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BMW Z3 vs MGF Wheels 1996
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From the Wheels archive: 1996 BMW Z3 vs MGF

Peter Robinson plays cat and mouse with two roadsters for the June 1996 issue of Wheels

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Retro: 1929 Bentley Speed Six

Big-capacity grunt overcame vast mass, and Le Mans glory followed

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Chevrolet Corvette attends a space shuttle launch

Space shuttle Atlantis reportedly unleashed the force of 60,000 Corvettes when it took off on its recent final mission. Glenn Butler was there with just one, but still had a blast.

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Retro: 1977 Honda Accord

The Accord was Honda’s largest car to date, and its brand impact was huge

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Retro: 1964 Lightburn Zeta Sports

The micro brainchild of a washing machine baron; left him hung out to dry

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Eight-gun salute: How the Porsche 928 came to be

Impossible to believe now, after building over one million 911s, but in 1969 Porsche management estimated the 911 would only realistically survive until 1974

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Retro: 1949 Citroen 2CV

A focus on simplicity and functionality kept the 2CV relevant for more than 40 years

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Classic Wheels: Leo Pruneau designed differently

Epic tales from our archives

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Classic Wheels: Fantasy Six

You must have played the game: nominate the cars you’d park in a fantasy garage, money no object.

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Retro: 1954 Porsche 356 Speedster

Speedster’s cut-down screen slashed headroom, but desirability was through the roof

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Retro: 1953 AC Ace

Years before Carroll Shelby dealt it a V8, the AC Ace was a six-pot Brit with brio

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Classic Wheels: Porsche and Carter

Epic tales from our archives

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Retro: 1959 Morris Mini-Minor

Designed as an affordable compact, this BMC icon transcended class to sell 5.5m

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Classic Wheels: The legendary Falcon GTHO Phase III photo

Forty-six years after it was first published, Uwe Kuessner’s photograph of the Falcon GT-HO Phase III speedo and tachometer remains the most famous image to ever appear in Wheels

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Classic Wheels: Rating the great Aussie V8s at Bathurst

Take two old and two new muscle cars, add a couple of revered drivers, mix them at Bathurst and you have the ingredients for one hell of a story

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Retro: 1941 Willys MB/Ford GPW

When the US War Department needed a recon vehicle, they sought a Jeep

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Retro: 1959 Goggomobil Dart

It took a TV ad from the ’90s to enlighten Aussies about this microcar from the ’50s

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Classic Wheels: Where the World is Round

Epic tales from our archives

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Retro: 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL

The lightweight homologation special that dominated touring car racing in the 1970s

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Classic Wheels: V8 with a Vengeance

Among the best of the many Wheels’ feature stories on Australia’s V8 Supercars series is Michael Stahl’s ‘V8 with a Vengeance’ from 1998.

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Retro: 1984 Ford RS200

Overlooked homologation special better appreciated now than in its Group B day

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Classic Wheels: How Peter Brock won at Bathurst

Peter Brock retells his solid success story at Mount Panorama, through the legendary Bill Tuckey

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Classic Wheels: An Aussie Supercar

The home-grown heart-starter. Was this Australia's first high-performance, two-door, four-seater luxury car?

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Ozcar: The Brabham BT62’s long-lost road-going cousin

The Brabham supercar isn’t the first time the iconic motorsport name was dusted off to grace a two-door design