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Aussies win Land Rover 4x4 in Schools World Championship
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Aussies win Land Rover 4x4 in Schools World Championship

Australian teens beat out 130 competitors from 12 countries in Land Rover engineering challenge.

Land Speed Record
Classic Wheels

Archive: Rosco McGlashan's world land speed record attempt 1995

When you're approaching the sound barrier, no mishap is small - but Rosco McGlashan still aims to be our first land speed record holder.

1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E
Classic Wheels

1990 Mercedes-Benz 500E: retro series

Stuttgart rivals combine to produce performance knock-out

Citroen C5 special editions say au revoir to iconic suspension
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Citroen C5 special editions say au revoir to iconic suspension

Final Citroen C5 sedans and wagons mark the end of hydro-pneumatic suspension after an innovative 62-year innings

Fiat Panda in the Northern Territory
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Fiat Panda in the Northern Territory

We check out the Northern Territory’s new unrestricted-speed highway for ourselves. Not in a Ferrari, but a baby Fiat

Mark Webber’s 2004 British F1 GP Qualifying Lap
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Mark Webber’s 2004 British F1 GP Qualifying Lap video is all kinds of awesome

One-lap, no-holds-barred brilliance from the Aussie speed-demon as he wrings the neck of his Cosworth CR-5-powered Jaguar F1 racer around Silverstone in qualifying for the 2004 British Grand Prix

Lamborghini’s composite factory is making carbon-fibre con-rods
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Lamborghini’s composite factory is making carbon-fibre con-rods a reality

While the bulk of Lamborghini's Research and Development is done in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, it’s now opened a six-person Seattle facility to design forged carbon fibre composite components - including con-rods - for its future models

World’s first combustion engine in space built by NASCAR team
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World’s first combustion engine in space built by NASCAR team

It’s taken a while, but the internal combustion engine is finally set to go into space thanks to partnership between United Launch Alliance and NASCAR’s Roush Fenway Racing team

Aston Martin AM-RB 001 and McLaren F1
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AM-RB 001: How it compares to the McLaren F1

They’re 24-years apart in age, but Cameron Kirby pays respect to the lightning bolt on wheels that the AM-RB 001 will be benchmarked against; the McLaren F1

Alpina BMW BiTurbo
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Alpina BMWs coming to Australia: What’s Alpina you ask?

With the announcement of an Australian distributor for Alpina coming today, Wheels looks at BMW’s association with the luxury performance brand, together with the tuning company’s history, heritage and the models now destined for our roads

Porsche Panamera Turbo vs Audi RS6 vs Maserati Quattroporte
Classic Wheels

Archive: Porsche Panamera Turbo vs Audi RS6 vs Maserati Quattroporte comparison review

With a combined output of 1100kW, these three Euro heavyweights combine luxury with sledgehammer performance. Let’s get down to business..

Bloodhound SSC car
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Bloodhound SSC car: 17 fast facts

Any vehicle designed with the sole purpose of breaking the World Land Speed record has to be a fairly special piece of kit. Here are 17 fast facts you can recite to your mates at the next BBQ.

John Bowe fights back over banned Bentley Continental GT video
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John Bowe fights back over banned Bentley Continental GT video

Driver in banned Bentley film hits back at ‘do-gooders’

Josh Stebbing Car Collector
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Josh Stebbing: Junior car collector

A passionate 10-year old boy proves that you’re never too young to start a car collection.

McLaren P1 LM at Goodwood Festival of Speed
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McLaren P1 LM breaks record at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The ultra-rare McLaren P1 LM crushed the record for fastest road-legal car at last week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint
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2016 Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint: A Sprint to the finish

Farewelling a legend; Ponch’s emotional petrol bender in Ford’s final fast Falcon

Jaguar F-Pace
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Goodwood Festival of Speed: Ten of the Biggest Fails

No one likes making a goose of themselves, so when you make a goose of yourself in front of a crowd and it’s captured on film for posterity it’s far from ideal. Andy Enright takes a look at some of the Goodwood moments that these drivers would best prefer were forgotten.

HSV GTS with Mercedes-AMG E63
Classic Wheels

Archive: Top 10 cars of 2013

It was a year when great new metal was bountiful. Here, in no particular order, are the Top 10 cars of 2013 that really moved us

Ford Falcon vs Holden Commodore
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Ford Falcon vs Holden Commodore: Behind the scenes

Wheels conducts the final showdown between the Falcon and Commodore in the upcoming issue.

Ford Falcon GT at Maximum Warp
Classic Wheels

Archive: Ford Falcon GT at 235km/h on the Autobahn

Peter Robinson's attempt to take the Ford Falcon EL GT to maximum warp on the Autobahn

12 Future classic cars
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12 Future classic cars to watch

Fancy playing the classic car market? Here are twelve cars that are worth a look right now

1986 Giocattolo Group B
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1986 Giocattolo Group B: retro series

Australian-made Alfa-Romeo-in-drag from the decade of excess

Walter Hadley: Hearse coachbuilding
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Walter Hadley: Hearse coachbuilding

When it comes to the end, this is a good place to start

Peter Brock at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Classic Wheels

Archive: Peter Brock at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Peter Perfect and a bellowing 300kW VK Commodore gatecrash British motorsport's world-famous garden party - the 2km-hillclimb show they call the Goodwood Festival of Speed