Ellen Dewar

Ellen has been snapping cars for more than 25 years, and is the head of Wheels Media's photography department.

BMW M4 CS Performance Car of the Year 2018 7th feature
Performance COTY

BMW M4 CS: Performance Car of the Year 2018 7th Place

Recipe for greatness hampered by missing ingredients

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV Performance Car of the Year 2018 8th place feature
Performance COTY

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV: Performance Car of the Year 2018 8th Place

Flamboyant Italian remains deeply impressive, but it isn’t a four-door Ferrari

Lexus LC500 Performance Car of the Year 2018 9th
Performance COTY

Lexus LC500: Performance Car of the Year 2018 9th Place

More style than substance – but what style!

Performance Car of the Year 2018 Kia Stinger 330Si review
Performance COTY

Kia Stinger 330Si: Performance Car of the Year 2018 10th Place

Almost too much venom for its own good

Performance Car of the Year 2018 On the Road feature
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2018: On the Road

Escaping the captivity of Winton, the stunning roads of Victoria’s alpine region will decide the year’s best performance car

Performance Car of the Year 2018 The Drag Strip
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2018: The Drag Strip

We live our life a quarter mile at a time as numbers tumble in the hunt for PCOTY’s quickest car

Performance Car of the Year 2018 Track Test feature
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2018: Track Test

We grab a Bathurst 1000 winner and an empty racetrack to split the heroes from the hopefuls

2018 MOTOR PCOTY Introduction
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2018: Welcome to PCOTY

Sweet dreams are made of this – 10 of the year’s best performance cars clash on road, track and strip across four epic days

Tunehouse Subaru BRZ drive feature
Reviews

Tunehouse Subaru BRZ review

Subie’s Boxer enters the ring packing Tunehouse’s turbo tech, landing a knockout blow to the standard BRZ

2018 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport vs Lexus RC350 vs BMW 440i comparison
Reviews

2018 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport vs Lexus RC350 vs BMW 440i comparison review

In the sales race for best business class coupe, can an edge on price help two sizzling new Japanese edge out the best from the Fatherland?

Holden Equinox v Honda CR-V v Mazda CX-5 v Nissan X-Trail v Peugeot 3008 v VW Tiguan Comparison
Comparisons

Holden Equinox LTZ v Honda CR-V VTi-LX v Mazda CX-5 GT v Nissan X-Trail Ti v Peugeot 3008 GT-Line v VW Tiguan Adventure

The latest additions to the mid-size SUV segment are finally out to dismantle the perception of mediocrity, and put the premium Europeans on notice

MOTOR Tyre Test 2017 feature
Tyre Test

MOTOR Tyre Test 2017

Want the best rubber for your baby but having trouble cutting through the fluff?

2017 Ferrari GTC4Lusso feature drive
Reviews

2017 Ferrari GTC4Lusso feature drive

Ferrari’s updated four seater delivers something no rival can – a car that carries your brood and also stirs your soul

audi five cylinder engine icons
Features

Audi's Five-Cylinder Icons

It has been 40 years since Audi first introduced the five-cylinder engine, so what better time to get the gang of fives together?

Volkswagen Golf GTI P vs Honda Civic Type R
Reviews

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance vs 2017 Honda Civic Type R review

The Type R needs to save Honda’s mojo, but a sharper Golf GTI stands in its way. Game on!

2018 McLaren 540C
Reviews

2018 McLaren 540C review

How is this the ‘baby’ McLaren? It’s too fast for that

2017 Honda Civic Type R main
Reviews

2017 Honda Civic Type R review

Honda is back in the performance car game in a big way

Wheels Interview: Tim Schenken
Features

Wheels Interview: Tim Schenken

Tim Schenken is still the only Aussie to have secured a works Ferrari drive. What was it really like to pull on the red suit?

Lake Dartmouth to Omeo in a 2017 Audi TT RS
Features

Dartmouth Dam to Omeo in a 2017 Audi TT RS

There's only one road from Dartmouth Dam to Omeo and it's a twisting ribbon made for keen drivers and an able car. We Attack it in the 294kw Audi TT RS

Jaguar XE S vs BMW 340i vs Mercedes AMG C43 vs Audi S4 comparison
Reviews

Jaguar XE S vs BMW 340i vs Mercedes-AMG C43 vs Audi S4 comparison review

You can nab a seriously good luxury performance car for circa $100K these days.

Ford Ranger Wildtrak vs Holden Colorado Z71
Comparisons

Ford Ranger Wildtrak vs Holden Colorado Z71

This is what a working class Holden versus Ford stoush looks like in 2017

PCOTY behind the scenes main
Performance COTY

PCOTY 2017: Behind the scenes

Key fights and mosquito nibbles fail to overshadow the on-road delights – and little dampens Cockburn’s spirit

Performance Car of the Year 2017 main
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2017

12 of the world's hottest new performance cars, 4 furious days, 1 upset. Welcome to the fastest PCOTY ever

Tesla P90D vs Audi RS7 Performance
Features

Tesla Model S P90D vs Audi RS7 Performance

It's batteries versus boost in this battle of fast luxury four-doors