WHEELS NEWS
Mick Gatto road tests for Wheels
Mick Gatto draws media attention whatever he does, as Wheels has discovered
Ferrari hopes 458 Italia will get customers reaching for the platinum Amex card
Some good news in a sad week for Ferrari, as Maranello baits the hooks
HSV set to revive GTS-R nameplate
Lightweight yellow trick road-racer returns
BMW Vision Concept Car
The 800Nm, 3.8L/100km future of M Power
Merc confirms SLC
Daimler AG Chief Executive, Dr. Dieter Zetsche has confirmed Mercedes-Benz AMG will build a smaller super sports car underneath the SLS
Shinari concept heading to Melbourne
Mazda has confirmed its stylish Shinari concept will headline the Japanese carmaker’s stand fresh from appearances overseas
Technology turns car fumes into fuel
Engineers from Oregon State University have invented a technology that aims to use the car’s exhaust fumes as a source of energy thereby refuelling the car
What do these extreme athletes have to do with motor sport?
Actually, quite a bit. These blokes are Peugeot’s 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers. Running at 300km/h on Mulsanne Straight doesn’t worry them, and neither does hanging off the side of mountains. Next year: Mount Everest.
All-turbo range for Z4
BMW has replaced the Z4’s venerable naturally-aspirated six cylinder engines with turbocharged four-cylinder units, accompanied by massive price cuts across the range.
Whincup and Lowndes to stay at Vodafone until 2012 at least
There is no busting up the champion drivers and team. But what will they be driving?
A sweeping return for Holden Hurricane
It debuted in 1969 as Holden’s first ever concept – a futuristic, wedge-shaped two-door mid-engine V8 – but has mostly sat forlornly in dealerships, museums and storage sheds ever since.
HOT STUFF: Dine with two legends
KB and Gossy to be honoured at Bathurst.
183kW Jazz ready to race
The world’s fastest Honda Jazz is being readied to rally in Australia next year. Dubbed ‘G2’, the tuned-up small hatchback will be raced in the 2012 Bosch Australian Rally Championship (ARC) by a second Honda team.
Peterhansel, Despres win Dakar Rally
Frenchmen Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres won the Dakar Rally on Sunday, completing the final stage two weeks after the race began in Argentina.
VW Cross Coupe TDI Concept achieves 1.8 l/100km
Volkswagen has wheeled out an updated version of its Cross Coupe for the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The new model features a hybrid diesel powertrain, allowing it to post a fuel economy figure of 1.8 l/100km.
Merc’s new SL-Class range revealed
Official shots of Mercedes’ new line-up of SL-Class vehicles surfaced on the web a few months ago, but none of the crucial details accompanied them. Now they’re here.
Luxury car makers improve in brand rankings
Manufacturers of luxury cars have shot up the rankings of ‘most valuable global brand’, according to a new report published by UK brand value assessors, Brand Finance.
BMW goes downhill fast
Not content with sponsoring the London Olympics, BMW will now actually compete in the 2014 Winter Games with this – a specially designed two-man bobsled.
Nissan staff ‘OK to moonlight’
More signs of belt-tightening in Japan, with Nissan employees given the green light to moonlight while the company is quiet. Peter Nunn reports from Tokyo.
Batmobile sells for $4.4 million
KA-POW! The iconic Batmobile, which famously appeared in the 1960s American television show, has sold for a whopping $4.4 million.
100 buyers for world’s most expensive car
Remember the $3.4 million, diamond encrusted, 390km/h Arab hypercar we showed you last month? Well despite the fact it’s the world’s most expensive production car, over 100 people have ordered one.
Holden closure: company statement
Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017
New Porsches now $36,000 cheaper
Porsche Australia has wiped the cost of a brand new car from its sports car range, with some models now a whopping $36,000 cheaper.
Faster, harder LaFerrari coming
It’s already the fastest, most extreme road-car ever built by Ferrari, but reports are swirling an even quicker, no compromise version of the LaFerrari is on its way.
