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Lotus Exige S1: Modern Classic

Nobody was quite ready for how Lotus turned the friendly Elise into the far fiercer Exige S1.

The Wheels Interview: Aussie F1 Sensation, Oscar Piastri

In 2024 Melbourne’s Oscar Piastri turned heads in the world of motorsport as the boom youngster claimed two Formula 1 grand prix wins. Ahead of this year’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, he tells Wheels of his 2025 plans to make fans truly sit up and take notice.

12 Greatest Automotive Technical Innovations

We tip the hat to a dozen technical advances that, over the years, served to redefine motoring technology.

A Grand Design Career: Michael Simcoe

News that General Motors’ Australian senior vice president of global design, Michael Simcoe, will retire from the company after 42 years in July this year warrants another look at his recent meeting with esteemed Wheels journalist Peter Robinson, who undertook a global tour of General Motors’ design centres at the invitation of Simcoe to see how the company is transforming its design ethos.

How the GTO Unleashed a Generation of Supercars

Ferrari’s creation of the GTO in 1984 birthed a run of incredible supercars from the Italian powerhouse that continues today with the F80.

Red Dawn: How the Ferrari GTO Changed Everything

An instant classic when it debuted in 1984, the Ferrari GTO was always intended as a showcase of the famous car-maker’s technological excellence.

Driven to extinction: Peugeot 508

Just sometimes, talent isn't enough.

Driven to extinction: The Grand Tour

A sentimental and joyous ode to running out of steam.

Driven to extinction: Ferrari 812 Superfast

The clue was in the name.

Modern classic: Audi TT

The most definitive automotive styling statement of the nineties? The Audi TT MK1 stakes a convincing claim.

Modern Classic: Nissan 350Z

Overlooked and underrated by the market, the 350Z's time will surely come. Here's the story behind a true modern classic.

Driven to extinction: Jaguar XE

Jaguar waves goodbye to "lower-end products"

Modern Classic: Ford Laser TX-3 4WD Turbo

The forgotten blue-oval performance hero.

Driven to extinction: Suzuki Ignis

The not-so-bad MF-generation departs the Aussie market.

Driven to extinction: the V10 engine

Excuse me, but I seem to have something in my eye...

Modern Classic: TVR Cerbera

It’s time to down a big dose of the brave pills and dive into Blackpool’s fiercest four seater

The star cars of China's big auto show

Think motor shows are dead? Seems someone forgot to tell Beijing... After a four-year hiatus, Auto China rebounds with gusto

Modern Classic: Lexus LFA

The story of obsession gifted a bottomless budget

Nine greatest Golfs

The Volkswagen Golf has, for most of us, risen to become the definitive compact hatch. as it celebrates its 50th birthday, we take a look at the global models that have captured our imagination

Modern Classic: BMW E34 M5 review

If you had to design the perfect M car, it'd look something like this

Nine of the most successful F1 cars ever

Rivals got to know the rear wings of these nine hard-charging F1 tearaways

The ten most important sports cars of the 1980s

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Engineering guru Albert Biermann on making the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

Wheels editor Andy Enright sits down with the Hyundai maestro who gave us the electric hot hatch.

Modern Classic: Lamborghini Diablo SV

The devil really does have the best tunes