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Archive: Peter Brock's Bathurst win at Mt Panorama

In a Wheels exclusive Brocky provided a first-person account about how he claimed his fourth Hardie-Ferodo 1000 victory at Mt Panorama

Nissan GT-R 1992 Bathurst race
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Archive: Godzilla Skyline GT-R at 1992 Bathurst 1000

An emotional Jim Richards once told the Bathurst crowd: “You're a pack of arseholes!” Here’s Wheels’ account of what led up to that infamous 1992 outburst.

Ford Falcon v Holden FB
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1960 Ford Falcon vs Holden FB: How they compared

Nothing in the saga of Australian cars and car magazines approaches Ford versus Holden, blue versus red for longevity, significance or volume.

Ford Falcon vs Holden FB
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Classic Wheels: Ford Falcon v Holden FB comparison

The question on everyone’s mind when the Ford Falcon was born in 1960 was: Is it better than the FB Holden?

1964 Porsche 911
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1964 Porsche 911

An iconic design that has endured more than half a century

1996 Ligier JS41 F1 review
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Archive: 1996 Ligier JS41 F1 review

What’s it like to test an F1 car, with full technical support, telemetry and tyre change? Derek Daly throws the Adelaide runner-up car, Ilivier Panis’ Ligier JS41, round Magnay-Cours…

Volvo S60 on Hume Highway
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Archive: We drove the Hume Highway at 130km/h and didn't get booked

We say the Hume would be safer with a 130km/h limit. Ben Oliver runs the gauntlet to prove the point

1965 Renault 16
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1965 Renault 16: retro series

How the French revolutionised the small car.

Mitsubishi Starion
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1982 Mitsubishi Starion: retro series

When turbos first ruled the world, Mitsubishi was at the forefront

Arnol Rodriguez
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Archive: The man who kidnapped Fangio

Wheels sits down with guy who took one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time hostage

Original Volkswagen Beetle
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Archive: Volkswagen Beetle and Adolf Hitler's car for the people

The launch of the original beetle was possibly the most grandiose car launch in history. It had a giant golden eagle, a multi-car parade, Hitler, and a journo willing to share his story with Wheels

1995 Nissan Skyline
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Archive: Nissan R33 Skyline GT-R

It's a beast with a brain - combining high-tech engineering and old-fashioned attention to detail. Angus MacKenzie and Peter Nunn appraise Nissan's brutal beauty.

Ford Thunderbird
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1954 Ford Thunderbird: retro series

The original Ford Thunderbird was a smash hit, then daddy took the T-Bird away

1996 Porsche Boxster 986
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Classic Wheels: 1996 Porsche Boxster remembered

Porsche expects to build around 230,000 cars in 2016 and happily claims to be the most profitable carmaker in the world. Hard to believe that just 25 years ago the company was in disarray.

1996 Porsche 986 Boxster
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Classic Wheels: 1996 Porsche Boxster 986 review

It’s official: the Boxster’s as good as we all hoped it would be… perhaps even better, says Peter Robinson

Mitsubishi Evolution X vs Subaru WRX STi
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Archive: Subaru WRX STi vs Mitsubishi Evo all-surface duel

It’s trick diffs at dawn when Mitsubishi’s tenth-gen Evo takes on Subaru’s STi in an all-surface shoot out.

MG A Roadster
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1955 MGA roadster: retro series

MG awoke from its post-war slumber with this sleek new convertible

Honda NSX vs Ferrari vs Porsche vs Lotus
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Archive: Ferrari 348ts vs Honda NSX vs Lotus Esprit S4 vs Porsche 911

Take $850,000 worth of pin-up performers, whip ‘em along, fling ‘em around, listen and feel. John Carey and a very satisfied test team explore the edges of four exotic envelopes.

Ford Falcon XR8 v Holden Commodore SS
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Archive: Ford Falcon XR8 v Holden Commodore SS

Ford wants you, please, to reconsider its AUII XR8. There are 200 reasons why you should, writes Fraser Stronach

Delage D8-120
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1937 Delage D8-120: retro series

A dashing Frenchman left behind this classic as his legacy.

Classic Cars of 1968
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1968 Gilltrap's Auto Museum review

Nine years after Gilltrap’s Auto Museum opened on the Gold Coast, Wheels finally ran a story on what was then Australia’s best car collection.

A Ford at Gilltrap's Auto Museum
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Classic Wheels: Gilltrap's Auto Museum review

Former Wheels editor Bill Tuckey used a number of clever ways of making readers think the magazine had more resources – and reach – than the smell of an oily rag allowed. Rather than send staffer Tom Floyd to Gilltrap's Auto Museum on the Gold Coast, Tuckey asked him to pen a series of letters between journalist and editor to write a story on a landmark that Wheels never officially visited

Ford Falcon XR6 vs Vauxhall Omega vs Ford Scorpio vs Jaguar XJ
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Archive: Ford Falcon XR6 vs Vauxhall Omega vs Ford Scorpio vs Jaguar XJ

Peter Robinson took the quickest Falcon to Britain and drove it against the home market. The Poims had never seen it, but now they want it

Ford Falcon GT and Holden GTS-R
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Archive: 1996 Ford Falcon EL GT vs 1996 HSV GTS-R

This is the moment we’ve been waiting for – HSV’s big-bang banana against Ford’s awesome aubergine! Todd Hallenbeck chows down…