Alastair Brook

COTY

2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: FORD MUSTANG DARK HORSE

The new S650 Dark Horse aims to show that the Mustang’s old days of the slightly unresolved and unsophisticated muscle car are behind it.

COTY

2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MG CYBERSTER

The MG Cyberster represents a flurry of firsts – an all-electric roadster unlike anything we’ve yet seen from anyone; a super-expensive sports car from MG; and arguably the first genuinely desirable-looking car to arrive here from China.

COTY

2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MERCEDES-BENZ CLE200

COTY 2024 DELIVERED us some very good looking cars. But, for this judge at least, there was only one truly beautiful shape and it belonged to the Mercedes-Benz CLE200.

COTY

2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MAZDA CX-90 D50E GT

There once was a time when Mazda could do virtually no wrong at Wheels Car of the Year.

Advice

Modern classic: Porsche Boxster

The roadster that put Porsche on the road to recovery

Advice

Modern Classic: Renaultsport Megane 230 F1 Team R26

It took a few cracks but the sporty Megane II finally came very good

Comparisons

2023 MG4 vs BYD Dolphin: Affordable EV comparison review

Two cheap Chinese EVs face off in the real world

Best Large SUVs

Best Large SUV Under $60K

Does the bigger, box-fresh Honda CR-V have what it takes to topple three veterans of the large SUV segment?

Best Large SUVs

Best Large Luxury SUV: Volvo XC90

Mazda has pushed into to the realm of luxury large SUVs with its new CX-90. We find out how it fares against established German and Japanese contenders, as well as equally ambitious SUVs from VW and Genesis.

Features

Modern Classic: Toyota MR2

We tell the background story on how Toyota both spoiled and then fixed the MR2.

Advice

Modern Classic: E31 BMW 8 Series

The sleek shall inherit the earth

Features

Electric cars: Change we can believe in?

What sort of electric future works for Australian drivers? Mercedes-AMG’s EQS 53 is the catalyst for a reckoning of where we are right now

Best Small SUVs

Best Performance Small SUV: Cupra Formentor VZx

Fast compact SUVs from the same house go head-to-head, but will it be the VW Group's German brand or Spanish brand that prevails?

Best Small SUVs

Best Premium Small SUV: BMW X1

A new-generation BMW X1 and a first-ever Alfa Romeo Tonale take on the 2019 Wheels Car of the Year Volvo XC40 in a battle of luxury compact SUVs.

Reviews

2023 Volkswagen T-Roc review: 140TSI R-Line AWD

Does the new, more-potent T-Roc R overshadow the mid-spec 140TSI R-Line, or is the latter ‘just right’? Let’s find out.

Reviews

2023 Mitsubishi Triton GSR review

With the next-gen Triton imminent, does Mitsubishi’s flagship GSR still have something to offer?

Features

Modern Classic: Honda S2000 – The story of Honda’s masterclass in engineering

Honda’s convertible was a technical masterclass that was big on thrills, low on compromise

Reviews

Yes, You Can Summit the Blue Rag Range Track

How to tackle the Victorian high country's most spectacular ridge drive

Comparisons

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV v Ford Escape PHEV 2023 comparison review

Two plug-in hybrids that provide immunity to range anxiety

Reviews

2023 Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT review

Porsche attempts to tame targa high country’s blue riband route with the astonishing Cayenne Turbo GT Coupe

Comparisons

Best Electric Cars, $80k-100k: Luxury EVs tested

This is part three of our price-based EV buying guide, comparing Australia's electric cars priced between $80,000 and $100,000

Reviews

2023 Kia Seltos review: Sport+ 1.6T AWD

The updated Kia Seltos Sport+ 1.6T AWD features more tech and an improved automatic transmission – but a few oddities let it down

Comparisons

Fire Starters: Toyota GR86 GT vs 1986 Toyota AE86

Can the new, bigger-bore Toyota GR86 ever hope to reach the cult status of its AE86 forebear? Time for a highly scientific Wheels investigation

Reviews

Living with the new Subaru WRX Sportswagon tS: Long-term test

The Levorg is dead, long live the Subaru WRX Sportswagon – and any wagon brave enough to compete in our SUV-mad market. We're spending a few months with the new Subie to see if it's right for fun and family life alike