age, but Cameron Kirby pays respect to the lightning bolt on wheels that the AM-RB 001 will be benchmarked against; the McLaren F1
Alpina BMWs coming to Australia: What’s Alpina you ask?
With the announcement of an Australian distributor for Alpina coming today, Wheels looks at BMW’s association with the luxury performance brand, together with the tuning company’s history, heritage and the models now destined for our roads
Archive: Porsche Panamera Turbo vs Audi RS6 vs Maserati Quattroporte comparison review
With a combined output of 1100kW, these three Euro heavyweights combine luxury with sledgehammer performance. Let’s get down to business..
Bloodhound SSC car: 17 fast facts
Any vehicle designed with the sole purpose of breaking the World Land Speed record has to be a fairly special piece of kit. Here are 17 fast facts you can recite to your mates at the next BBQ.
