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Honda's NSX has an identity crisis
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Opinion: Honda’s NSX has an identity crisis

The first Honda NSX changed the world. Here’s why the new NSX won’t change anything

Land Rover Defender
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Defending the indefensible Land Rover Defender

After decades in production and with more than two million made, Land Rover’s current Defender has finally signed off. Australian author Tony Park will miss it.

Will VW lawyers have wriggle room?
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Will VW lawyers have wriggle room?

Volkswagen has apologised for its cheating diesels and announced a recall. Can it be forced to pay billions of dollars in fines?

Man filling up his car with diesel fuel
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Has Dieselgate doomed the diesel?

Governments in Europe drove big growth in fuel-saving diesels. That could change

Volkswagen is a damaged brand in America.
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Backlash builds in US over Dieselgate

Right now, Volkswagen is a deeply damaged brand in America.

Frankfurt 2015: The SUV is king, and it’s your fault
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Frankfurt 2015: The SUV is king, and it’s your fault

The flood of new and proposed SUVs has reached sports-car territory

Porsche 911 Carrera S parked under bridge
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Weekend spin: Porsche 911 Carrera S

It’s an ugly question that follows the keys to anything expensive and exotic: Is it YOURS?

Justin Wilson racing
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Will the Justin Wilson tragedy change IndyCar or F1?

Motor sport has a habit of finding wisdom too bloody late.

Frankfurt Motor Show Recap
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Frankfurt motor show. Sex may sell but so does speed

The 2015 Frankfurt motor show was largely about speed, even when it was trying to be green, or comfortable

Porsche 911
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Call Porsche 911 – I’ve got a first-world emergency

Will your new Carrera S thump and slap around town? Um yeah, they all do that. Ain’t it wonderful…

Chrysler V8 Engine
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Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Chrysler SRT V8s

Building cars in Australia is not viable. Apparently. So how can Chrysler justify bringing in a special-order V8 for our market?

Autonomous cars negotiating a roundabout
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Autonomy or anarchy: the problem with self-driving cars

Are you worried that autonomous cars will spoil your motoring fun? Relax – they won’t find that so easy

tony stewart nascar
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Sunday Roast: In defence of Tony Stewart

He’s a quick-tempered oaf, and prone to a bit of biffo. But don’t hang, draw and quarter him just yet

Friday rant Mercedes-Benz Magic Vision Control
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Friday rant: Not so magic

Mercedes’ marketing people must be living under mushrooms. Or eating them

Friday rant: Oxygen thieves
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Friday rant: Oxygen thieves

Let’s hope there’s a Hell for these creeps

Dog eats Aston Martin
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Dog eats Aston Martin

Bad dog!

Corby's rant: lying Germans
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Corby’s rant: lying Germans

If I had a dollar for every time a car company has stood up and told me a bare-faced lie, I’d be able to pay cash for the new BMW it swore to never, ever build

Exploding classic car art
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Exploding car art

Forget portraits or ‘impressionism’ – this is art we can like.

Schumacher's first title winner
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For sale: Schumacher’s first title winner

Are you a little sick of hearing the German national anthem after a Formula One Grand Prix? You have good reason.

Shotgun wielding nude maims supercars
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Shotgun wielding nude maims supercars

A completely naked man wielding a shotgun has caused chaos in Houston, America, and vandalised a collection of high-end supercars.

Aluminium drink cans turned into amazing automotive works of art
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Kiwi ‘Can Cars’ rev up recycling

Sandy Sanderson lives in Hamilton, New Zealand and turns aluminium drink cans into amazing automotive works of art.

Aussie green car innovation fund
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Aussie green car innovation fund

Wheels has stumbled across these shots of what is possibly the world’s greenest car.

Diecast car models
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Rusty wrecks are scale model miracles!

An Australian hobbyist is taking the car modeling world by storm with his incredibly detailed die-cast ‘wrecks.’

Eric van Hove, V12 Laraki
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Amazing V12 artwork from wood, bone and fossils!

It took Algerian-born artist Eric van Hove nine months to produce ‘V12 Laraki’, an incredibly detailed and decorated reproduction of a Mercedes-Benz V12 engine, using a range of decidedly non-automotive materials including wood, mother of pearl, goat bone, onyx, stone, cow horn, and ammonite fossils.