Dylan Campbell

Contributor

Wheels Media contributor Dylan Campbell (photo: Alastair Brook)

Specialist road-tester Dylan Campbell has evaluated more than 1500 new cars since starting as a full-time journalist in 2006. Away from work, Dylan is a hobbyist mechanic with a keen interest in old cars, long-distance driving, Formula One and grassroots motorsport.

Dylan was Editor of Wheels magazine between 2020 and 2021 and Editor of MOTOR magazine between 2013 and 2020. Dylan is currently a judge at Wheels Car of the Year.

Social media: @aussiecarjourno

Reviews

2024 Mazda CX-90 G50e Azami review

Is Mazda's top SUV worth your hard-earned?

Best Large SUVs

Best Large SUV Under $80K

Mazda's new CX-90 faces off against the also-fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Hyundai Palisade, and our Megatest-winning Kia Sorento in a battle of sub-$80,000 seven-seater SUVs.

Opinion

Artificial EV sounds could be a lot more fun than you might think

Would you drive an electric performance car with the best-sounding ‘V8’ you’d ever heard? I would

Reviews

2023 Hyundai Casper review: Cool. Now how about an electric one?

The 2023 Hyundai Casper could become Australia’s cheapest electric car, if such a model comes to be. Until then, we drive the petrol version in Korea

Reviews

2023 MG F7 review

One of two electric sedans under consideration for Australia, we drive what stands to be badged as the MG F7

Best Large SUVs

Best Large SUV Under $50K

So, you're after a convincing new seven-seater family SUV but can't stretch the budget beyond $50,000 (RRP). We compare tempting offerings from Honda, Mazda and Volkswagen.

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.

Opinion

Opinion: When should we call time on our driver's licence?

Age wearies us all, and driving is no exception. But one driver's freedom and autonomy can be another's death sentence.

Reviews

2023 Mazda CX-30 review: Full range detailed

The Mazda CX-30 is a popular midsize SUV in Australia. Learn more about the CX-30 range including price, interior, boot space, safety assists and performance.

Opinion

Speed cameras: California does the opposite to us, and gets better results

Can you imagine if your state or territory got rid of every single speed camera overnight?

Opinion

Virtually real: Exchanging track days for PlayStations

As the stakes grow higher driving fast in the real world, DC feels the pull of the virtual one

Opinion

70 Years of Wheels: Predicting the future of motoring

Predicting the automotive future is a fool's game. But that shouldn't stop any of us from giving it a go.

Reviews

2023 Range Rover P530 Autobiography First Edition review

Only way to criticise the new Range Rover is to get very nitpicky – which is just about the biggest compliment you could give it

Best Small SUVs

Best Small SUV Under $45K

Looking for an SUV that offers plenty of features, for less than $45,000? We run the rule over eight contenders, including new-generation versions of the Hyundai Kona, Nissan Qashqai, and Subaru Crosstrek (formerly XV)

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?

News

Tidbits from MG: New MG3, reinventing the brand, deleted air-con buttons & more

Australian media recently travelled to China to drive a number of new MG models, and speak with the brand's key executives. Here's a few choice quotes from the trip.

Features

Inside the dragon: the Ningde MG factory

MG takes us inside a cutting-edge mega-factory owned by the Chinese state – the largest, in fact, in all of Asia

Reviews

2023 MG4 XPower review: First overseas drive

China sets its sights on Australia's performance car market with 320kW MG4 XPower electric hot hatch – and it could be priced in the Golf R's ballpark

Reviews

2023 MG L7 review: First drive in China

The sound of a V8 growls into the cabin, but we're having too much fun to care about it being fake – the MG L7 electric sedan is a riot

Reviews

2023 MG LS7 review: First international drive

It might get inspiration from another luxury SUV, but MG's LS7 certainly makes its own compelling case.

News

MG design boss: ‘SUV trend will pass’, no MG ute planned

Design boss says the SUV will go the way of the minivan; confirms no dual-cab MG ute on the horizon – for now

News

MG: future 600kW EVs will recharge in ‘10 minutes’

Half-solid-state batteries coming next year; SAIC confirms its working on a battery even cheaper than LFP

News

MG: EVs now priced to rival petrol cars

MG battery boss says some EVs have reached price parity with ICEs – and are only going to get cheaper

Reviews

2023 Volkswagen Tiguan review: Full range detailed

The Tiguan is a popular midsize SUV in Australia. Learn more about the Tiguan range including price, interior, boot space, safety assists and performance.