Ellen Dewar

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

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

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.