WHEELS NEWS

Porsche Boxster Spyder gains 4.0-litre muscle
Boxster’s open-air thrills now come with Cayman GT4-equalling grunt

Rodin FZero: New Zealand’s Aston Martin Valkyrie rival
Think Aston Martin’s new hypercar sounds a little pedestrian? This Kiwi creation is targeting performance “faster than F1”

2019 BMW 3 Series full range price and features announced
BMW Australia expands its 3 Series range with the 320i, 330e and M340i

Chinese Ford Territory becomes an EV
Ford’s first fully electric vehicle for the Chinese market uses the venerable Territory badge

Uber Air to pilot flying cars in Melbourne next year
Australia becomes the first country in the world outside of US to introduce Uber’s flying taxi service

Exhaust ‘noise cameras’ are being fitted to existing speed cameras
UK Government set to target loud cars with new automated ‘noise cameras’

Indy 500 champs for Bathurst? Not as crazy as it seems
Could 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power and 2019 victor Simon Pagenaud race a Penske Mustang at Bathurst next year?

Is the new Mercedes-AMG A45 taking the power war too far?
Merc’s upcoming 310kW hot hatch outguns supercars and race cars alike

2019 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1’s real world performance tested
Don’t try to take on AWD superhatches at the lights in HSV’s $160k supercharged Camaro

Why the Camaro ZL1’s LT4 engine is one of the best V8s you can buy
Chevrolet worked hard to ensure the ZL1’s supercharged heart is an all time great

Every V8 Holden Commodore is now sold (kinda…)
The public can no longer buy an Australian-built V8-powered sedan, with Holden selling out of VF Commodores

Hyundai Kona Hybrid under review for Australia
Petrol and electric variants of Hyundai’s small SUV could soon be joined by a best-of-both-worlds sibling

Skoda builds a ute!
Skoda apprentices create the Mountiaq, a Kodiaq-based ute we all want

VW smashes 35 year-old Nurburgring record with electric I.D. R
All-electric race car brings the Nurburgring into the 21st century with mega-quick lap

South Australia increases driving fines to offset lost revenue
Government to cash in an additional $79 million from speeding and traffic infringement fines over the next 12 months

Jaguar XJ looks to an electric future
Jaguar XJ production drawing to a close with the prospect of an all-electric ninth-generation in the fray

C8 Chevrolet Corvette’s ECU to be a tuning minefield
Sources claim General Motors has made the upcoming Corvette’s ECU a nightmare to tune

2020 Ferrari SF90 Stradale revealed
Ferrari’s first-ever plug-in hybrid is also the company’s fastest-ever road car, but the SF90 Stradale is also something else.

Volvo S60 and V60: Pricing and specifications
The Swedish maker officially announces its new sedan and wagon, packing a sharp price and a heap of grunt

How Mark Webber’s car put Daniel Ricciardo on the F1 map
Australia’s current Formula 1 star made a name for himself in a car that now resides in Webber’s personal collection

Jeep Wrangler scores 1 star ANCAP rating
The leading safety advocacy body in the country has released a scathing report on Jeep’s new off-road hero

FCA proposes 50/50 merger with Renault
FCA and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger would create world’s third largest carmaker

One in six rideshare cars have open safety recalls: study
New study finds cars used for rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft could be subject to multiple safety recalls including deadly Takata airbags

BMW 1 Series officially revealed. Vale RWD and six-cylinder engines
It’s all change for BMW’s all-new 1 Series range – but here’s why we reckon it’s for the best