Car Reviews &#038; Features

LAUNCHED: Mini Cooper D

Outstanding efficiency in cute-as-a-button packaging.

Mitsubishi workhorse Triton gets tougher for 2010

Triton now has a new 131kW and 400Nm turbo-diesel and impressive safety gear. It’s all about being tougher than the opposition.

Subaru WRX STi Spec C

Lighter, tighter, righter – for Japan, at least

Review: Hyundai Genesis

We’ve all felt it. That ball-clenching, stomach-churning moment of turning into a corner too fast, of feeling the tyres slip, the horror of knowing you’re about to crash.

Review: 2013 Honda Civic DTi-S Diesel Hatch

Journalists, by nature, are cynics. So when Honda Australia declared its first ever diesel, fitted exclusively to the Civic hatch, is as refined and as quiet as its petrol offerings, I sniggered into my morning coffee.

Review: Ford EcoSport

I’m trying to remember the last time I was less surprised by a photo than this one of a Ford EcoSport on its roof.

Review: Fiat 500 1.2 Pop

“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!” singer/songwriter Dolly Parton once remarked. And then there’s this – Fiat’s ‘repositioned’ but otherwise unchanged 500. Now from $14,000 driveaway, it’s the least expensive way to look classy on four wheels.

Behind the lens at COTY 2008

COTY 2008 – Mazda 6

Dynamic mid-sizer met with judges’ acclaim, but aural assault saw it fall at the last hurdle.

Wheels Car of the Year 2012

Wheels Car of the Year is Australia’s most prized automotive award for excellence. This year’s 50th anniversary field is one of the toughest ever.

First Aussie drive: Jaguar F-Type

Associate editor Westerman’s worried. He’s driven Jaguar’s F-Type through Spain’s mountainous north, and in the July 2103 issue, given it bigger raps than Jay-Z and Tupac. But has he got it right? Does European brilliance translate to Aussie awesomeness?

First drive: Honda CR-V Diesel

Honda finally brings the CR-V Diesel to Australia, and it’s got quite a lot going for it as our first drive reveals.

First drive: Skoda Yeti

Czech soft-roader returns with a new face and lower prices

First drive: Porsche Cayman GTS

Porsche makes its fabulous Cayman coupe even better

First drive: Audi S3 sedan

Audi’s hot small car gets a bootful of extra appeal

Features

WIN a Volkswagen Golf GTI

MOTOR is giving away a Volkswagen Golf GTI. Pick up a subscription and you could win!

April 10, 2014

Features

In Pics: the five greatest turbo F1 cars

F1 is in a state of turbocharged metamorphosis, and not for the first time. We list 5 heroes from the original turbo era

March 3, 2014

Features

Caught! BMW M4 cabriolet

Love the look of BMW’s new tyre-shredding M4 but want to feel the wind in your hair? This is the answer – the new BMW M4 cabriolet.

February 10, 2014