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Incredible images of snow-covered race tracks in NSW
It’s mid-September in Australia, yet these two race tracks are completely snowed in

Bugatti is planning an SUV. Yes, really
Stephan Winkelmann answers the prayers of chubby billionaires who can’t fit in a Chiron

Parental access to kids’ dashcam data would save young lives: report
Is accessing young people’s driving data spying, or an effective use of technology to help stem the road toll?

Supercars: So what the hell happened in New Zealand?
Fans and pundits left stunned and bemused by Supercars’ seeming own goal – but what really happened at Pukekohe Park?

Mini JCW Clubman to be fastest production Mini sold in Australia
Barn-door AWD wagon is headed for Australia with a ‘new’ engine

Every Audi SUV will spawn Sportback coupe version
Electric vehicles and environmental ethics shaping Audi’s future aesthetics as it confirms sportback SUVs for all models

Volkswagen settles Dieselgate claim with local owners
Up to 100,000 Australian VW, Skoda and Audi owners can expect small payment after company settles class action

The week that was: Frankfurt, EVs and Elon’s online bromance
Catch up on the week in automotive news and reviews from the WhichCar desk

Mercedes-Benz A250e hatch 2019 review
The Three-Pointed Star sets out its credentials as a plug-in player

Why Land Rover delayed revealing the Defender for five years
Exposed: the secret show car hidden away to stop other companies copying the design

Novitec reveals 575kW/1032Nm Lamborghini Urus
Performance mods deliver SVJ rivalling power figures for Lamborghini’s SUV

Hyundai reveals 500kW electric rear-drive Veloster racer
500kW rear-wheel drive electric racer makes Frankfurt debut

Tesla working on faster, secret Taycan-fighting Model S
Tesla is readying a triple-motor Model S to take on Porsche on the track

Porsche Taycan completed an eight-minute lap at the ‘Ring without brakes
Taycan achieved an average speed of over 154km/h on a single lap without using the brake discs once

Volkswagen electric SUV to beat hatch to Australia
Australian boss confirms an electric SUV is top of the wishlist, and that VW’s electric revolution may kill the Golf

‘Manuals are daft’, says Land Rover Defender engineering boss
Three-pedal traditionalists should cover their ears now

No airbag for Defender’s front-row middle seat
Land Rover engineering boss is confident the Defender is as safe as possible, despite no airbag for third front-row occupant

Continental concepts pave way for self-inflating tyre
No more under inflated tyres or trips to the service station to check pressures, thanks to Continental’s new self-inflating prototype

Finally, an EV for drivers! New issue of Wheels mag out now
Porsche’s first EV begs the question: do we finally have an electric car to be excited about? One with soul as well as soul-crushing straight line performance? We find out.

AMG boss lifts lid on plans for hybrid GT 4-Door
Tobias Moers points towards an EV future that doesn’t turn its back on internal combustion

How Michelin created a tyre that could survive 300mph
A joint venture with Michelin resulted in Bugatti fitting the Chiron with street-legal rubber with a carbonfibre carcass

Fully electric Volvo XC40 arriving next year
Car of the Year champ sounds the charge for Volvo

New electric Mini confirmed for Australia in 2020
Mini’s latest electric hatch could be in Australia as early as mid-2020. But with an estimated price north of $50K, it won’t be cheap

Andy Wallace: “I jumped the Chiron at 447km/h”
Bugatti’s record-breaking driver reveals how he got airborne while flat out in a Chiron