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Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina review
Press conference, Italian style
Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ: Wheels Car of the Year 2012 Winner
The engineering may be conventional, but the execution is exceptional. The Toyobaru twins’ focus on affordable, involving driving enjoyment propelled them, with tail-out attitude, into the COTY winner’s circle.
Wheels’ 1972 Holden HQ Kingswood consumer test
Peter Robinson puts the Holden HQ through the toughest consumer test imaginable.
1972 Holden HQ Kingswood road test
Holden was annoyed the HQ didn’t win 1971’s Wheels Car of the Year. To show Peter Robinson how tough it was, Holden sent him on a day trip to Bourke. And back.
Subaru Legacy takes on the Australian Outback
What do you think would happen if Wheels brought in a Subaru Outback from the US and drove it in the Aussie outback?
Classic Wheels: Left-hand-drive Subaru Outback bush lark
The Americans had a problem: Where should they test their new Subaru Legacy Outback? John Carey was part of the obvious solution.
Mazda MX-5 rally drive
Real drivers do it sideways
The Greatest Australian Car – EVER
How could Australia’s only contribution to the world’s vocabulary of automotive styles not make this list? Young Lew Bandt was the only designer employed by Ford Australia in the early 1930s, when the company’s management thought…
Inside Ford Australia’s secret new models
Stretching to Lycra was a defining moment for Ford camouflage expert Neil Trickey
Bruce Garland tackles Rally Australia in an Isuzu D-Max Dakar ute
Jump on board with rally ace Bruce Garland in Car Zero Bravo as Wheels helps him sweep the spine-crushing Coffs Harbour leg of the WRC Rally Australia.
HDT Director: The car that split Peter Brock and Holden
Holden’s decision to revive the famous badge is bold given its turbulent past.
2016 Ford Mustang v Holden Commodore SS-V Redline drag race video
It’s Ford v Holden – with a twist, now that the Blue Oval’s Mustang performance hero has arrived.
2016 Ford Falcon Sprint The making of a legend
Designers who shaped the last of the new locally made Ford Falcons had their sights set firmly on the future
Classic Wheels: Vanishing Point
History holds some epic drives against the road, the conditions or the clock. Or all three. Such an adventure made headlines in 1951 when two Queenslanders wrote a record for Darwin to Alice Springs, 1500 km at over 145 km/h
Burt Munro and the world’s fastest Indian
Burt Munro was immortalised by Hollywood, but we found the real essence of the man in the wilds of NZ with a cast of loonies
Bentley Continental GT Speed: 330km/h on a public road
Pommie Ben Oliver reckoned our 297km/h on unrestricted Northern Territory roads in an FPV last year was a bit soft, and figured a Bentley Speed could give it a handy touch-up
The year ahead: V8 Supercars in 2016
The most elaborate game of musical chairs in memory has left a lot of V8 Supercars merchandise redundant.
12 Bonkers Supercars
Outrageous speedsters bound to raise a smile
The year ahead: Formula One in 2016
Squabbling teammates, flip-flopping loyalties, dodgy deals, cars that run like clockwork, Yankee invasions and the odd race if the accountants permit it. What’s in store for Formula One in 2016?
Bentley hits 330 on Australia’s Stuart Highway
Did you reckon our 297km/h on a public road in a Falcon-based FPV was a bit soft? How about nudging 330km/h in a Bentley Continental?
Year in review: V8 Supercars in 2015
It took a while to get there, but Mark Winterbottom has finally snared the title that has long eluded him
Jaguar – The Wheels Report 2015
The XE was by far the biggest-selling Jag, but is it enough to worry the German big guns?
Crystal ball: New sports cars to look for in 2016
The Ferrari 488 GTB and a reborn Honda NSX headline the high-performance sports car arrivals
Volkswagen – The Wheels Report 2015
There are 17 models on Volkswagen’s books, but Golf does the bulk of the heavy lifting
