WHEELS NEWS

Daniel Ricciardo victorious in Monaco F1 Grand Prix
The Honey Badger owns those streets now

The race towards 1000 horsepower
Hybrid charge set to make huge power outputs the norm

In Gear: This month’s pick of awesome gadgets
Our picks of the most awesome automotive-related gear we found this month

Zenvo TSR-S crazy rear wing looks broken, isn’t
Video shows off full-tilt active aero of this 866kW Danish hypercar

Burnouts in TV ads okay as long as Usain Bolt is in it, watchdog says
The world’s fastest man can stand and watch as a car rips mad skids, but a BMW i3 can’t win a drag race

Not-so robo: human drivers to compete in Roborace series after all
Roborace CEO Lucas di Grassi confirms human drivers will participate in Roborace events
Self-driving cars will still crash with humans behind the wheel, study says
Carmakers are wrong to think they can hand back control of a self-driving car to a human when things go pear-shaped

Audi e-tron GT to become flagship ‘sporty’ EV for Audi
Audi’s Tesla-attacking pure electric four-door luxury sedan will be “very sporty” when it enters production in three years

Ready for launch: 2019 BMW X5 development nears completion
BMW says it will put the Sports in Sports Activity Vehicle and makes the next-generation X5 jump for joy during testing

Three of the coolest cars from the Royal Wedding
There was some seriously interesting metal on show at the biggest nuptials of the year

Kia Cerato GT warm hatch to benefit from i30 N program
How the Hyundai i30 N and short-lived Kia ProCeed GT are combining to provide Kia Australia with a proper, locally tuned warm hatch

Aussie carmaking to return, British industrialist claims
Five years to the day after Ford said it would walk away from carmaking, Sanjeev Gupta claims Australia could again have a viable industry

Mark Webber to drive Porsche 919 Evo at Goodwood
Aussie ace tipped to pilot Porsche’s ultimate Le Mans car up Lord Marsh’s driveway this June

BMW X8 reportedly coming as flagship super-luxe SUV
BMW looks set to bridge the gap between the X7 and Rolls Royce Cullinan with a high-riding, high-featured SUV flagship predictably dubbed the X8

Tesla announces specs of dual-motor Model 3
Elon’s been tweeting some punchy performance numbers

2019 Porsche Mission E: Mark Webber’s first drive of the electric superstar
A first steer of Porsche’s “game changing” battery-powered production car revives a few memories for the former Aussie F1 star

2021 BMW iNEXT teased ahead of concept car’s reveal
The most future-driven BMW to come out of the carmaker since the i8 has set a tentative date for its first official showing

Alpina boss says performance diesel has bright future
The head of Alpina says the brand won’t turn its back on diesels despite recent controversies

Nissan’s Australian future ‘not aligned’ with Supercars
There were never any plans to turn the Nissan GT-R into a Supercars contender, company says

Nissan to quit Supercars
The brand that kick-started the Car of the Future sees no future in Australia’s top-tier motorsport

Ford, Holden both show a post-manufacturing profit
Shaking off the legacy of Australian manufacturing appears to have helped our former domestic car-makers

Audi joins 2019 Detroit Motor Show no-show list
German carmaker joins BMW and Mercedes-Benz in announcing they will withdrawal from next year’s event

Consumer watchdog names Australia’s highest-priced petrol retailer
Shopper discounts may not always be the best way to save on fuel costs, an ACCC report into petrol pricing finds

Hamilton wins in Spain while Porsche clinches thrilling Nurburgring 24 Hour
While the Spanish Grand Prix was one to forget, the Nurburgring 24 Hour kept the thrills coming right to the end