Opinion: choosing the best car of the decade isn’t as simple as you’d think

Trying to pick the one car that defines a decade can be a difficult task

Corby unleashes inner bogan with Nissan Navara N-Trek

“The N-Trek made me feel manly, hairy chested, Bunnings-worthy. It made me grunt rather than speak”

The reason McLaren paid $20,000 for a fish

An eye-opening anecdote is the perfect encapsulation of what makes vehicle design so esoteric

The guilt and shame of experiencing a near-miss on the road

What shakes me so much is knowing that the outcome was completely out of my hands. One second later, three seconds later…

Ian Callum on the future of design

The Guest Editor of our Design Issue, Ian Callum, provides an insight into why an unprecedented era of change offers mouth-watering opportunity

Opinion: Mazda is the motoring world’s heroic underdog

“In contrast, Mazda will introduce its SkyActiv-X engine in the 3 hatchback and sedan – cars ordinary folk can afford”

The true story behind Wheels’ most controversial magazine cover

I sent Edsel Ford a framed copy, and for years it hung on the inside door of a toilet in his home

Car buyers no longer seem to care about manufacturer cheating

It seems that car buyers don’t just accept being treated with contempt by manufacturers. They reward it

Opinion: It’s time to retire the Holden brand

As sad as it is, the clearest way forward for Holden is to retire the name. Inwood suggests what could come next.

Why did Australia fall out of love with Holden?

Holden and Australia just changed their relationship status to “it’s complicated”

The ZB should never have been a Commodore

You can’t just slap a Commodore badge on an imported product and expect the public to buy it

Stahl rediscovers the joys of an epic road trip

This trip was the first chance to get my 911 all hot and dry and dirty, stretching its legs somewhere out beyond so-called civilisation

Opinion: Supercars are just a waste of money

For a man, there are fewer obvious ways to show off your wealth, and this is where supercars come in

What makes the Goodwood Festival of Speed so special

Legendary racers and iconic cars are part of the Goodwood festival’s appeal, but there is another fact that makes it so unique

Everything wrong with Tesla’s Cybertruck

In its conceptual form, the Cybertruck isn’t ready for production. Here’s why

Besting the Porsche 911 is an unenviable task

The venerable Porsche 911’s biggest challenge is retaining its analogue feel in a very digital future

The catharsis of conversing with cars

“Now listen, you little ANCAP underachiever, if you let anything bad happen to my girl, I’m gonna gut you with a plasma cutter...”

Robbo reflects on the career of Dick Johnson

“Winton? It’s like running a marathon around your clothesline”

Is Toyota about to bring back the MR2?

The MR2 is a part of the ‘three brothers’ strategy that Tetsuya Tada wants to resurrect

Carey on the ingenuity and ignorance of classic racing cars

“The collection of winners spoke with silent eloquence of how much their creators did not know”

Opinion: The unbearable likeness of modern badge engineering

“Badge engineering highlighted the fact that these mainstream-brand badges offer no compelling reason to buy one over the other”

If you think the new Defender isn’t a ‘true off roader’, you are wrong

The reborn Land Rover Defender is going to be a serious weapon off the beaten track

Editor's Letter: Australian electric car debate

The fact that our nation’s leaders are only now debating if electric cars are important, or simply a passing fad, is embarrassing

Just shut up about how much BMW is in the Toyota Supra

If you’re not buying the Supra because ‘it’s a BMW’, you’ve probably crossed the line from car enthusiast to car bore