Ellen Dewar

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

Mazda CX-9 Sport
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Mazda CX-9 Sport

It's time to embrace the best post-Ford Mazda that isn’t an MX-5 - the Mazda CX-9. The last time we were this pumped about a large SUV, it was 12 years ago, it wore a Territory badge, and it won Car of the Year.

Kia Carnival S
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Kia Carnival S

The Kia Carnival S confines its brief to ‘movement of the people’ and succeeds. Carnival successfully marries handsome styling with luxurious space, which isn’t easy for a base-model people mover.

Kia Sorento Si
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Kia Sorento Si

The Kia Sorento Si is Sufficiently strong in enough areas to hoist bronze. The South Korean seven-seater SUV wooed us with its practicality, performance, value, and industry-leading warranty.

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso

Quirkiness meets cool to deliver a mostly warm embrace. But cool is as cool does and in other ways the Citroen Grand C4 Picasso’s quirkiness requires you to relearn how to operate a car.

2016 Toyota Kluger GX AWD
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Toyota Kluger GX AWD

The Toyota Kluger offends no one by sticking to the middle of the road. There’s no escaping that the Toyota offers plenty for the money.

Volkswagen Multivan
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Volkswagen Multivan

The Volkswagen Multivan is certainly the leader of the space race, if not quite the final frontier. Commercial vehicle origins let it down against more sophisticated competition.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Hyundai Santa Fe 30

The Hyundai Santa Fe better at pleasing its driver, rather than shifting a tribe of seven, as we uncover headroom and visibility issues in the third row.

Nissan Pathfinder
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Nissan Pathfinder ST AWD

Opportunity knocked, but Nissan didn’t fully open the door. We find the Nissan Pathfinder, while smooth and likeable, falls short of the competition.

2016 Honda Odyssey
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Honda Odyssey VTi

An odyssey is an ‘epic journey’. Unfortunately for the Japanese carmaker, the story of the Honda Odyssey has been one of a downward slide.

Holden Captiva LT AWD
Comparisons

Seven seater comparison review: Holden Captiva LT AWD

The Holden Captiva LT AWD fails to make a captivating argument for why you’d bother over other, more composed competitors.

Citroen Cactus vs FIAT 500X vs Mini Clubman vs Suzuki Vitara
Classic Wheels

Archive: Citroen Cactus vs FIAT 500X vs Mini Clubman vs Suzuki Vitara

These four affordable and crazy little critters certainly push the design envelope, but which weirdo is most wonderful?

Volkswagen Polo GTI: Celebrating the manual gearbox
Features

Volkswagen Polo GTI: Celebrating the manual gearbox

Power and handling puts it on a par, but when it comes to ESP computer says no

Celebrating the manual gearbox
Features

Celebrating the manual gearbox

MOTOR calls a toast to the manual gearbox – enjoying a resurgence of sorts – by grabbing five hotshot H-patterns

HSV GTS vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S vs Lexus GS F
Reviews

HSV GTS vs Mercedes-AMG C63 S vs Lexus GS F

The new Lexus GS F has wandered into the V8 super sedan den, where it’s keen to run rings around a couple of hungry force-fed predators

2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600: Sheikh Shifter
Reviews

2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600: Sheikh Shifter

A 390kW twin-turbo V12 might power this first class loony-limo but we've never been more tempted by a second row

Holden SS-V Redline vs Ford Falcon Sprints vs Ford Mustang GT
Reviews

Holden SS-V Redline vs Ford Falcon Sprints vs Ford Mustang GT

Ford's fittest take on Holden's stonking 304kW SS-V Redline

Porsche Boxster Spyder review
Reviews

2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder review

A dash of 911 lifts the Boxster to new heights

HSV GTS vs Ford Mustang GT
Features

HSV GTS vs Ford Mustang GT

We have the best Aussie and US muscle available at the same time, so who builds these beasts best?

Morgan's mighty 3-Wheeler
Features

Morgan's mighty 3-Wheeler

Man in utility vest let loose in three-wheeled car. What could possibly go wrong?

Ford Mustangs v Holden Commodore SS-V Redline comparison review
Comparisons

Ford Mustangs v Holden Commodore SS-V Redline comparison review

A war has raged for six decades on Australian roads, each tribe with its share of glorious victories and bitter defeats. This year, Ford has a new weapon – an American icon, no less – in the battle for V8 domination. Can the Mustang invader defeat Australia’s own Holden Commodore SS-V Redline?

Audi RS3 vs Mercedes-AMG A45
Features

Audi RS3 vs Mercedes-AMG A45

Two turbo, all-claw fighters fast enough to frighten yesteryear’s supercars

Performance Car of the Year 2016
Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2016

Eleven of 2015's best cars, but only one winner. Game on

PCOTY 2016: The Road
Performance COTY

PCOTY 2016: The Road

A few surprises arise as the fleet fires through a freezing Victorian High Country

PCOTY 2016: The Strip
Performance COTY

PCOTY 2016: The Strip

Engines scream and rubber howls as we pull the trigger on each of our 11 bullets