WHEELS NEWS
Infiniti to build new sportscar and crossover
We’re hearing some exciting news coming out of Infiniti.
Ford Mustang lands NFS movie role
Ford has landed a major movie role, with its new Mustang Shelby GT500 to star in the upcoming movie adaptation of the popular video game Need For Speed.
Virtual AMG racer points to SLS replacement
MERCEDES-Benz has released images of its PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo 6 star, the AMG Vision Gran Turismo, and there’s a strong hint that the real SLS replacement, due late in 2014, lurks beneath the digital car’s wild exterior.
Bland Aussies: Car colour preferences revealed
Car buying service Autogenie has released data that shows Australian new car buyers are conservative when it comes to colour choice.
Audi plans RS-titution
Look out M and AMG, Audi is planning an assault to grow its RS tuning arm
Briscoe still perplexed by dud set of tyres
No answers yet why Aussie Briscoe’s Indy 500 chances went sliding away …
Whin at all costs
He’s the reigning V8 Supercar champion and again the driver to beat in 2009. So why is Jamie Whincup already planning a move beyond motorsport?
Aussie closes on a Formula One test
Perth’s Ricciardo like to be the next colonial to get his bum in a current F1 machine.
Toyota City in ruins
Inhabitants of Toyota’s home town struggle for work as automotive boom is replaced with economic gloom.
Holden free to cherry pick in the future
Holden will be free to cherry-pick from General Motors global automotive portfolio after the closure of its Australian manufacturing operations in 2017.
Mitsubishi stacks its hopes in the trayback and hatchback
Lancer and Triton help one-time punching bag to notch a profit.
Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept
THE DRIVING force behind Toyota’s aggressive Salon stable is Akio Toyoda, the company’s new petrolhead CEO
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 officially unveiled
Its full name is the Aventador LP 700-4 and it is the official successor to the Lamborghini Murcielago
Holden Caprice favourite with LA Police
The preferred patrol sedan of US law-enforcement is big, V8-powered and built in Australia
Sexual discrimination behind the wheel?
The European Union’s has ruled that it’s now illegal for the insurance industry in the EU to charge different rates based on a driver’s gender
First McLaren showroom opens
McLaren London, the first of what will eventually be 35 outlets in the brand’s global retail network has opened for business
Mid-sized wagon warfare
Launch of the all-new Hyundai i40 Tourer, the addition of cheaper, fuel-frugal Volvo V60 variants, and a hefty $3370 pricecut to Mazda 6 Touring signals mid-sized wagon warfare.
New Mini Roadster
Mini has revealed the first two-seat open-top Mini ever – taking the number of new Mini variants up to six.
We drive the four-cylinder Falcon
In next month’s Wheels we answer the year’s worst-kept secret and deliver the verdict on the first-ever four-cylinder Falcon.
MTM builds 347kW VW T5 van
A number of things stand out in the press release we’ve just received about the MTM T 500, but a good place to start would seem to be the point where MTM says this bonkers machine is something “an unsuspecting observer might mistake at first glance for a VW T5.”
Lotus F1 Team Evora GTE
New Lotus F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen pulls the wraps off the latest version of the Evora, the Lotus F1 Team Evora GTE at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.
Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel released
Orders are now being taken for Infiniti’s FX Sebastian Vettel special edition, which was revealed as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year.
Mitsubishi calls French politician a retard
News of the World: Mitsubishi boss calls French politician a retard; Suzuki gives up on America; and Maserati prepares new Quattroporte, SUV and return of the Ghibli
Porsche caught testing next-gen weapons
We love any new Porsche here at Wheels, but the ones we’re most looking forward to in 2013 are these.
