Car Reviews & Features

  1. Home /
  2. Car Reviews
2018 alpina b3 touring review
Reviews

2018 Alpina B3 Touring Review

M3-rivaling grunt and price, in sublime wagon form

2018 infiniti q50 red sport review
Reviews

2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport Review

Powerhouse engine looking for a place to call home.

2018 Toyota Camry Ascent Hybrid quick review
Reviews

2018 Toyota Camry Ascent Hybrid quick review

We drive Toyota’s cheapest petrol-electric version of the new imported Camry

jamie whincup gettyimages
Features

Opinion: Can Whincup win our Hearts?

Professionally, Jamie Whincup is a proven race winner with a personality that could win hearts, if it showed

wheels coty 2018
COTY

2018 Car of the Year: Readers’ choice

What’s your Car of the Year? Vote for your chance to win a $500 Visa card

2018 Wheels Car of the Year The judging panel
COTY

2018 Wheels Car of the Year: The judging panel

These are the seven judges who drove the cars, crunched the numbers, argued the toss and drank bad coffee for a week so you don’t have to

2018 Wheels Car of the Year How it all works
COTY

2018 Wheels Car of the Year: How it all works

Think we just sit around and pick a favourite? There’s a lot more to a COTY champ than that

Ford Texaco Sierra cover MAIN
Features

Michael Stahl’s accidental role in the Eggenberger Ford Sierra’s disqualification at Bathurst 1987

After 30 years, an oblivious Stahly discovers his part in the 1987 Bathurst 1000 controversy

2017 Porsche Cayman GTS nw
Reviews

2017 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS review

More power and a better sound – what’s not to like?

Wheel Stories Fast-track to Formula 1
Features

Wheel Stories: The fast-track from high school to Formula 1

The ‘F1 in Schools’ program may fast-track these Aussie kids to the real deal

Mitsubishi 3000GT front nw
Features

Mitsubishi 3000GT: Fast Car History Lesson

High-tech Mitsubishi too clever for its own good

BMW M3 Pure nw
Reviews

2017 BMW M3 Pure Review

Price cut puts iconic four-door in a new light

2018 Suzuki Swift Sport review
Reviews

2018 Suzuki Swift Sport review

The fifth-generation Suzuki Swift has added a Sport variant that straps on a turbocharger for the first time

Classifieds of the week jan pt2 main
Features

S600 Maybach; Roush Mustang MM-R727; Seat Ibiza Cupra: Classifieds of the Week

This week we’re looking at luxury, hot hatches, pricey Aussies and our Hot Tuner champion for sale

Ruf History cover MAIN nw
Features

Ruf – 55 years of fast from Pfaffenhausen

The world’s greatest Porsche engineers crank up the ‘Faszination’

2018 Subaru BRZ tS quick review
Reviews

2018 Subaru BRZ tS quick review

Rear-drive Subaru gets a bit more serious with sharpened dynamics. No extra power though.

2018 Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic SE P380 vs Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design
Comparisons

Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic SE P380 vs Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design

Head to head: Two of the newest entrants to the bulging luxo-SUV category prove that the ‘buy German’ mantra isn’t always correct

BMW M2 vs M4 Pure main
Reviews

BMW M4 Pure vs BMW M2 Pure

Can M Division’s baby bruiser upstage its big brother?

Reviews

2018 Abarth 595 Competizione quick review

Fast n’ feisty, this tiny Italian has bucket-loads of charm and charisma

PCOTY18 contenders main
Performance COTY

2018 Performance Car of the Year contenders

Ten cars duke it out for bragging rights as the best performance car of the year

We ride shotgun in an autonomous Mercedes S-class
Features

We ride shotgun in an autonomous Mercedes S-class at 110kp/h down the Hume

Interstate cruising in a prototype s-class proves Australia’s firmly on the map for self-driving cars

Earl of Design - Step inside Mike Simcoe's office
Features

Earl of Design – Step inside Mike Simcoe’s office

Mike Simcoe is only the seventh person since 1955 to occupy the office allocated to GM’s vice president of design. He shows Robbo around his lair

1993 mclaren f1 legend series
Features

1993 McLaren F1: Legend Series

The supercar world was hit for six when the McLaren F1 was unleashed in the ’90s, and that ball is still flying today

Explained GKN Tungsten-carbide coated brakes
Features

Explained: GKN Tungsten-carbide coated brakes

We explain the science behind the new braking technology first seen on the 2018 Porsche Cayenne