Ellen Dewar

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

Performance COTY

Performance Car of the Year 2021: the road test

The Victorian high country provides the 2021 PCOTY field with the perfect real-world test

2021 MOTOR PCOTY 4th place Ford Fiesta ST
Performance COTY

Ford Fiesta ST bounds into 4th at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

Baby hot hatch grows into a giant killer

2021 BMW M2 CS vs Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0 comparison
Comparisons

2021 BMW M2 CS vs Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0

Two ways to reach six-cylinder manual sports car nirvana

Performance COTY

Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0 finishes 5th at PCOTY 2021

Dynamic brilliance hampered by long-legged ’box

Performance COTY

Audi R8 V10 Performance sings into 6th place at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

Tried and true recipe delivers 10-cylinder main course

Performance COTY

BMW's M550i xDrive glides into 7th place at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

M5 Competition's understudy makes the grade

Performance COTY

Toyota GR Yaris finishes 8th at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

We so badly wanted to believe...

2021 MOTOR PCOTY 9th place Audi RS6 Avant
Performance COTY

Audi's RS6 wonder wagon finishes 9th at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

Uber wagon shines in the real world, not on track

Performance COTY

578kW Herrod SM17 Mustang makes for one ballistic PCOTY 10th place finisher

Power-packed pony is a bittersweet symphony

Performance COTY

Mercedes-AMG A45 S rounds out 2021 MOTOR PCOTY podium

Affalterbach redefines the hot hatch genre

2021 MOTOR PCOTY 2nd place Porsche 911 Turbo S
Performance COTY

2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S comes second at MOTOR's 2021 PCOTY

Technically brilliant, but is there a spark missing?

2021 Hyundai Santa Fe Elite review
Reviews

Hyundai Santa Fe Elite review

Sampling Hyundai's mid-size SUV with petrol power

Performance COTY

Why the Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro won PCOTY

Or why Porsche didn’t win yet again

Performance COTY

2021 Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro wins MOTOR 2021 Performance Car of the Year

After years of trying, Mercedes-AMG wins its first PCOTY with the incredible GT R Pro

2021 BMW M2 CS review
Reviews

2021 BMW M2 CS manual review

Flagship 2 Series is one of BMW’s finest driving machines

What two cars would you live out the end of internal combustion with?
Performance COTY

Everything you need to know about Performance Car of the Year 2021

This year’s PCOTY is one of the hardest fought, and most intriguing, in years. Here’s your one-stop introduction to the fastest award in the country.

2021 Hyundai Palisade 3.6L review
Reviews

2021 Hyundai Palisade 3.8L V6 review

The entry level variant of Hyundai's XL-sized SUV is also big on space and features

Buyer's Guide: 1998-2002 BMW Z3 M Coupe
Features

The BMW Z3 M Coupe is an overlooked Modern Classic

Today's crop of coupes a bit conservative for you? BMW has the solution with the demented Z3 M coupe

Opinion: swapping drives
Comparisons

$35k fun car face-off: Toyota 86 vs Ford Fiesta ST comparison review

You've got $35k and want to have as much fun as possible? RWD flat-four or turbo-triple front-drive?

2021 Mazda MX-5 GT RS Review
Reviews

2021 Mazda MX-5 GT RS Review

Mazda’s roadster icon, now made sharper and more focused in RS form… but has it killed the fun?

2021 Mazda BT-50 GT dual cab 4x4 long term review
Reviews

2021 Mazda BT-50 GT dual cab 4x4 long term review

Does Mazda's new BT-50 dual-cab 4x4 have what it takes to keep up with a growing family in the middle of home renovations?

Reviews

2021 Kia Carnival Platinum 3.5L Petrol review

The all-new Carnival's top-spec, V6 petrol offering brings Champagne driving at a craft-beer price

2020 BMW M550i review
Reviews

Review: Cut-price M5! The M550i xDrive is one of BMW's best offerings

It’s no M5, but is the M550i all the better because of it?

Best of Audi Quattro
Features

Best of Audi Quattro: Ur-Quattro v RS2 Avant v RS4 v R8

For the first time in Australia, we gather the finest quattros from each of the four decades of production