WHEELS NEWS
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.
Ambrose beats up on Kyle Busch to win Nationwide race at the Glen
Awesome day for Ambrose. Do you think he regrets leaving V8 Supercars? Yeah, like Ricky Ponting is sorry that Stuart Clark was recalled for the Headingly Test …
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.
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta – Ferrari’s new 599
Ferrari has announced the replacement to the 599 GTB Fiorano. It is called the F12 berlinetta and employs a new V12 engine to make it the fastest Ferrari road car ever.
Gumpert Apollo Enraged brings the fury at Geneva
Gumpert has revealed what is quite possibly the angriest sounding car of all time (in name, not engine note – although it might be as well) at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show: a variant of its Apollo called the Enraged.
Jaguar CX-75 for the track only, no road car
Jaguar has broken the promise it made last year to put the CX-75 supercar into production, revealing that there will now only be an experimental track model.
Australian new car buyers are getting ripped off
So, you think Australia is the lucky country? Wait until you see how little Americans pay for some cars, and how much more they cost in Oz.
Toyota City in ruins
Inhabitants of Toyota’s home town struggle for work as automotive boom is replaced with economic gloom.
Apple’s car invasion
Apple fans rejoice. You can now, legally, play with your phone while you’re driving. But only if you’re in a Honda. In America.
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.
The iBeetle
Forget the iPhone. Forget the iPad.
The $500K limo that’s a day spa on wheels
Fancy a car with seats inspired by first class airline travel, a ‘self-perfuming system’ made from coconut shells and a massage system that replicates the ‘hot stone technique’?
The $3 million motor home
Hate flying but need to cover long distances? Then this is the motor home for you.
FPV is dead; long live the V8!
Ford Performance Vehicles is dead but the XR8 returns. Good and bad news for performance fans as Ford shuffles its V8 line-up.
Self-slider: BMW’s ConnectedDrive
BMW has displayed its 235i ConnectedDrive concept the 2014 Las Vegas Consumer Electrics Show, with the promise of fully-automated on-limit driving via its ActiveAssist program.
Toyota’s Total Recall
Three days after announcing it’s quitting local production, Toyota has recalled two million Prius Hybrids
ESP mandatory by 2011
All cars and four-wheel drives sold in Australia from 2011 will be required by law to have ESP.
Ford pushes a richer mix with Falcon
Ford trump Marin Burela says younger Falcon customers demand more up-spec Falcons.
Ford gets new V8 engine from USA
Ford USA’s Coyote 5.0 V8 engine will reignite the smouldering Ford-Holden power war
Maserati SUV
Gunning for Cayenne’s monster garage
Aston Martin V12 Zagato
On the shores of lofty Lake Como, in Italy, Aston Martin unveiled its new road-racer, the V12 Zagato
The One to watch
BMW has unveiled its all-new second-generation 1 Series, ahead of its Australian launch in November
Subaru Eyesight Technology at AIMS
On Subaru’s stand at this week’s Australian International Motor Show, it will be all eyes on the all-new 2012 Impreza, and the impressive XV concept
