WHEELS NEWS
Toyota’s Total Recall
Three days after announcing it’s quitting local production, Toyota has recalled two million Prius Hybrids
NASCAR driver fails drug test
Jeremy Mayfield suspended after violating a tough new policy.
The magical Castrol Six Hour
Before the world championship motorcycle grand prix, our biggest and baddest race was the Castrol …
Ambitious proposal to expand Mount Panorama
Instead of one great circuit, there could be three …
New Safety Standards for the European Union
EU mandates stability systems and efficient tyres from 2011.
Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017
Dead: Holden to cease manufacturing by 2017
Midlife makeover for Citroen C3
… And it’s going bald!
Australia loses a legendary engineer
Peter Holinger was a tough competitor and a brilliant creative engineer whose gearboxes went international.
Mercedes to have 16 new or upgraded models by 2011
Following a global sales increase of 17 percent in May Mercedes-Benz has announced it will launch 16 new or upgraded models by 2011
Golf GTI gets 173kW
Volkswagen is celebrating 35 years since the birth of its iconic Golf GTI with a special “Edition 35” series of Mark VI hatches
Mercedes launches C-Class facelift
Mercedes-Benz Australia has launched its facelifted C-Class in Australia, almost four years after the W204 generation was voted Wheels Car of the Year
Corvette ZR1 blasts the Nurburgring
Three years after its last assault Chevrolet has returned to Germany’s famous Nurburgring with the 476kW supercharged Corvette ZR1
Jaguar’s 2014 E-Type
Jaguar is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic E-Type with a futuristic vision of how its spiritual successor will appear: the C-X16 Concept.
French 1,000hp Genty Akylone supercar
French company Genty has announced its plans to launch the Gentry Akylone supercar.
Webber wins Brazilian GP
It took him all year, but Mark Webber has finally notched his first win of the Formula One season, sealing third spot in the championship race with victory in Brazil.
Loeb aiming for ninth world rally title
Sebastien Loeb will be aiming for an unprecedented ninth World Rally Championship title when the 2012 season begins with the return of the Monte Carlo event.
Overhauled Rolls-Royce Phantom range unveiled at Geneva
Rolls-Royce has unveiled an upgraded line-up of its Phantom range at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The overhaul is the first significant batch of upgrades since the Phantom’s relaunch in 2003.
2012 HSV Maloo R8
Forget the Nissan Navara. Forget, too, the Triton and the Ford Ranger. They are fine workhorses but if you want a load-lugger that will speed you between jobs like a Jack Russell chasing a ferret, there is only one car for the job, the HSV Maloo R8.
Mercedes crushes fake 300SL gullwing
Mercedes-Benz takes what it describes as a “firm line” on replicas – something of an understatement in the instance of the unauthorised 300SL gullwing pictured above, given the 30 tonnes of pressure involved…
McLaren gets even racier
Well-heeled blokes who fancy the sight of themselves in racing boots and driving gloves and have a lazy million lying around, we bring you good news – the MP4 12C Can-Am!
P-Plate turbo ban to change
P-Platers in New South Wales could soon be back behind the wheel of turbo powered cars, if plans to scrap the controversial ban are upheld.
SS Commodore to stay rear-drive
The SS Commodore could live on as a rear-drive muscle car, even if the regular Commodore becomes a front-drive model when the VF is replaced at the end of 2016.
Audi’s fastest, angriest TT
Meet the fastest, angriest Audi TT ever – the Ultra Quattro Concept.
BMW smashes drift record
BMW has smashed the record for the world’s longest drift with its M5 sedan.
