Wiel Motortydskrif was South Africa's oldest - and the world's only - motoring magazine in the Afrikaans language.
The magazine was established in 1978 by publishing-editor Jannie Herbst, mainly to serve the racing fraternity with results and motoring news.
The title was sold several times to publishing houses and was published by Ramsey Son and Parker alongside Car Magazine, South Africa's oldest motoring magazine in English, until the demise of Wiel in February 2011.
Writing about technical issues in Afrikaans, the world's youngest language, presented motoring journalists at Wiel magazine with unique challenges and opportunities to debate and create new Afrikaans words that capture technical processes.
Wiel magazine was a talent incubator for print journalists.