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Holden Torana SS A9X
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Bucket List: Holden Torana SS A9X

I was a teenager the first time I went to the Bathurst 1000 back in the 1970s and it blew my mind. By the end of that decade, this was the car to have at Bathurst: the Holden Torana A9X

Porsche 928 GTS
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Bucket List: Porsche 928 GTS

It’s taken three decades since Tom cruised that gold 928 across the big screen – and into a lake – for me to drive my automotive dream

BMW M-series
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BMW Drive Day Competition

CLOSED: 19 lucky Wheels readers will win a BMW Driving Experience including a hot lap in a M3 sedan!

Audi S1 Nurburgring
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Audi S1 at the Nurburgring

What’s faster around the Nurburgring, a supercar or a superdriver in a humble hot hatch? We sent John Carey and some bloke named Winkelhock to find out

Holden Sandman
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Van-tastic Sandman: The MG TC of the ’70s

The closest thing to a “real” sports car in 1976 is a panel van … and the sportiest of the panel vans is surely the General’s Sandman. And after driving both we still believe that’s true … in a funny, roundabout kind of way

Ford LTD: Prime Ministerial material?
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Ford LTD: Prime Ministerial material?

At 8.28am on Wednesday September 8, 1976, John Malcolm Fraser joined the Wheels road test crew. His mission: To discover if Ford’s biggest and best deserves number one spot in the garage at The Lodge

Malcolm Fraser
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Farewell Ford Fairlane

In 1976, Australia’s 22nd Prime Minister was a special guest tester for Wheels, passing judgement on the Ford LTD. Some 32 years later, we returned to canvass Malcolm Fraser’s thoughts on of the last-of-the-line Ford Fairlane

Bob Graziano
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Still moving Ford

In 2013, Wheels interviewed Ford Australia president Bob Graziano in the wake of the decision to pull out of Australian manufacturing in late 2016

Peter Brock in pictures
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Peter Brock in pictures

An Aussie legend would have turned 70 today. Here’s our tribute to the nine-time Bathurst winner

Donald Campbell standing with Bluebird
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Classic Wheels: Donald Campbell and his Bluebird car world speed record

How Donald Campbell broke the world land speed record on Lake Eyre

Ferrari 488 GTB
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2015 Geneva Motor Show preview

UPDATED: Wheels lists the pick of the premieres lining up for the 2015 Geneva Motor Show

Chris Harris car collection
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Chris Harris’s car collection

One of the world’s most popular motoring commentators talks us through his eclectic garage, in typically candid style

Porsche 918 Spyder on ice
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Porsche 918 Spyder ice drifting

The $1.25 million 652kW/1281Nm Porsche 918 Spyder on a frozen lake in Sweden. Six minutes of sideways awesomeness

Tesla Model X
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Next Top Model: Cars of 2015 – Pt. 2

Part two of our 2015 showroom special rounds out the cars due this year we’re most excited about

Audi R8
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Next Top Model: Cars of 2015 – Pt. 1

It’s going to be a very happy New Year!

Android Auto
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Top 10 motoring trends for 2015

As we launch into a new year Wheels looks ahead at the trends shaking up the automotive world in 2015

Marcos Ambrose Daytona
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The Weekend Read: Marcos Ambrose & Daytona

Marcos Ambrose left V8 Supercars a two-times champion at the top of his game. In 2011, after two years in NASCAR, the Tasmanian was primed to deliver at Daytona. We were there.

Toyota FT-1
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Top 10 sexiest concept cars of 2014

Our favourite concept cars from the motor shows of 2014

Arai GP-6 RC carbon helmet
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Last-minute Christmas gifts for blokes – Pt. 2

So, you’ve got your Google glasses, new iPhone, curved television and a copy of the latest Wheels in your mitts. You’re the dude with everything, right? Not so fast

Vesaro Driving Simulator
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Last-minute Christmas gifts for blokes – Pt. 1

So, you’ve got your Google glasses, new iPhone, curved television and a copy of the latest Wheels in your mitts. You’re the dude with everything, right? Not so fast

Russell Morris Deni Blues
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The Weekend Read: Band In A Van

Steve Nally has admired the work of legendary Aussie singer Russell Morris for years, but now, with a temp job as his roadie, it’s time to come and see The Real Thing…

XR8 v SS-V road trip
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XR8 v SS-V road trip

IT’S A rivalry burnt into Australia’s psyche: Holden v Ford. XR8 v SS-V. But this iconic battle just got juicier thanks to added firepower.

Ford Falcon FGX XR8 Coupe
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Poll: Should Ford have built the Coupe?

Could this XR8 Coupe Concept have saved Falcon?

Mazda
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Mazda – The Wheels Report 2014

Teacher’s pet. Having taken a rest from massive growth over the past decade Mazda is poised to jump back on the horse and get the chart pointing north again. There’s little reason to doubt the CX-3 will be anything other than another class leader from a brand doing so much right.