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Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina review
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Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina review

Press conference, Italian style

Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ: Wheels Car of the Year 2012 Winner
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Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ: Wheels Car of the Year 2012 Winner

The engineering may be conventional, but the execution is exceptional. The Toyobaru twins’ focus on affordable, involving driving enjoyment propelled them, with tail-out attitude, into the COTY winner’s circle.

1972 Holden HQ Kingswood
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Wheels' 1972 Holden HQ Kingswood consumer test

Peter Robinson puts the Holden HQ through the toughest consumer test imaginable.

1972 Holden HQ Kingswood
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1972 Holden HQ Kingswood road test

Holden was annoyed the HQ didn’t win 1971’s Wheels Car of the Year. To show Peter Robinson how tough it was, Holden sent him on a day trip to Bourke. And back.

 Left-hand-drive Subaru Outback in Australian bush
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Subaru Legacy takes on the Australian Outback

What do you think would happen if Wheels brought in a Subaru Outback from the US and drove it in the Aussie outback?

Subaru Legacy in the Australian Outback
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Classic Wheels: Left-hand-drive Subaru Outback bush lark

The Americans had a problem: Where should they test their new Subaru Legacy Outback? John Carey was part of the obvious solution.

Mazda MX-5 rally drive
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Mazda MX-5 rally drive

Real drivers do it sideways

From the Wheels Archive: The Greatest Australian made Car in History
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The Greatest Australian Car - EVER

How could Australia's only contribution to the world's vocabulary of automotive styles not make this list? Young Lew Bandt was the only designer employed by Ford Australia in the early 1930s, when the company's management thought...

Neil Trickey with a camouflaged prototype Ford Everest
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Inside Ford Australia's secret new models

Stretching to Lycra was a defining moment for Ford camouflage expert Neil Trickey

Bruce Garland tackles Rally Australia in an Isuzu D-Max Dakar ute
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Bruce Garland tackles Rally Australia in an Isuzu D-Max Dakar ute

Jump on board with rally ace Bruce Garland in Car Zero Bravo as Wheels helps him sweep the spine-crushing Coffs Harbour leg of the WRC Rally Australia.

HDT Director: The car that split Peter Brock and Holden
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HDT Director: The car that split Peter Brock and Holden

Holden’s decision to revive the famous badge is bold given its turbulent past.

2016 Ford Mustang v Holden SS-V Redline drag race
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2016 Ford Mustang v Holden Commodore SS-V Redline drag race video

It’s Ford v Holden - with a twist, now that the Blue Oval’s Mustang performance hero has arrived.

2016 Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint XR8 Sprint
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2016 Ford Falcon Sprint The making of a legend

Designers who shaped the last of the new locally made Ford Falcons had their sights set firmly on the future

Jaguar XK120 Darwin to Alice Vanishing Point
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Classic Wheels: Vanishing Point

History holds some epic drives against the road, the conditions or the clock. Or all three. Such an adventure made headlines in 1951 when two Queenslanders wrote a record for Darwin to Alice Springs, 1500 km at over 145 km/h

Burt Munro and the world's fastest Indian
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Burt Munro and the world's fastest Indian

Burt Munro was immortalised by Hollywood, but we found the real essence of the man in the wilds of NZ with a cast of loonies

Bentley Continental GT Speed: 330km/h on a public road
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Bentley Continental GT Speed: 330km/h on a public road

Pommie Ben Oliver reckoned our 297km/h on unrestricted Northern Territory roads in an FPV last year was a bit soft, and figured a Bentley Speed could give it a handy touch-up

Care for a Lamborghini Huracan as your Uber? Jump in
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Care for a Lamborghini Huracan as your Uber? Jump in

Uber was hot for our offer to join with a Lambo. Then they went cold – but we went ahead anyway

Life with a Lamborghini Huracan
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Life with a Lamborghini Huracan

The further you drive in Australia with this petite Lamborghini, the faster 449kW feels

The year ahead V8 Supercars in 2016
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The year ahead: V8 Supercars in 2016

The most elaborate game of musical chairs in memory has left a lot of V8 Supercars merchandise redundant.

12 Bonkers Supercars KTM X-BOW
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12 Bonkers Supercars

Outrageous speedsters bound to raise a smile

The year ahead: Formula One in 2016
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The year ahead: Formula One in 2016

Squabbling teammates, flip-flopping loyalties, dodgy deals, cars that run like clockwork, Yankee invasions and the odd race if the accountants permit it. What’s in store for Formula One in 2016?

Bentley hits 330 on Australia’s Stuart Highway
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Bentley hits 330 on Australia’s Stuart Highway

Did you reckon our 297km/h on a public road in a Falcon-based FPV was a bit soft? How about nudging 330km/h in a Bentley Continental?

Year in review V8 Supercars in 2015
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Year in review: V8 Supercars in 2015

It took a while to get there, but Mark Winterbottom has finally snared the title that has long eluded him

Jaguar - The Wheels Report 2015
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Jaguar - The Wheels Report 2015

The XE was by far the biggest-selling Jag, but is it enough to worry the German big guns?