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TWIN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK 1963 FORD FALCON FUTURA

The Yanks are famous for their love of litigation yet George Bastiras's 1963 Ford Futura coupe is street legal. Maybe it still is the Land Of The Free after all

2017 Porsche 911 GT3 fast figures

As you might expect, the new 991 Porsche 911 GT3 has some mouth-watering figures to its name. Here are some of our favourite.

New vs Used: 1979 Mazda RX-7 vs Mazda MX-5 1.5 GT

Two pure, rear-drive offerings from Mazda separated by 35 years

Inside BMW’s South-Korean driving paradise

BMW's newly-minted South Korean Driving Centre is a hoon's paradise, and we did our dutiful best to add as much rubber to its fresh tarmac as possible.

How to paint your engine

If a schmick engine bay is high on your priority list, then having a nicely painted engine should be too.

EIGHT-SECOND 850RWHP CRUSTY HZ KINGSWOOD

Looks can be deceiving, as Jesse Boothroyd proves with his patina-clad survivor Holden HZ Kingswood – it runs eights!

HOLDEN 304-CUBE V8-POWERED 1958 FC STATION SEDAN

The first rule of custom building is not to make it look like a custom build, like Neville Pemble's stunning FC Holden Station Sedan

The evolution of McLaren in Formula 1

This animation shows how McLaren F1 cars have morphed over the years, from the team’s first winner to the current black and orange machine

383-CUBE 1978 HOLDEN LX TORANA HATCH STREETER

Scott MacFadyen's aim was to build a cool family cruiser that could cut 10s at the track. Job very much done!

454-CUBE BIG-BLOCK 1972 HOLDEN HQ STATESMAN

Tanny Spiteri resurrects a fine 80s-built Stato in tribute to his fallen brothers

Alfa QV v BMW M3 vs AMG C63

Alfa's Ferrari-inspired Giulia QV hits the tarmac with the C63 S and M3 Competition, and holds its own against the sports sedan staples.

Explained: Variable Compression

Wheels explains the world's first production-ready variable compression engine, the most radical rethink of the four-stroke engine thus far.

INSIDE HELL TOWN HOTRODS

You can’t miss Hell Town Hotrods, south of Gympie – just look for the ‘rod on a hot tin roof’!

CANNONBALL (1976) - RIPPER CAR MOVIES

Cannonball has some nicely timed stunt work, however it is overshadowed by a strange and rather morbid climatic freeway pile-up

BLOWN 454-CUBE 1957 CHEVROLET 150

A blown '57 two-door fulfils Jenni Cleave's Running on Empty dreams nicely

2018 Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 First Ride

The new Porsche 991.2 911 GT3 benefits from myriad improvements, but none are as exciting as the return of the manual gearbox

HEIRLOOM 1966 CHRYSLER VC VALIANT CRUISER

This sweet VC Valiant unites three generations of the Navacchi family. And it makes coffee!

358CI DODGE NASCAR MOTOR

This Dodge Nascar motor is set to tear tyres to pieces in Catherine ‘Driftcat’ Hewitson’s drift-spec VK Commodore

Australia’s best concepts: 2016 Opel GT

Opel’s red-blooded and red-tyred GT may have been designed in Europe, but it is made of solid Aussie stuff

Australia’s best concepts: 2011 Ford Australia Mad Max Interceptors

Wheels swings the spotlight to a Ford Australia concept which got tongues wagging around the world and paid homage to an iconic Aussie film

TOYOTA-POWERED ’27 T-MODEL ROADSTER

Lana O'neil isn't your average 16-year old girl, check out her cool 1927 T-model Roadster!