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CORVETTE ZR1

EVEN BEFORE THE MID-ENGINE CORVETTE C8 LOBS IN AUSTRALIA, CHEVROLET HAS BIG PLANS FOR FUTURE VARIANTS, CULMINATING WITH NEW TWIN-TURBO V8-POWERED ZR1 AND ZORA MODELS DELIVERING FERRARI-BELTING PERFORMANCE. OVERSEAS-BASED FORMER WHEELS EDITOR ANGUS MACKENZIE TELLS ALL

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February 2021
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DIESEL. DUST

GETTING DOWN AND DIRTY TO DETERMINE THE MERITS OF ALL-WHEEL DRIVE

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February 2021
Lounge Lizard
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Lounge Lizard

The bold DS Aero Sport lounge is the shape – and what a shape! – of ds cars to come. But can it come soon enough for the slow-selling french brand?

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January 2021
Holden VE Commodore SS/SS-V
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Holden VE Commodore SS/SS-V

The world was its oyster until the GFC fouled GM’s plans, but you can still own a billion-dollar classic

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January 2021
Stairway To Heaven
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Stairway To Heaven

The car collection of McLaren racing CEO Zak Brown is absolutely jaw-dropping, and it’s kept in the same base as one of the world’s fastest-rising race teams

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January 2021
A Final Advance From The Rear
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A Final Advance From The Rear

As the clock ticks down on audi’s halo supercar, we take a blast in the hardcore rear-driver to give it the send off it deserves, and probe the question: where to from here?

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January 2021
Aussie Corvette Names Its Price
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Aussie Corvette Names Its Price

For not much more than Cayman's money, America’s mid-engined v8 hero is on its way. And it’s just the start, with more us metal set to head down under in 2021

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January 2021
EV Tech Gives Old Classics New Lease On Life
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EV Tech Gives Old Classics New Lease On Life

Prepare for the rise of the ‘ecrate’ conversion, where an old clunker can be transformed into a zero-emissions, near-silent 800nm weapon

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January 2021
Australia Lacking EV Leadership, Says Car Industry
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Australia Lacking EV Leadership, Says Car Industry

FCAI and car companies challenge federal and state governments to get serious about delivering cohesive national policy supporting electric vehicles

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January 2021
DREAM FACTORY
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DREAM FACTORY

PORSCHE RELEASED 15 CONCEPTS OUT OF NOWHERE – DESIGN BOSS MICHAEL MAUER TELLS US WHY

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January 2021
Drives FIRST
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Drives FIRST

THE NEW MENTAL THAT MATTERS, TRIALLED AND TESTED

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January 2021
Send in a hero
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Send in a hero

AS WE CLOSE THE DOOR ON SURELY THE WORST YEAR IN MEMORY, WE NEEDED A FAST, FOCUSED AND AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE CAR TO HELP SAVE THE WORLD. TOYOTA HAS DELIVERED

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January 2021
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Making American Grunt Again

OZ-BOUND Corvette is finally a bonafide mid-engined supercar, but germany’s evergreen icon is not going down without a fight

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Yearbook 2020
Electric Car Tsar
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Electric Car Tsar

Volkswagen aims to move out from beneath the shadow of dieselgate and into a bright, electric future

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Yearbook 2020
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RS SKIPS HYBRID FOR FULL ELECTRIC

AUDI RS E-TRON GT

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Yearbook 2020
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KIA TO THE CITY

SEVEN-SEATER SUV JOINS THE FLEET TO SHOW JUST HOW FAR THE KOREANS HAVE COME

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Yearbook 2020
“I'M HERE NOW, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK”
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“I'M HERE NOW, THERE'S NO TURNING BACK”

HE’S STORMED SUPERCARS, BUT NOW SCOTT McLAUGHLIN FACES HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET: INDYCAR. CAN THE KIWI REALLY MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE USA?

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Yearbook 2020
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Seoul stirrer

GENESIS’ TWIN-TURBO ART DECO BEAUTY IS CERTAINLY NOT SHORT ON SNOT, BUT CAN IT FILL AN HSV GRANGE-SIZED HOLE IN OUR HEARTS?

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Yearbook 2020
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THE CAT'S WHISKERS?

THERE’S A LOT RIDING ON FORD’S FELINE-ESQUE SMALL SUV

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Yearbook 2020
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Leaders of the space race

SEVEN-SEATER SUVs ARE THE MODERN-DAY PEOPLE-MOVERS, SO WHICH OF THIS PAIR IS BEST SUITED TO TAKE YOU AND YOUR CREW ON A TERRESTRIAL EXPLORATION?

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Yearbook 2020
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I AM LEGEND

THE PORSCHE 917 IS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST SPORTS-RACING CAR OF ALL TIME. AND ITS STORY BEGAN WITH THIS VERY CAR

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Yearbook 2020
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00:00:01 AM

THREE LONG MONTHS OF LOCKDOWN IN VICTORIA WILL SEND ANYONE A LITTLE STIR-CRAZY. AS CURFEW LIFTS, CAN A FLAT-OUT RUN IN FERRARI’S FINEST RESTORE A LITTLE SANITY?

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Yearbook 2020
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Little Ripper

Hyundai’s new i20 n is a 150kw front-drive sensation aimed squarely at the Ford Fiesta st. We score an aussie track taste of a prototype, and find the heat is on

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December 2020
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Holden Monaro

So much more than a two-door commodore, this big coupe still stands as a high-water mark of Aussie design and ingenuity

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December 2020
The EV Disruptor
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The EV Disruptor

A cashed-up start-up deigns to take on taycan and tesla with ‘the world’s most efficient ev’. Meet the lucid air – and the tech giving it an 800km range and 783kw of electric grunt

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December 2020
We'll Drink To That
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We'll Drink To That

The ATMO V8 gets its fill one last time as we bid a final, fast farewell

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December 2020
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Nothing Fuzzy Here

It’s all in perfect focus, just cruelled by covid

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December 2020
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Holden's Lost HO Slayer

The ‘supercar scare’ killed off the phase IV, but also a thumping V8 torana designed to dominate the mountain. This is its story

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December 2020
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On Cars, 2020 & Racing

Modern challenges call for modern athletes, as Mark Hughes discovers in this wide-ranging conversation with four-time F1 champion – and notoriously private – Sebastian Vettel

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December 2020
On the prowl
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On the prowl

FORD OZ DESPERATELY NEEDS NEW SUVs, BUT HAS THE ODD-LOOKING, THREE-POT PUMA GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE COMPACT-SUV FIGHT?

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December 2020