2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: NISSAN QASHQAI TI E-POWER
The Ti spec we chose as the Qashqai range’s COTY contender is the most expensive, at $52,090, which may seem like a disadvantage.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MINI COUNTRYMAN SE ALL4
If you were wondering which car divided the judging panel the most at this year’s COTY, then you’re looking at it.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: LEXUS LBX LUXURY
Building a beautifully appointed and convincing small car has been a surprisingly tough assignment for many premium manufacturers.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: RENAULT MEGANE E-TECH EV60
A sort of tall-small hatchback crossover SUV, just a single variant is currently offered, the $54,990 Techno EV60.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: TOYOTA CAMRY ASCENT SPORT
The reason this Toyota is Australia’s most popular sedan, our ubiquitous taxi, and is now employed by more ride-share drivers than any other vehicle, is easy to understand.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 DYNAMIQ RWD
Hyundai is quickly building a reputation for the unconventional when it comes to electric vehicles.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: KIA EV9 EARTH AWD
Size matters. In the electric vehicle marketplace, they don’t come much bigger than the Kia EV9.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: BMW IX2 XDRIVE 30 M SPORT
Steadily and without huge fanfare, BMW has been establishing a reputation for EV leadership among the Euro brands.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: KIA EV5 EARTH AWD
With the range starting at $56,770 drive-away for the base front-drive Air Standard Range, we chose the mid-spec $68,990 drive-away Earth with its larger 88.1kWh battery, 500km of claimed WLTP range, all-wheel drive and various other extra equipment.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: HYUNDAI SANTA FE CALLIGRAPHY
It’s ironic that Hyundai’s out-of-the-box design theme for the fifth-generation Santa Fe large SUV resembles a box on wheels. This eye-catching aesthetic, which is repeated outside and in, is designed to be exactly that.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MG HS VIBE
Much has been made about the onslaught of battery electric vehicles from the Land of the Dragon, so fierce that Europe and the US have pulled up the tariff drawbridges.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 N
The first EV that you’d take for a drive just for the fun of it? That’s what the IONIQ 5 N could well be.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: VOLVO EX30 ULTRA
While Volvo has dabbled with electric variants of the XC40, the EX30 is the brand’s first model built on a dedicated electric platform.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MERCEDES-BENZ CLE200
COTY 2024 DELIVERED us some very good looking cars. But, for this judge at least, there was only one truly beautiful shape and it belonged to the Mercedes-Benz CLE200.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: MAZDA CX-90 D50E GT
There once was a time when Mazda could do virtually no wrong at Wheels Car of the Year.
2024-25 Wheels Car of the Year Contender: FORD MUSTANG DARK HORSE
The new S650 Dark Horse aims to show that the Mustang’s old days of the slightly unresolved and unsophisticated muscle car are behind it.
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Exceed Tourer long term review
Our resident photographer gives Mitsubishi's hybrid SUV an extended trial
Modern Classic: Ford Laser TX-3 4WD Turbo
The forgotten blue-oval performance hero.
Modern Classic: TVR Cerbera
It’s time to down a big dose of the brave pills and dive into Blackpool’s fiercest four seater
Capturing the magic of South Gippsland with the MG HS
Our lead photographer explores Victoria's South Gippsland region in the MG HS Essence, accompanied by her trusty camera gear and new pup, Cleo.
Toyota RAV4 hybrid vs Nissan X-Trail e-Power vs Kia Sportage hybrid vs Honda CR-V e:HEV comparison review
We rate the leading hybrid medium SUVs from four major stables.
2024 Best Electric Small Luxury SUV: BMW iX1 v Volvo XC40
Transplanting EV gubbins into formerly fossil-fuelled bodies is still in vogue, but does it provide a compelling alternative to dedicated EVs?
2024 Best Small Electric Car $50-60K: Cupra Born
Stylish five-door practicality, rear-drive dynamics, and impressive range are the promise as Spain and China go head to head
Modern Classic: BMW E34 M5 review
If you had to design the perfect M car, it'd look something like this
