WHEELS NEWS
Winners announced in Wheels/Holden competition
Wheels and Holden are giving you the opportunity to win a ride in Holden’s ultra-rare EFIJY concept and all-new VF SS V Commodore.
Shock! Your next car could drive itself
Picture this: you’re driving to work and traffic is the usual peak hour crawl.
Audi’s Le Mans car for the road
Audi wants a supercar to tackle Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche and McLaren for supercar bragging rights.
LaFerrari breaks cover
Not since the Chrysler by Chrysler of the 1970s has a brand offered such a stupid name as the Ferrari LaFerrari.
Kia’s racy new concept
What you’re looking at is Kia’s latest bid to be ‘cool’. It’s called the Provo and apparently, it’s pitched to be a rival to the wickedly fast Nissan Juke and the off-beat Mini Paceman.
Land Rover’s Electric Defender
Forget what you know about electric cars. Land Rover has moved the goal posts. In a world of city-friendly EVs, Land Rover has broken the mould and built a hard-core electric off-roader.
350km/h Brabus 800 Roadster
Bored with the standard Mercedes-Benz SL65? Then this bonkers offering from tuning company Brabus ought to scratch your itch.
Jamie Whincup burnt alive!
Four-time V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup has been burnt alive in a high-risk stunt for a magazine photo shoot.
Confirmed! Nismo GT-R
Confirmed! Nissan will build the ultimate version of its ultimate road car – a Nismo GT-R.
Melbourne’s 50 year F1 extension
Melbourne will host the Australian Grand Prix for the next 50 years – if F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has his way.
Shock! Rolls-Royce to build SUV
Gasp! Rolls-Royce is set to break with more than a century of tradition and build a ‘radical SUV’.
F1 to race on Great Ocean Road
In a stroke of marketing genius, a Formula One car will belt along the Great Ocean Road in a world-first stunt to promote Victoria and the Australian Grand Prix to the world.
Olympic stadium to host F1?
A tender to turn the London 2012 Olympic stadium into a post games Formula One venue has been officially received, according to the London Legacy Development Corporation.
The Dark Knight Rises’ Tumbler goes to Formula 1
The iconic Tumbler vehicle from The Dark Knight Rise took to the track at Silverstone before the British Grand Prix.
Subaru BRZ arrives in Oz
IT’S A BIT unfair to Subaru’s BRZ that its Toyota counterpart hit Oz more than a month before it did. After all, the joint-project coupe is both Subaru-powered and Subie-built, meanwhile it was the Toyota that snatched all the glory (and headlines).
Queen Elizabeth II’s car collection at Goodwood
Queen Elizabeth II’s car collection at Goodwood
Skoda Fabia and Roomster
Small is beautiful for Skoda. Well everything but small sales, which is why it has just padded out its Fabia mini-car range with a bunch of new models including the RS hot-hatch and wagon.
Toyota unveils ‘car for kids’
Having dominated the green driver market, Toyota looks set to take over another untapped customer base with its newest concept: young children.
Older women drivers kindest to environment: study
A study has found that women over the age of 50 have the most environmentally friendly driving habits, while younger drivers have some improving to do.
Austin Powers Jaguar up for sale
Oh behaaave! The iconic Jaguar E-Type driven by Austin Powers in The Spy Who Shagged Me is up for sale.
Toyota 86 Launch
HYPE can crush a car as quickly as it creates it. But even the extreme level of anticipation ahead of the launch of Toyota’s 86 couldn’t overshadow this driver’s car revelation.
When cars and guitars collide
Many guitar amps come with wheels, though not usually of the alloy variety. But that’s all changed with the new Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition.
$36 million Ferrari becomes world’s most expensive car
Lately it seems like a classic Ferrari is being sold at a record breaking price every week. Here we are at the start of a new week and, sure enough, here’s another ridiculously expensive Ferrari — a 1962 250 GTO which is now officially the world’s most expensive car.
Diamond paint is car-bling to end all car-bling
Well that’s it. The world must finally have gone crazy as a company is offering to coat your car from bonnet to boot in 100 per cent pure diamonds.
