Wheels Australia — August 2016

FIRST DRIVES REDLINE FEATURES EVERY ISSUE

HURACAN

SPYDER

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36 NISSAN GT-R

Godzilla. At Spa. Oh yeah!

40 MAZDA 6 GVC

Feel the steering

42 SUBARU LEVORG
WRX soul, Kardashian booty

44 PORSCHE BOXSTER

Drive it, feel it, don’t listen

46 MERCEDES-BENZ

C-CLASS CABRIOLET
Sun’s out, guns out

48 MAZDA CX-

Style with substance

52 TESLA MODEL X
SUV as quick as a Ferrari

54 McLAREN 540C
McLaren’s babyshower

55 VW AMAROK V

Cops a Porsche engine

56 AUDI S
Turbo displaces ’charger

58 LAMBORGHINI
HURACAN SPYDER

V10 opera on the gree

NEXT ISSUE ON SALE 18 AUGUS

9 Ed’s letter

29 Marketplace

30 Inbox

32 John Carey

34 Stephen Corby

60 Head-to-head

Hyundai Tucson

Elite Turbo v Kia Sportage

SLi diesel

126 Our Garage

136 Showroom

158 Classic Wheels

Pineapple bombshells

160 Retro

Delage D8-

162 Wheelstories

Mike Borland, racecar

constructor

62 ROAD SHOWDOWN

Commodore v Falcon,

for the very last time

74 TRACK SHOWDOWN

Ingall and Skaife relive the

‘Shriek at the Creek’

86 MERCEDES-AMG GT R

AMG boss gives Wheels an

exclusive preview

94 FOCUS RS TO LE MANS

Driving Ford’s hottest hatch

to watch 24 Heures glory

102 SMALL SUV

COMPARO

Citroen C4 Cactus v Fiat 500X

v Mini Cooper Clubman

v Suzuki Vitara S Turbo

114 DIRTY FINKE

Move aside, Mad Max

12 AM-RB 001

Faster than a Le Mans car

16 PORSCHE PANAMERA

Hybrid four-door incoming

18 KIA’S SECRET SEDAN

Oz’s Korean RWD future

22 MAZDA ROTARY

The man saving the wankel

24 MAZDA

G-VECTORING CONTROL

Tech breakthrough is just

around the corner

26 NISMO IN OZ

The invasion is imminent

28 TOBY PRICE

Off-road racing’s ironman

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