Ellen Dewar

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

2017 Honda Civic Type R main
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2017 Honda Civic Type R review

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

Wheels Interview: Tim Schenken
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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
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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
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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
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Ford Ranger Wildtrak vs Holden Colorado Z71

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

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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

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

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