WHEELS NEWS
2017 Bathurst 12 Hour rated a worldwide knockout
Australia’s unique GT enduro just grows and grows, on track and off.
2018 Audi RS3 Sportback revealed
Audi snatches back the hot hatch power crown with a lighter, quicker RS3 Sportback update.
2017 BMW M2 update spy pics
BMW isn’t resting on its laurels with its popular performance coupe.
BMW CEO slams government for ignoring electric vehicles
Marc Werner says it’s time the federal government ended its ‘embarrassing’ silence on EV policy.
2017 BMW M140i Performance Edition revealed
BMW has a released a limited edition version of its hot hatch solely for the Australian market.
Licence dispensation for schoolboy triggers uproar in Supercars
CAMS gives an exemption to one young driver but nixes another
Latvala, Toyota top of the World Rally Championship pops in snow business
Defying predictions, Toyota is an early 2017 winner – 17 years after it last raced in the pinnacle of world rallying
Australia’s answer to Ken Block
Wild 633kW Subaru fries tyres in awesome video
McLaren discussing Le Mans return
The new McLaren CEO wants the British brand to return to the La Sarthe circuit.
Nissan planning three model NISMO range, 370Z coming next
Harder, faster versions of the 370Z and Juke to join the NISMO GT-R on Aussie roads as Nissan moves to build an “authentic” performance car brand Down Under.
Lexus files for LC F trademark, high power hero coupe draws nearer
Lexus paves the way for a 911 Turbo-rivalling coupe with its latest trademark application
World’s longest race track to be built in the USA
American entrepreneur to build a race track that eclipses the famed Nurburgring Nordschliefe in length
Study asks: Does motorsport make you a better driver?
The age-old argument is that motorsport and training make you a worse driver. A world-first Australian study is about to find out if that is true
Dieselgate: Volkswagen asked to explain lack of Aussie compensation
Consumer advocates have joined forces to ask Volkswagen to explain why Australian owners miss out on US-style Dieselgate payouts.
16-year-old Alex Rullo lands full-time Supercars drive
The youngest driver to ever race in the Supercars championship isn’t allowed to drive by himself on the road.
Mark Webber: F1 drivers ‘will earn their money’ in 2017
Mark Webber talks Ricciardo vs Verstappen, Ross Brawn’s return and the future of Formula One
Toyota global sales: Australia punches above its weight
Australia is second only to Japan for per capita sales of Toyota/Lexus vehicles
2019 Porsche 911 prototypes spied
Porsche’s next-generation 911 shows its face in the frozen North during testing
2018 Holden Commodore Calais Sportwagon revealed
Holden has shown the Opel Insignia wagon that will wear a Commodore Sportwagon badge from 2018.
Thieves steal $4.8M worth of Jaguar Land Rover engines
Brazen crims literally haul away millions of dollars’ worth of engines from JLR plant.
Adrian Newey ‘to shine’ under 2017 F1 season’s regulations
Respected ex-Jordan, Williams and McLaren engineer Sam Michael believes red Bull’s design chief will have some good solutions to the team’s challenges
Ferrari takes wild Bathurst 12 Hour
Crashes, slow drivers and The Giz add to what will go down as the most controversy-packed race in the 12 Hour’s history
Maro Engel slams teammate SVG over Bathurst crash
German driver criticises Shane van Gisbergen after race-ending crash at the Bathurst 12 Hour
Supercars Australia on the hunt for more championships
Supercars Australia managing director Matt Braid has told motoring executives the motorsport company will add more categories to its expanding line-up “very soon”
