2012 Porsche Panamera GTS

If you thought Porsche's most focused performance Panamera was the Turbo, think again. While the range topper with forced induction may have ultimate power, the new GTS, with its naturally aspirated V8, is the new king.

Supercars stuck in snow

A pair of supercar owners from Seattle decided to go for a sneaky spin in the city's recent 'snowpocalypse'. While the owner of the Audi R8 seemed to cope with the wild weather, the GT-R's tires wouldn't allow it to have the same sort of traction.

Pool table car

Discovery channel's Kustomizer has built the first ever car/pool table hybrid. The portable pub game is based on a V6 Chevrolet Monte Carlo...

Loeb aiming for ninth world rally title

Sebastien Loeb will be aiming for an unprecedented ninth World Rally Championship title when the 2012 season begins with the return of the Monte Carlo event.

Peterhansel, Despres win Dakar Rally

Frenchmen Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres won the Dakar Rally on Sunday, completing the final stage two weeks after the race began in Argentina.

WHEELS MAGAZINE: Detroit 2012 Motor Show wrap-up

The America Car is back, more globally relevant than at any time since, well, since the Ford Model A of the early 1930s.

Ford Australia announces new investment plan

Ford Australia has announced that Falcon and Territory will receive an investment package of $103 million to keep the cars alive until at least the end of 2016.

WHEELS MAGAZINE: Christmas (car) hampers

As Christmas draws near, it’s pens down in the Wheels office, and time to grab the keys to our favourite festive-season rides. (At least for a few days. We haven’t finished our Car of the Year Finals issue yet!)

Pensioner turns mobility scooter into Thunderbirds' Rolls-Royce

74-year-old grandfather, Barry Vann, has turned his mobility aid into Lady Penelope's Roller from the hit 1960s TV series, Thunderbirds.

Subaru BRZ confirmed for Oz

It’s been fifteen years since Subaru last sold a two-wheel-drive product in Australia, but the rear-drive BRZ coupe has now been officially confirmed for our local market next year.

Mercedes unveils ultra-luxe roadster

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the fifth generation of its oldest continuously-running model, the SL-Class.

V8 star Jason Richards remembered

Jason Richards never won Bathurst, nor a V8 Supercar championship. But those closest to the New Zealand motor racing driver, who died in Melbourne on Thursday night after a 14-month battle with cancer, say the record books didn't do him justice.

Territory outsells Falcon for the first time

For the first time ever, the Ford Territory SUV outsold its Falcon sedan sibling. The difference between the pair was almost 300 units – 1776 sales versus 1483.

We drive the four-cylinder Falcon

In next month’s Wheels we answer the year’s worst-kept secret and deliver the verdict on the first-ever four-cylinder Falcon.

Webber confident of building on Brazil win

Mark Webber is confident he can take the momentum of his Brazilian Grand Prix victory into 2012 when he tries again to knock team-mate Sebastian Vettel from his perch.

Expensive pile-up: Eight Ferraris in Japanese car crash

A Ferrari driver lost control on a wet road in Japan, causing a chain reaction that wrecked 14 vehicles, including seven other Ferraris, two Mercedes-Benz and a Lamborghini.

Whincup back on top of V8 pile

All year Jamie Whincup has been desperately trying to regain the No.1 sticker he had to relinquish at the end of last year's V8 Supercar championship.

Frosty excited about V8 conclusion

For a boy from the western suburbs of Sydney, Mark Winterbottom's victory in the season-ending V8 Supercar race on the Olympic Park street circuit was a great way to bow out in 2011.

Car prices going down

Smart shoppers know that the best deals on new cars emerge before and after January 1. In less than a month’s time, anything built in 2011 will be immediately deemed, like, so last year. Literally.

Wheels Magazine: Tokyo show report

A quiet, reflective Tokyo Motor Show this year, in a country that's very far from recovered from the disasters that struck in March.

183kW Jazz ready to race

The world’s fastest Honda Jazz is being readied to rally in Australia next year. Dubbed ‘G2’, the tuned-up small hatchback will be raced in the 2012 Bosch Australian Rally Championship (ARC) by a second Honda team.

Webber looks for Brazil boost in 2012

Mark Webber believes his win in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix will be a "good tonic" for him to return stronger in the 2012 Formula One world championship.

Webber wins Brazilian GP

It took him all year, but Mark Webber has finally notched his first win of the Formula One season, sealing third spot in the championship race with victory in Brazil.

Porsche 911 Cabriolet

The international launch of the new Porsche 991 Carrera coupe finished on Sunday and Porsche has already released first images and information on the new Cabriolet models.